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Old Church - Revisited
by jnconradie
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30-JUN-2007 jnconradie

11th Place
Old Church - Revisited
by jnconradie

near Pretoria, South Africa

Challenge 73: Structure(s)


One of my most beloved photographic haunts,
but one which has never had the occasion to feature
in one of the Challenges.


HDR processing from 5 different exposures;
tone-mapping in Photomatix.


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jnconradie09-Jul-2007 11:44
Thanks, Jim. Much appreciated. :-) Regards jnconradie
Canon DSLR Challenge08-Jul-2007 20:29
For what it's worth, I like this version better too. I love the glow on the hills in the background. This is, in my opinion, one of the very few HDR processed images which I like. It doesn't seem too unnatural and the HDR treatment adds something to the shot in this case. I think this is a processing technique that is difficult to master and know when to use. Very well done! Jim H.
jnconradie08-Jul-2007 05:51
Thanks, Michael, tomi, Lee and Vikas. Your comments are most kind. Regards jnconradie
Vikas Malhotra05-Jul-2007 06:24
Excellent HDR Nico, love the colours in this one.

Cheers, Vikas.
Canon DSLR Challenge05-Jul-2007 03:28
I like this version better.
theFly
Canon DSLR Challenge04-Jul-2007 17:14
thank you Nico!
I think this one is more honest, has more details, more feeling and a bigger story.
being HDR one can already see it as slightly "unnatural".I love the sepia version too, without the busy texture.
well done!
;)
tomi
Guest 03-Jul-2007 16:34
I had a look at the previuos version this morning and was going to leave a comment on how much I liked it, good thing I didn't. This version is better I like the colour and it does the scene more justice. The other version was technically superb I would like to find out more about the various techniques you use.
jnconradie03-Jul-2007 14:51
Thanks, tomi. It was such a spectacular sun-set scene that I did feel slightly "guilty" when I converted all the colours to sepia... and yet I did also like the "old look". Your comment made me take another look at the original version... which is perhaps less characterful, but possibly conveys better what the moment looked like. Thanks and regards jnconradie
Canon DSLR Challenge03-Jul-2007 12:11
but I'd like to see it without the texture too.
it's a bit too much in my opinion
regards
tomi
Canon DSLR Challenge01-Jul-2007 20:32
Nice texture!!Interesting place...
-Elena