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The color of the clouds is way too fake... try blend the sky with some layers of soft tone of light blue.

anyway, I like #233 and those Masjid Jamek shots. Keep it up bro

wat to do.. never play with layers.. and blame d sky la if like that... haha...coz dat day so nice d sky...

Part III

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lao, ini la called sifu...
can sifu tell me wat software to use???
any tips on shooting HDR???

i used photomatix oni...tips? erm... must try all the setting bars to see the effect.. and about the subject.. erm.. must take good photo to get good hdr... hahahah

wow... u din use photoshop after using photomatix?

i use photoshop to add my signature and resize the photo la...most of the time, no need extra touchup in photoshop.. photomatix product only...

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Added on July 21, 2008, 7:28 pm

This post has been edited by razuryza: Jul 21 2008, 07:30 PM

Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad at night series

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dude... i like HDR too... used to experiment with them some time ago....

i think the difference in exposure doesnt have to be so wide between the min and max at daytime cos its quite bright... try to keep it to minimum to get more realistic photos...

u know exposure bracket |--|--|--|--|

try not to go to the ends... keep it minimum...

ur taking alot of exposure right? so it means for all the photo u bring tripod every time? super superb picture man!

i think the Sultan abd Samad building is going to look great if u had shot it during dusk

for night shot, ofcourse i used tripod one... 25 sec... 30 sec.. its normal...

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Added on July 23, 2008, 1:11 amonly if the sky is great with nice clouds... if just plain... nothing special...

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Added on July 23, 2008, 1:12 amso u think my photos not realistic? try browsing others in lowyat... how they do their hdr...

This post has been edited by razuryza: Jul 23 2008, 01:12 AM

i agree. personally i think most of the photos not that realistic, and the colours are overly-saturated in some. but if that's what u want to achieve, then by all means . i myself prefer more subtle HDR, which reveals the details as much as possible while maintaining a realistic feel to it.

yeah, thats what i meant... subtle effects... HDR that doesn't stand out... that the beauty in subtle HDR
so when someone look at the photo's they can't tell its been HDR'ed...

purpose of HDR is to reduce shadows in images, so u take photo's with blown out exposure to capture details in shadow, and combine it with the normal parts with good details in proper exposure...

correct me if i'm wrong...

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Added on July 24, 2008, 6:13 pmi agree with you, i've seen other's worse HDR's b4...

i suspect the software that you are using for combine the exposure's not doing a good job, try different software...

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Added on July 24, 2008, 6:16 pmtake number #250 for example, its perfect... HDR photo that doesn't shout out "I'm HDR'ed"

the problem is when the HDR software or the values that u use try to reduce the shadows caused by the coconut trees... , its impossible and will cause problems in other parts of the photos...

This post has been edited by jananan: Jul 24 2008, 06:16 PM

photomatix has tht effect on its users.

and some photo's are slightly over saturated, maybe it's my fault, maybe my samsung LCD's "magic color" kicking in but i doubt it...

anyway TS, excellent photo's overall... especially of the masjid and KL tower...

try shooting skies with a circular polarizer filter + HDR = more realistic.

is it bad or good?

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Added on July 24, 2008, 6:24 pmic.. thanx for the suggestion.. never thought of it before...

This post has been edited by razuryza: Jul 24 2008, 06:24 PM

May i know the software taht you're using while editing picture?

i think i've mentioned and answered several times the same question... still people ask me this question? i'm using photomatix.............. haiya.. browse all the thread la... its not like a boring journey...

i love the sky in your masjid pictures razuryza, at what time did you took the pictures?