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Photos From This evening

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Cirrus N210MS

Cirrus N210MS

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Gots some Nice Photos i took This evening

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You have to tell us more, have you tampered with these in some way? They seem to have a surreal or painted quality about them if you know what I mean. Not criticising they are very nice, I wouldn't mind being able to do something like that myself. Yes they are very attractive. :jump:
 
Naismith said:
You have to tell us more, have you tampered with these in some way? They seem to have a surreal or painted quality about them if you know what I mean. Not criticising they are very nice, I wouldn't mind being able to do something like that myself. Yes they are very attractive. :jump:
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Cirrus is using a technique known as HDR (High Dynamic Range imaging). It works especially well on landscapes, or any subject which has a high contrast between light and dark. Essentially the photographer takes 3 shots, one normal, one slightly under exposed (to use an old film term) and one slightly overexposed. The three images are then brought together to form one very interesting photo. Since they are actually 3 photo's there will be some blurring between them, which contributes to the surreal effect you describe....almost like a dream image. They are real photo's though....They do particularly well to bring out the varying contrasts in sunset and sunrise, where the lighting (the "time of the pearl" according to John Steinbeck) is usually spectacular and hard to record. The camera normally records a flat image and just can't quite get the true beauty of the scene as perceived by the naked eye.

While I don't practice this, I have several friends and co-workers who do, and the technique is not infallible. Cirrus seems to have it down.
 
Nice!

HDR isn't that hard to do, but hard to get it right. I prefer a more subtle effect while others prefer a more surreal effect to their photos.

Here are a few I've probably posted before:

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As TeaSea explained it only works on stationary subjects, like landscapes, architecture and objects.
 
Me thinks...

robcap said:
great pics all around! Thanks for sharing.
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The effect is very nice... :applause: however... if you observe the fence in the foreground of the first
picture... it is obviously not a photograph.... (that is not paralax distortion... it is the common s
error of perspective seen in VCs ... as for the fence far away...
it seems stuff done with one of those programs that create sceneries for simulators....
same thing with the wooden dock on that placid lake... Skillful manipulation... of mixed media... Notwithstanding...
let's call a spade a spade...:wiggle:
Very nice... but no one has that kind of "back 40" where you go out and snap a few pics... it is just too varied... it
would probably take a few hours driving to go to such different places...:isadizzy: all in one evening... :jump:

:wavey:
 
gaucho_59 said:
The effect is very nice... :applause: however... if you observe the fence in the foreground of the first
picture... it is obviously not a photograph.... (that is not paralax distortion... it is the common s
error of perspective seen in VCs ... as for the fence far away...
it seems stuff done with one of those programs that create sceneries for simulators....
same thing with the wooden dock on that placid lake... Skillful manipulation... of mixed media... Notwithstanding...
let's call a spade a spade...:wiggle:
Very nice... but no one has that kind of "back 40" where you go out and snap a few pics... it is just too varied... it
would probably take a few hours driving to go to such different places...:isadizzy: all in one evening... :jump:

:wavey:
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Um... if this was an attempt at 'tongue in cheek' humor, I believe you failed... There is absolutely nothing about thos photographs that looked "faked"......
 
Please... observe with attention to detail

Wittpilot said:
Um... if this was an attempt at 'tongue in cheek' humor, I believe you failed... There is absolutely nothing about thos photographs that looked "faked"......
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I am a 75 year old retired anesthesiologist (and a damn good illustrator by hobby) as well as no inclined to enter urinary contests...
Observe the examples below... does it not seem strange the same cloud (distorted in one) formations would appear in two different places (there is no pier in one of them)
The little house is in both.... please explain that to my simple mind...
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Also observe the post on the foregroud fence... there is no paralax or perspective error that would render that obviously "digitally produced image"
IF YOU DO BELIEVE THESE ARE ACTUAL PHOTOS TAKEN IN ONE EVENING (actually they are originally photos... but doctored)... I HAVE SOME NICE DESERT LOTS
HERE IN PALM SPRINGS I HAVE TO SELL TO SUPPORT MY HOBBY... I can practically give them away for a couple of million USD:salute:
:pop4::USA-flag::icon_eek:
 
Furthermore...

gaucho_59 said:
I am a 75 year old retired anesthesiologist (and a damn good illustrator by hobby) as well as no inclined to enter urinary contests...
Observe the examples below... does it not seem strange the same cloud (distorted in one) formations would appear in two different places (there is no pier in one of them)
The little house is in both.... please explain that to my simple mind...
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Also observe the post on the foreground fence... there is no paralax or perspective error that would render that obviously "digitally produced image"
IF YOU DO BELIEVE THESE ARE ACTUAL PHOTOS TAKEN IN ONE EVENING (actually they are originally photos... but doctored)... I HAVE SOME NICE DESERT LOTS
HERE IN PALM SPRINGS I HAVE TO SELL TO SUPPORT MY HOBBY... I can practically give them away for a couple of million USD:salute:
:pop4::USA-flag::icon_eek:
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Furthermore... the second lake picture is taken from a closer location... how do you explain that the same horizon does not change.. and there is no pier anywhere???????????
while the clouds remain in about the same position....Pray tell...
There was no tongue in cheek in my remarks... I just did it humorously so as to no offend sensitivities... with something like: "what kind of fool you think I am to believe these are
just pics taken one evening in the back of my house"
I did praise the nice doctoring of the pics... very artistic... but remember that remark made to vice-president Gore (I think) "I knew Jack Kennedy.. and you are no Jack Kennedy"
or something to that effect... With my more than 20 years as an Army doctor... and Viet Nam vet... I learned not to rush to judgment... but do observe for strange changes...
Charlie might be behind that bush.. sort of thing...
No offense taken or given... like in Dragnet... "Just the facts, ma'am":salute:

:wiggle::USA-flag:
 
It was not Gore...

gaucho_59 said:
Furthermore... the second lake picture is taken from a closer location... how do you explain that the same horizon does not change.. and there is no pier anywhere???????????
while the clouds remain in about the same position....Pray tell...
There was no tongue in cheek in my remarks... I just did it humorously so as to no offend sensitivities... with something like: "what kind of fool you think I am to believe these are
just pics taken one evening in the back of my house"
I did praise the nice doctoring of the pics... very artistic... but remember that remark made to vice-president Gore (I think) "I knew Jack Kennedy.. and you are no Jack Kennedy"
or something to that effect... With my more than 20 years as an Army doctor... and Viet Nam vet... I learned not to rush to judgment... but do observe for strange changes...
Charlie might be behind that bush.. sort of thing...
No offense taken or given... like in Dragnet... "Just the facts, ma'am":salute:

:wiggle::USA-flag:
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My mistake... it was Benson debating the "Potatoe" man... VP nonetheless... My apologies... but I think the figure of speech remains valid... I am
human and recognize my memories sometimes fail me... but the old nogging still works OK...:mixedsmi:
:mix-smi:
 
There is absolutely nothing about these photos that even remotely appears "doctored"... Other than they ar HDR shots...

You claim that these scenes could not possibly be taken at the same place in one evening... Please see images below.... The first photo is of your mysterious white fence, the second, of the impossible pier....

The last image shows you the distance from the pier to the site of the first shot.... Not too far....

Now, can you explain why two photos taken exactly 600 yds apart are impossible to take in one evening?

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