Henderson "shot to death" Wave [warning: dark pictures inside]

[emlee]

I was at a company workshop in Safra Mt Faber, so I drop by the much talked about Henderson Wave to give it a try. These are taken between 6pm to 8pm. Still haven't quite worked out how to process some of them correctly yet.

#1 fence, the wave ahead


#2 monkey trouble
saw some monkeys running up and down the wave. wanted to shoot this monkey as he was distracted, but boy was i wrong. he quickly turned around and "siong" me.

[emlee]

#3 grainy
really liked the wood used on the bridge...
this is where having a toy like Buzz or Zurg would have helped...


#4 another 1 for the wood

[emlee]

#5 sky turning dark from this picture on.
wanted to capture the clouds so rop is under exposed.


#6 trying a little image blend to get some details of the under exposed areas

[emlee]

#7 Similar stuff in landscape


#8 lights on, but the lamp is still warming up.
removed

[emlee]

#9 this one is for the woods - sky a bit blown.


#10 more digital blend
it is very difficult to blend the "spine" of the wave simply because of the many gaps between the metal frames.
removed

[emlee]

#11 lights are finally warming up


#12 another one

[emlee]

#13 Invisible Zurg on the hand rail.


#14 red clouds greeted me that day

[emlee]

#15 more red clouds, pity it wasn't like the whole sky..


#16 dusk


that's all the time i have for now. still deciding how best to process (or not) some of these. C&C welcome, esp constructive ones. thanks for viewing.

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by emlee #14 red clouds greeted me that day

i think this one is original, or to say of so many henderson wave shot to death (but i never shot one and probably can't get any where else more original), this one does stand on its own. but the sky appears to be burnt on processing or is there halo on the margins from dodging, either way? otherwise the colors are just lovely.

[emlee]

I just realised I have been processing on a very wrong screen. Many of the pictures here look horrid. Am taking them down for re-processing. My apologies to all.

[emlee]

Originally Posted by zoossh i think this one is original, or to say of so many henderson wave shot to death (but i never shot one and probably can't get any where else more original), this one does stand on its own. but the sky appears to be burnt on processing or is there halo on the margins from dodging, either way? otherwise the colors are just lovely.

this is very poorly processed. probably the results of too many night feeds in a row (wife was sick, cannot attend to my infant).

actually, i am now tempted to do a search on all the henderson wave posted just to check which ones of mine are actually repeats from others. [honest, i didn't poison myself too much before going on the bridge]

[night86mare]

Originally Posted by emlee #14 red clouds greeted me that day

i second zoosshh's opinion. i like this.

other than very slight haloing issues, the inclusion of the couple adds some interest. the water bottle does not. this is where you have license to clone it away, i feel. not that hard too, when you have recurring patterns that are relatively linear and similar everywhere.

[emlee]

Originally Posted by night86mare i second zoosshh's opinion. i like this. other than very slight haloing issues, the inclusion of the couple adds some interest. the water bottle does not. this is where you have license to clone it away, i feel. not that hard too, when you have recurring patterns that are relatively linear and similar everywhere.

thanks. yes, very poorly processed. am going to attempt to do another piece. or maybe just finally pay US$99 for photomatix once and for all. as for cloning... not sure how to.

[night86mare]

Originally Posted by emlee thanks. yes, very poorly processed. am going to attempt to do another piece. or maybe just finally pay US$99 for photomatix once and for all. as for cloning... not sure how to.

use clone tool, set appropriate sized brush, experiment, with softness 0-30% depending.

it is quite easy, much easier than layers.

[velasco]

there you go


or dya prefer the girl to clear the bottle for you so she can pose with it?

[emlee]

Originally Posted by velasco [IMG]there you go or dya prefer the girl to clear the bottle for you so she can pose with it? [/IMG]

thks velasco, here's my attempt. re do the processing, reduced the halo a bit...

[emlee]

#last - 1 final photo

[lkkang]

good try there...

perhaps a graduated ND filter can help does the job nicely and hence you need not purchase US$99 for some post processing work to be done. You can even use some color filters or color GND filters to help on the sunset tone.