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In Bruges HDR



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cameraNIKON D5100

settings Aperture f/7.1 ISO 160 Shutter 1/200 

upload_dateApr, 2013

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35 Comments |
kasper Ultimate
 
kasper May 28, 2013
congratulations. Wonderful picture.
Krishna_Kumar
 
Krishna_Kumar May 28, 2013
Great HDR.. very well composed. Congrats!!
PhotoAlaska
 
PhotoAlaska May 28, 2013
nice
ChrisZed
 
ChrisZed May 28, 2013
Well...thank you guys!
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta May 28, 2013
Superb HDR image. Congratulations on being featured.
believeit2receiveit
 
believeit2receiveit May 28, 2013
Congrats on your Feature! Well done!
Amiqdadi
 
Amiqdadi May 28, 2013
wowo wow wow, great work...congrats
heathermcfw
 
heathermcfw May 28, 2013
Great HDR and really nice composition.
debkumarbanerjee
 
debkumarbanerjee May 28, 2013
excellent !!!!! congrats !
iceman2
 
iceman2 May 28, 2013
Beautiful.Congrats!
jadewhite
 
jadewhite May 28, 2013
Gorgeous. Congrats
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 May 28, 2013
Love this! Great shot! Congrats!
GBloniarz
 
GBloniarz May 28, 2013
Congrats on being "featured" ... yet another impressive waterfront portrayal, as compared with while perusing your gallery. My only quibble here lay with the eye pulling foreground shadow ... perhaps exasperated with implementing HDR? Of course this only as I see things and is IMHO.
jleiweke
 
jleiweke May 28, 2013
Congrats!
jefffahey
 
jefffahey May 28, 2013
Fantastic HDR !!!
AliAlzuhair
 
AliAlzuhair May 28, 2013
Great shot!
djensen
 
djensen May 28, 2013
Excellent work, congrats on the feature!
FireEagle
 
FireEagle May 28, 2013
Fantastic shot!
sreejitankarath
 
sreejitankarath May 28, 2013
Beautiful
rebecamello
 
rebecamello May 28, 2013
Fantastic !!!! Congrats !!!
tsambaproductions
 
tsambaproductions May 29, 2013
congrats
Chrissimpson01
 
Chrissimpson01 May 29, 2013
Beautiful capture
Hari_Subagio
 
Hari_Subagio May 29, 2013
Wonderful.. congratulations
fernveda
 
fernveda May 29, 2013
Beautiful. Congratulations. Love the tones.
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter May 29, 2013
Great image. Congrats on the feature. - Jake
symesie04
 
symesie04 May 30, 2013
Very nice. Well controlled HDR toning.
Akang_Bagja
 
Akang_Bagja May 31, 2013
nice HDR
danalynn24
 
danalynn24 June 01, 2013
Gorgeous. I love the reflection and the clouds!
janettdejarnette
 
janettdejarnette June 04, 2013
It's a beautiful shot
midnirdr
 
midnirdr June 05, 2013
Great capture...well done!
Carli
 
Carli June 06, 2013
excellent shot! congrats :D
RuneHermansen Platinum
 
RuneHermansen June 07, 2013
Good work. The technique is very good
herman-anwar
 
herman-anwar June 10, 2013
great HDR...congrats...
Jonocon
 
Jonocon July 21, 2013
Nice HDR
mmeylema
 
mmeylema September 04, 2013
Nice HDR shot!

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo during my Easter vacations in Bruges in Belgium.

Time

This was my very first attempt of the HDR method. I believe the date was 16th of March 2013. A sunny but a very cold day with some clouds here and there. I believe it was around 10:00 in the morning when I was walking on that bridge.

Lighting

I was just messing around with my camera. The light was not the best one because the sun was already up but when I noticed that the water was clear and calm reflecting almost everything, I took the chance to use it making this HDR. The clouds helped me a lot to filter the strong light from the sun.

Equipment

My camera is a simple Nikon D5100 and the lens I was using back then was a Nikon DX 18-55. Nothing more nothing less. No polarized filter, no tripod. Just a my camera. Some times the only thing you need is a camera and a good composition.

Inspiration

The water, the clouds and the dead silence inspired me to take this photo. Simple as that.

Editing

I took 3 photos one without compensation, one with a positive and one with a negative compensation (using bracketing mode). Then I just processed and combined these 3 in Photomatix.

In my camera bag

My camera Nikon D5100, my DX lenses: a Nikon 18-55, a Nikon 55-300, a Nikon micro 40mm, and a Sigma 10-20, a polarized filter, a MeFoto RoadTrip Tripod and my charger.

Feedback

My advice is to take photos when the sun is rising or going down. Only then you can play with the shadows and make the photo more interesting. The sky is very important for the outdoor pictures and especially for the HDR. The more the clouds and the colors, the better the picture. Also shoot RAW and in Manual mode. Learn the role of the aperture and the shutter speed and take a lot of photos.

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