A quick overview of how I process an HDR Image

1. HDR Process
See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
seeminglee@smluniverse.com
@seeminglee
風暴 Storm /
香港吐露港之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Serenity HDR /
SML.20130726.6D.24188-89-90.HDR.P1.L1.BW
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2. 0EV
ISO 100 f/8.0 24mm
1/400 sec
-3EV
ISO 100 f/8.0 24mm
1/3200 sec
+3EV
ISO 100 f/8.0 24mm
1/50 sec
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3. Overall
++ Clouds
++ Sea
Highlights
++ Sunlight
Shadows
++ Buildings
++ Water surface
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4. Photoshop Merge to HDR Pro
++ Focus on extracing details
++ Not the final image
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5. Not done yet
++ Most people publish during this step
++ But this is not the image I saw when I made the capture
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6. Lab: Luminance curve for shadows
++ 16-bit workflow for luminance range manipibility
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7. Overall luminance contrast
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8. Curve for sky via layer mask
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9. Curve for horizon
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10. Remove color if it distracts
++ Quick black and white conversion by removing saturation (lazy method)
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11. Lightroom S+H Adjustments
++ Clairty module modifies local contrast similar to Photoshop Shadows+Highlights
++ Some tasks easier to tweak in Lightroom
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12. Every image is different.
There are no rules.
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