After a day of wrestling with a tool that a blacksmith might use to forge a Terminator, I’d be dammed if I wasn’t going to make some images when I returned it. If you ever need to remove tree stakes from your yard, rent the tool, it will save you 2 months of failed re-enactments of ‘sword in the stone’. Leave that up to King Arthur.
Capture Notes:
Nikon D300
Tokina 11-16 ATX Pro
Gitzo Traveler
Processing Notes:
Capture – 7 images @ 1ev
Photomatix 3.2 – HDR/Tonemapping
Nik Define 2.0- Noise reduction
Nik Color Efex Pro – ProContrast
Nik Color Efex Pro – Glamour glow (slight desat)
Nik Color Efex Pro – Tonal Contrast (re-gain some contrast and definition)
Sized for web
Nik Sharpener – Display 40%
LightAsMagic.com
Here is a quick behind the scenes look at the kit in action.
Great subject for HDR – nice job bringing out the “grungy” feel for this shot.
Thanks Scott! It seemed to work out pretty well.
Great work, Justin. This photo feels authentic all the way up to and including smell of oil. Is that a greasy rag on the work bench?
great shot! I LOVE how you brought out the texture of the seat!
Thanks Danno and Fred! I really love working with compositions like this one. There is just a lot going on and it is fun to experiment with.