California HDR Sunset photos with Lee 10 Stop Filter

12 years 1 month ago - 12 years 1 month ago #207050 by Alex
OK... So I was feeling creative with these shots. I manually bracketed 5 shots for each of these photos below. Each shot was long exposed with the use of Lee 10 Stop filter. I combined the shots in Photoshop HDR, and tweaked them up a bit from there.

I'm not sure I'm happy with how the sun looks. Either way... take a look and feel free to leave your thoughts or suggestions.





This one I think has a whitish/chomish look to it. Not sure what I did... jury out to lunch on this one. :rofl:

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12 years 1 month ago #207052 by Dori
I love the first one!!! Has a very mystical feeling to it! :judge: :judge: :judge:

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12 years 1 month ago #207057 by Alex

Dori wrote: I love the first one!!! Has a very mystical feeling to it! :judge: :judge: :judge:


Thanks Dori... you know what I agree with you. The first is my favorite too!

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12 years 1 month ago #207083 by john_m
I agree on the first one also. These are some beautiful shots Alex

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12 years 1 month ago #207087 by Karl Wertanen
Awesome!!!!! :woohoo: I'd live to know how long your exposures were! Experimenting is the best :cheer: :beerbang: :goodpost: :judge:
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12 years 1 month ago #207102 by Alex

Karl Wertanen wrote: Awesome!!!!! :woohoo: I'd live to know how long your exposures were! Experimenting is the best :cheer: :beerbang: :goodpost: :judge:


Between 10 and 30 seconds :thumbsup:

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12 years 1 month ago #207111 by mj~shutterbugg
:agree: #1 is my favorite. Love the colors.

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12 years 1 month ago #207140 by CWphotos
Yep...#1 :judge:

Question: How do you manage 5 manual bracket shots without moving the camera/lens at least a smidgen? I've never tried...is there a trick you might share?

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12 years 1 month ago #207143 by chasrich
Great job... you da man Alex! :judge: :judge: :judge:

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12 years 1 month ago #207199 by bigbubbaG
AWESOME almost describes it.:cheers:

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12 years 1 month ago #207205 by robbie
These are very beautiful,the water is so blue.


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12 years 1 month ago #207206 by nedward50
:thumbsup: Fantastic I've tried these type of shot and they are difficult, love the colours.
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12 years 1 month ago #207260 by sree2472
number one is good ... liked the way the colors have come in both the photos. manually bracketing ... was it handheld or using tripod?:judge: :judge:

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12 years 1 month ago #207264 by photobod
I prefer number one overall but like the sun in number two more, can you put the sun from 2 into 1 so we could see if it looks better Alex, it just seems more noticable, great work. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :judge: :judge: :judge:

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