shots from sanchi and raisen

[aditya]

some from my side

C & C are welcome:)

http://i34.tinypic.com/218xlu.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/2412tll.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/vfxugi.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/dg41eg.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/29esz7t.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/21mz328.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/11jyo44.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/24wrp5l.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/2q2fj9u.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/2ppymfl.jpg

thank you

addy

[KrishnenduKes]

Photo Critique Approved

A lot of thought gone behind the compositions and work that you have presented here. To start with the critique;

I did not like N°1 since I find it OOF!

I definitely liked the framing/composition of N°s 2,3,4,5,7,9 and 10.
N°s 2,3 and 5 are quite exceptional staying with the theme of Historical visit and architecture. 10 is also very good but away from that theme. However I would have probably prefered N°5 as SOOC and not an HDR attempt.

Good that you posted. Thanks for sharing. Have been thinking of visiting Sanchi for decades now!

[aditya]

Photo Critique Approved

A lot of thought gone behind the compositions and work that you have presented here. To start with the critique;

I did not like N°1 since I find it OOF!

I definitely liked the framing/composition of N°s 2,3,4,5,7,9 and 10.
N°s 2,3 and 5 are quite exceptional staying with the theme of Historical visit and architecture. 10 is also very good but away from that theme. However I would have probably prefered N°5 as SOOC and not an HDR attempt.

Good that you posted. Thanks for sharing. Have been thinking of visiting Sanchi for decades now!
i am glad that you liked them. well i have no idea what HDR or SOOC means. please explain:confused:.

[KrishnenduKes]

i am glad that you liked them. well i have no idea what HDR or SOOC means. please explain:confused:.

You don't? That is strange. Since some of your photographs do look like they are HDR processed. HDR = High Dynamic Range, check here: http://www.thephotographer.in/darkroom/showthread.php?t=76

And SOOC = Straight Out Of Camera! That is no PP done! (PP = Post Processing).

[anvancy-(macro analyst)]

first one gone bad.no focus.

second one is nice..try adding some antique effect and straightening up to add more beauty for the shot.

third one has a very nice feel to it.except for the noise in the sky.this also needs straightening near the stairs.

for the fourth and fifth you can decrease the luminance of the sky to bring in more deep colors and more deep blue.not going towards darker side but bringing out a nice dark sky blue.

seventh one is okay.but big white ball upper left spoiling it.i suggest you crop it.

8th is my second fav considering the lot.this u have pulled out nicely.some blacks,straightening,vignetting and recovery will do even more additions to this particular shot.

9th shot has that huge halo around it.reduce that to make it more natural.

10th has a different feel to it.

what you used to edit these??to me each photo carries haloes..so you either worked them under any HDR software or highlight/shadow function in photoshop??

if you get unwanted noise,there is no harm removing it.

keep on experimenting.

anvancy

[KrishnenduKes]

what you used to edit these??to me each photo carries haloes..so you either worked them under any HDR software or highlight/shadow function in photoshop??

if you get unwanted noise,there is no harm removing it.

keep on experimenting.

anvancy

Thanks for the detailled critique Anvancy. Good to see that you made an effort for people trying to improve. I really appreciate it.

Why are the halos showing? And what can be done to remove/reduce them?

[hitanshu]

+1 to anvancy too many halos. The sky appears too light blue for my taste - a bit unnatural.

First pic is definitely OOF. Some nice HDR stuff in there

[anvancy-(macro analyst)]

Thanks for the detailled critique Anvancy. Good to see that you made an effort for people trying to improve. I really appreciate it.

Why are the halos showing? And what can be done to remove/reduce them?

to my general understanding,if he has worked these in photoshop and opted for highlight shadow option..enabling and boosting shadow recovery produces halos.but halos occur if your radius is small.once you improve or move the radius slider you give more area for the software.

when you do HDR you want to improve your dynamic range of the photo.halos generally occur when you put lots of light and dont spread it.once u start spreading the light,the halos fade away.thats what i think..i may be completely wrong here.may be sunny or vicky can throw more light.

anvancy

[KrishnenduKes]

..enabling and boosting shadow recovery produces halos.but halos occur if your radius is small.once you improve or move the radius slider you give more area for the software.

anvancy

Thanks for that. I will take care of that in the future. About the HDR, I hope Vicky or Sunny says something to take care of the halos.

[aditya]

thank you so much guys for commenting. i learned a lot of things. nd yeah, i have done the shadow job on photoshop. never thought it would become an HDR. anyways will try more shots and process them and will try to make it more natural rather makng it more artificial. its just that i dont have time these days as i have my exams going on.. will try to take out time though:p

lastly can you please tell me from where should i download dynamic HDR software as i cant get the full version.

regards
aditya