Lets play 12-8

[Ben Egbert]

This is an HDR I got when I was at Marlboro Point in 2015. I had was ready to quit for the evening when I looked east from the point and saw the rising moon. I thought the clouds, moon and cliffs made a nice shot. If you look close, you can see the Dead Horse Point campground across the way.

I don't have any image without a blown moon, so you just have to let it blow. I will show the HDR and then offer the straight out of camera converted to JPG in the follow up reply.

Show us what you can do with it.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Here are the sooc images.

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[JimFox]

This looks like a fun one to play around with Ben.

I am heading to the beach for a bit, but when I get back I will download your originals and see what I can come up with.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

I suck at this LOL, but I will play almost every time!

 

[Ben Egbert]

I suck at this LOL, but I will play almost every time!


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I think you did a great job here.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

I think you did a great job here.

Thanks Ben .

 

[JimFox]

Okay here is mine! I violated a bunch of rules here. I decided I wanted some detail in the moon, and since we are just playing with this and it's not our real images, I borrowed a moon shot from Trona last weekend I took and masked it in. Well, along with the major thing I did was warm up the sky.

I also only used the last SOOC image Ben had posted. I didn't use the + and - ones.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice Jim, and yes, this did not really need HDR, I was going through a phase when I liked the outcome, but have since learned other methods.

One great thing I always learn in these exercises is how other people see a scene in terms of color, clarity and overall brightness. This has a very natural look.

 

[JimFox]

Nice Jim, and yes, this did not really need HDR, I was going through a phase when I liked the outcome, but have since learned other methods.

One great thing I always learn in these exercises is how other people see a scene in terms of color, clarity and overall brightness. This has a very natural look.

Thanks Ben. I think its good to provide all 3 exposures as it can be a good lesson to some people. I can't tell you how many times I am out shooting and taking 1 shot, and someone around me is take 5 or 6 shots of the same scene. Sometimes people need to learn to evaluate their scene they are shooting and not bracket multiple exposures if it's not needed.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

I like that Jim .