F-Stop: f/22
Shutter Speed: 8.0
ISO: 100
I took this HDR the day after all the other photos. During the previous days shoots moisture got into the lens and it had fogged it up a bit. The smudge is visible in the middle of the stream. I tried to remove it and smooth it out with photo shop using the clone stamp and selecting the area and using the fill with aware of content, but neither worked well. I left it as is and focused on balancing the highlights and shadows that were in the photo.
The top half of the picture is very golden and yellow whereas the bottom half is a darker green color. I had even exposures for each of the two distinct areas so I was able to get detail in both the bright upper half and the darker lower half. While editing I chose the setting that shows when details are being clipped. I played around with the levels of highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks till all the clipping issues had just barely disappeared. This allowed for the best level of detail before things started getting clipped off.
I would like to take another HDR sans smudge and see if I am more happy with that one. If I can't get around to shooting a second one this one will have to do. I was able to learn about the process of creating an HDR and got to practice those skills so even though I'm not completely satisfied with my outcome it was definitely a learning experience.
The top half of the picture is very golden and yellow whereas the bottom half is a darker green color. I had even exposures for each of the two distinct areas so I was able to get detail in both the bright upper half and the darker lower half. While editing I chose the setting that shows when details are being clipped. I played around with the levels of highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks till all the clipping issues had just barely disappeared. This allowed for the best level of detail before things started getting clipped off.
I would like to take another HDR sans smudge and see if I am more happy with that one. If I can't get around to shooting a second one this one will have to do. I was able to learn about the process of creating an HDR and got to practice those skills so even though I'm not completely satisfied with my outcome it was definitely a learning experience.
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