I haven’t posted anything for a while…but never mind! This is a photograph taken in the Placa in the old town of Dubrovnik in the evening (Croatia). The old town of Dubrovnik is a fascinating place, full of nooks and crannies to explore and to photograph. I had ignored this image for some time because I couldn’t get it looking right in post processing
However, I have just started using Nik software’s HDR software just out of curiosity, and have been really impressed by the more subtle HDR type effects. The last time I used HDR software was a couple of years ago with Photomatix, and was not satisfied with its ‘encouragement’ of what I saw as overly detailed and contrasty images.
So, I was idly ‘thumbing’ through some images that I had put to one side and forgotton about until I decided to run the HDR software on it, and the image came to life a lot more. I like the lit arches looking into the shops and the details in the brickwork. I had trouble making the legs and feet more prominent and had left it alone. Anyway, now I am much happier with it.
Loved this piece. Composition, texture, story, movement. Really fabulous.
hey, this could have been a halloween entry, with the ghost-like detached feet … 😉
on a serious note, though, the contrast between the “cold” colour of stone wall and pavement and the warm tones of the windows is really charming …
Splendid!
le rendu est extra : ces fantômes sans corps apportent un plus
JP
Like the “ghosts” walking on the street.
Beautiful processing and well framed.
Good one Tony: I like the strong graphics in the composition – and the bodiless legs!
Strong image, great clarity and colour tone, lovely exposure.
Splendide rendu, une image spectaculaire, superbe job. Bonne journée.
Nice image. I like all the NIK filters and Google released the complete collection to registered owners a little while ago for free. I do wonder about their future though as Google acquired NIK for Snapseed and has now abandoned it.
Feels like a ghost army of goose-steppers marching through 😉
Keep me right, are you using a 16 bit .tiff in Nik HDR Efex, or a multi frame radiance file?
Hello, and thanks!
I used a single 16bit TIFF photo from a RAW file, and just put it straight into Nik HDR PRO. I customised one of their presets and this is pretty much all I did. So I didn’t use multiple images. The tone compression on a single image behaves in a similar way to the highlights and shadows in photoshop. Except that the effect is a bit different which is why I used HDR Efex. Also the structure slider adds a kind of local contrast which I applied to the image as well, which helped to bring out out the detail in the brickwork.
And you should be happy. Love this one. Great contrasts. Those blurred legs really lend a surreal air.
Wonderful night shot. Love those ghosts and all the textures on the wall.
woooooow!
very nice!
very nice long exposure shot!
so beautiful composition, colors, lights & texture!
A M A ZI N G !