I took a trip up to the Wyre wrecks yesterday with Alistair, Dave and Michael, three fellow photobloggers from the Blackpool area. Photographically it wasn't a great success ;– the only shot I like from the trip is this one – but it was good to get out and about with some like-minded people.
As for this one: it's a partial HDR. I used Photomatix Pro to combine three original RAW files, which I used for the foreground. I then combined the tone-mapped result with the sky from the underexposed original. The net result is a reasonably natural looking shot with a much better tonal balance than any of the originals. I've included a link to one of the originals below (shot with a shutter speed of 1/250).
captured camera lens focal length aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO flash image quality RAW converter cropped?
12.16pm on 5/12/07
Canon 1Ds Mark II
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
125mm
f/5.6
1/80, 1/250, and 1/800
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
100
no
RAW
C1 Pro
no
comment byshooter at 07:36 PM (GMT) on 6 December, 2007
I discovered this location via Alistairs blog and just had to visit, didn't get to this though, mainly due to an incoming tide, I like the link to the backdrop, the processing enhances that connection very well as does the 2x1....
Arhhh, Dave you see now I just want to drive the 7 hours and pop back up there. I have to be honest I havent had as many comments on my images as those I shot in 3 hours when we went to the wrecks back in September / October, on id7.co.uk. I havent found anything that comes anywhere near to being as magical as those old wrecks.... I could work around them again and again. Have you ever troubled to find out a bit more about their history?.... from this shot it looks as tho they have taken a beating in the last couple of months..... CJ
comment byvasa at 09:15 PM (GMT) on 6 December, 2007
i can see what u mean by partial HDR in the foreground after seeing the original....a bt more activity int ehs sky would have been amazing......and finally ,did u convert this to LAB color mode..or colorize it with hue and saturation???
comment by Sharla at 10:41 PM (GMT) on 6 December, 2007
Niiiice, very nice. I especially like the crop and how you managed to "correct" the tonal range. There is a mystical quality to the shot, with only the carcass of some mighty sea beast remaining. Thanks for sharing the original.
comment bySheymouse at 09:56 AM (GMT) on 7 December, 2007
I love the way the final photo feels. It's got quite a desolate feel to it. It's nice to see the original and compare. The original didn't stir anywhere near as much emotion in me as this one.
comment bysherri at 02:55 PM (GMT) on 7 December, 2007
Personally, I like this image very much. Definitely a disappearing era.
comment bydjn1 at 07:35 PM (GMT) on 7 December, 2007
Thanks all.
shooter: give me a shout if you fancy another trip up there at some point.
Craig: yep, it is a great place - you'll have to get yourself up here in the new year. And no, I haven't managed to find out anything else about them.
vasa: I converted to black and white using the Channel Mixer then toned it with the Curves tool.
comment byTom K. at 05:34 AM (GMT) on 9 December, 2007
I took a trip up to the Wyre wrecks yesterday with Alistair, Dave and Michael, three fellow photobloggers from the Blackpool area. Photographically it wasn't a great success ;– the only shot I like from the trip is this one – but it was good to get out and about with some like-minded people.
As for this one: it's a partial HDR. I used Photomatix Pro to combine three original RAW files, which I used for the foreground. I then combined the tone-mapped result with the sky from the underexposed original. The net result is a reasonably natural looking shot with a much better tonal balance than any of the originals. I've included a link to one of the originals below (shot with a shutter speed of 1/250).
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camera
lens
focal length
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
cropped?
Canon 1Ds Mark II
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
125mm
f/5.6
1/80, 1/250, and 1/800
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
100
no
RAW
C1 Pro
no
I discovered this location via Alistairs blog and just had to visit, didn't get to this though, mainly due to an incoming tide, I like the link to the backdrop, the processing enhances that connection very well as does the 2x1....
Arhhh, Dave you see now I just want to drive the 7 hours and pop back up there. I have to be honest I havent had as many comments on my images as those I shot in 3 hours when we went to the wrecks back in September / October, on id7.co.uk. I havent found anything that comes anywhere near to being as magical as those old wrecks.... I could work around them again and again. Have you ever troubled to find out a bit more about their history?.... from this shot it looks as tho they have taken a beating in the last couple of months..... CJ
i can see what u mean by partial HDR in the foreground after seeing the original....a bt more activity int ehs sky would have been amazing......and finally ,did u convert this to LAB color mode..or colorize it with hue and saturation???
Niiiice, very nice. I especially like the crop and how you managed to "correct" the tonal range. There is a mystical quality to the shot, with only the carcass of some mighty sea beast remaining. Thanks for sharing the original.
I love the way the final photo feels. It's got quite a desolate feel to it. It's nice to see the original and compare. The original didn't stir anywhere near as much emotion in me as this one.
Personally, I like this image very much. Definitely a disappearing era.
Thanks all.
shooter: give me a shout if you fancy another trip up there at some point.
Craig: yep, it is a great place - you'll have to get yourself up here in the new year. And no, I haven't managed to find out anything else about them.
vasa: I converted to black and white using the Channel Mixer then toned it with the Curves tool.
Astonishingly fine work.