Comments on: Zion Canyon Overlook http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook Photo blog featuring outdoor, travel and nature photos. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:15:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: mark http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41803 mark Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:21:49 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41803 I will be in the office all week long - feel free to drop by ! I will be in the office all week long - feel free to drop by !

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41363 Ron Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:07:40 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41363 By the way, those are great shots Mark! By the way, those are great shots Mark!

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41361 Ron Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:06:07 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41361 Thanks Mark! Sounds like I need to update my Photomatix, I'm still using 2.4. Thanks for the tips. I may be in Girdwood for a day or two after Christmas, will you be in the office then? It would be fun to drop in and say hi. Ron Thanks Mark!

Sounds like I need to update my Photomatix, I’m still using 2.4. Thanks for the tips.

I may be in Girdwood for a day or two after Christmas, will you be in the office then? It would be fun to drop in and say hi.

Ron

]]> By: mark http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41289 mark Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:59:49 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41289 Howdy Ron - Welcome Back to the AK ! My two cents on the HDR question - Photomatix 2.5.4 will give you a batch processing option resulting in an HDR file and/or an Enhanced TIF file of the combined images. Usually, you can take the TIF file and tweak it a bit more in PS2 or PS3 and get the desired effects - however, if you run the batch process in Photomatix straight on your RAW files, you will be able to open the resulting TIFs in Camera Raw (CS3) and continue to push the envelope using CamRaw's features (e.g. recovery / fill light). Sometimes, I will also take one of the exposures and use a layer blend on the PhotomatixTIF file, especially if the darks and lows are extreme. Here are some examples: http://flickr.com/photos/willishrinx/sets/72157600325694257/ Next time you come through Girdwood, stop by the office and I can show you an example, if you would like. Great stuff from the Lower 48 ! Hope your house project is transitioning smoothly, and that you and Janine have a happy holiday season! Howdy Ron -
Welcome Back to the AK !

My two cents on the HDR question - Photomatix 2.5.4 will give you a batch processing option resulting in an HDR file and/or an Enhanced TIF file of the combined images. Usually, you can take the TIF file and tweak it a bit more in PS2 or PS3 and get the desired effects - however, if you run the batch process in Photomatix straight on your RAW files, you will be able to open the resulting TIFs in Camera Raw (CS3) and continue to push the envelope using CamRaw’s features (e.g. recovery / fill light).

Sometimes, I will also take one of the exposures and use a layer blend on the PhotomatixTIF file, especially if the darks and lows are extreme.

Here are some examples:
http://flickr.com/photos/willishrinx/sets/72157600325694257/

Next time you come through Girdwood, stop by the office and I can show you an example, if you would like.

Great stuff from the Lower 48 ! Hope your house project is transitioning smoothly, and that you and Janine have a happy holiday season!

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41272 Ron Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:34:47 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41272 I hope so! :) I hope so! :)

]]> By: Warren http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41233 Warren Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:29:50 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41233 Thanks Ron. CS3 is going on the holiday wish list. Looking forward to the how-to article after the first of the year... and you guys finishing the MAJOR remodel you've undertaken. Oh but you are going to enjoy it when finished. Thanks Ron. CS3 is going on the holiday wish list. Looking forward to the how-to article after the first of the year… and you guys finishing the MAJOR remodel you’ve undertaken. Oh but you are going to enjoy it when finished.

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41220 Ron Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:36:28 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41220 Thanks Waren, That is an excellent question, and something I am revisiting myself, and will likely post about further in the next month or two. I tried using Photomatix on this image – it is fast and easy, but I find the results are often a little over the top for me – they tend to have that “HDR look”. Photoshop has made great strides in this area with CS3. I haven’t been using the Merge to HDR function, I prefer the Photomerge option. I then unselect the “blend images together option” so that I end up with the different exposures on different layers. I then use a layer mask to blend the two exposures – I like having so much control. I think Photomerge does a great job at matching up the different exposures, so then it is just a matter of masking. I hope to expand on these comments after the beginning of the new year. Ron Thanks Waren,

That is an excellent question, and something I am revisiting myself, and will likely post about further in the next month or two. I tried using Photomatix on this image – it is fast and easy, but I find the results are often a little over the top for me – they tend to have that “HDR look”.

Photoshop has made great strides in this area with CS3. I haven’t been using the Merge to HDR function, I prefer the Photomerge option. I then unselect the “blend images together option” so that I end up with the different exposures on different layers. I then use a layer mask to blend the two exposures – I like having so much control. I think Photomerge does a great job at matching up the different exposures, so then it is just a matter of masking. I hope to expand on these comments after the beginning of the new year.

Ron

]]> By: Warren http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41190 Warren Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:13:44 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-41190 As always with your work, great photo. Assuming you are using HDR features in Photoshop CS3 for this photo, do you have enough experience yet to comment on HDR CS3 versus HDR CS2? Then how about HDR CS3 versus Photomatix (I found your blog this summer from a search on Photomatix)? As always with your work, great photo. Assuming you are using HDR features in Photoshop CS3 for this photo, do you have enough experience yet to comment on HDR CS3 versus HDR CS2? Then how about HDR CS3 versus Photomatix (I found your blog this summer from a search on Photomatix)?

]]> By: Ron http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-40992 Ron Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:22:14 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-40992 Yes it is, although I had hoped to get the full moon rising as well from Angel's Landing. This is a far easier hike the Angel's Landing. Yes it is, although I had hoped to get the full moon rising as well from Angel’s Landing.

This is a far easier hike the Angel’s Landing.

]]> By: Richard http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-40961 Richard Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:40:29 +0000 http://www.my-photo-blog.com/zion-canyon-overlook#comment-40961 this looks like a difficult exposure. :-) is this the shot you were aiming for from the Angel's Landing hike? this looks like a difficult exposure. :-) is this the shot you were aiming for from the Angel’s Landing hike?

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