Experiments in HDR (high dynamic range) Photography and Tone Mapping
| Series #3 Cats |
These images
are all also a single image with the raw file converted to an hdr then tone mapped in Photomatix. As
always, further processing done
in Photoshop, adjusting levels, saturation and color balance and selective
use of dodge and burn as well as local saturation and sharpening. Also some
major retouching was done (eyes in first image, improving background in next
two images, etc.) With this method even crummy pictures taken with poor lighting can be made more attractive. |
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| Raw file tone mapped |
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This method really works well to bring out the detail in black cats!
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| Raw file tone mapped |
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| Raw file tone mapped |
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Jpeg file adjusted using Photoshop's Shadow
/Highlight function. The color is much truer to the original image, but I actually prefer the warmer tones created by the Photomatix process. |
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If you'd like to see more cat pictures that may or may not be HDR, but have been retouched in one way or another, check out this area of my website, cat photo retouching
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