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[Bear Grylls]

I mainly wanted to take a picture I could HDR decently and though it would be it

 

[Ben Moak]

if you redid that one during golden hour with no hdr, oh man

 

[Bear Grylls]

Shit mane I'll try tomorrow. It's a bridge that goes over a river that is like a 5 minute bike ride from my house

 

[Blake]

Personally not a fan of over dramatic HDR's like the one above. But a nice natural HDR at that location could work. Although try a couple without HDR

 

[Bear Grylls]

Went out and bought myself a new tripod. Was at the store and was looking at the $30 one and the $60 one. Just said fuck it and bought the $60 dollar one.

Really nice and sturdy compared to my old one. My old was was $10 haha heres a pic

This things a Piece of shit. The beam that connects to the middle is super glued together and was VERY sketchy. Also rusted together from beach shots

 

[Devin Catron]

I would stick with the HDR. Please tell me you are doing the HDR correctly and not making the rookie mistake of using an HDR toning tool.

 

[Bear Grylls]

Thanks,
And I'm not sure what you mean? I just go to HDR in cs6 and do it how I want. I literally just started doing them..
Probably wrong I'm assuming

 

[Blake]

I think he means actually bracketing your shots and merging them together instead of just using 1 image and making a HDR out of that.

 

[Bear Grylls]

I think he means actually bracketing your shots and merging them together instead of just using 1 image and making a HDR out of that.

Yea that's what I assumed

 

[Aaron]

There isn't any way to do HDR other than bracketing...
That's like saying using instagram is using real filters.

 

[Blake]

It's not technically HDR but you can use one image and create two or three copies of the image, one adjusted for the highlights and one adjusted for the shadows and one adjusted for the mid tones and merge them all together.

The outcome looks horrendous but you are able to bring out some more detail than there would have been with the single image.

 

[Bear Grylls]

Just bought a nd-16 filter lol

 

[Devin Catron]

get Photomatix and start bracketing. It will look alot cleaner and once you figure out the tone mapping your HDR's will improve alot. Doing HDR but bracketing will also make the light much better when it is harsh or uneven.

 

[Bear Grylls]

Just some shots from my bike ride and testing my tripod.

Wanted a film look:

Forest by Ryanweaver419, on Flickr


Bridge by Ryanweaver419, on Flickr

 

[Bear Grylls]

My new nd16 filter is so sick. Sitting in my room doing 3 minute exposures with my light on at F14 ISO100

 

[Devin Catron]

I was doing 15 second ones at noon, outdoors with a 16 stop filter

 

[Blake]

I was doing 15 second ones at noon, outdoors with a 16 stop filter

16 stop? It couldn't be. ND16 is totally different to 16 stops. ND16 reduces the light by 4 stops. I can nderstand your confusion though.

 

[Bear Grylls]

Whatttt just did a 7 minute one at 100 ISO f/13 it was perfectly lit. It's awesome compared to my nd4 20 second exposure at f/28 hahaha

 

[Bear Grylls]

Hoping to sneak in some photos tomorrow at the Global Domination Comp.
Everything i have for the comp:
Xti Gripped
18-55
35-80
External Flash
7D gripped
50 mm
28-105 usm
Opteka Fisheye
In my canon backpack. Fucker weighs a ton
Zach lemme borrow his stuff^ So stoked to hopefully shoot some scooter photos in a reallllllllly long time!! Thanks zach so much

Im working the Scooter Garage booth but im hoping to shoot on my break or something.

 

[Devin Catron]

16 stop? It couldn't be. ND16 is totally different to 16 stops. ND16 reduces the light by 4 stops. I can nderstand your confusion though.

I am not confused. (1) 10 stop filter and (1) 6 stop filter screwed onto that. AKA, 16 stop filter

and Ryan, is that the 50mm 1.4 or the plastic fantastic?