The workshop structure is very hands on you will be working on your own laptop using files I provide to learn how to merge and finish them as HDR images.
We will also touch on using plug-ins from OnOne, Topaz Labs and other NIK software apps. The workshop will cover how to shoot HDR, how to process your images using NIK HDR Efex Pro 2 and how to finish them in your favorite image editing software. If you are confused about the How and Why of HDR image making this is the workshop for you. I will be presenting another HDR workshop Saturday November 9, 2013. Nick Roberts – Using HDR Photography to Create Your Own Personal Style Tickets in Louisville, KY, United States. This workshop has been rescheduled to November 9, 2013. Posted in Construction Photography, Fine Art Photo, HDR, Landscape, Louisville, People Tagged architecture, bridges, composition, Garren Wesseman, HDR, HDR Efex Pro, hdr image, High dynamic range imaging, International Association of Bridge Structural Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, Kentucky, KY, Louisville, louisville kentucky, Morning, NIK HDR Efex Pro 2, Ohio River Bridges Project, photography, Surveyor, surveyors, Walsh Construction, William Moylan Leave a commentĮntrance to the Big Four Bridge, Louisville, KY William Moylan at work.Ĭlick on the image to enlarge it. William Moylan talks with his partner Garran Wesseman as they measure the placement of the side girder and road girders of the downtown span.Ĭlick on the image to enlarge it. Their survey equipment is all electronic and communicates the measurements to the surveyors and engineers in real time so that the decisions they make are accurate. The surveyors continuously monitor the placement of the bridge components in order to make sure that the bridge is staying true to the design specifications. After this section was placed all three towers were supporting sections of the new bridge. This was the first section of the downtown span that was attached to Tower Three and marked another milestone in the construction timeline. In this photo William Moylan is working with Garran Wesseman who is standing on the right hand end of a side girder on Tower Three of the Downtown Span of the Ohio River Bridges Project. Posted in Architecture, Fine Art Photo, HDR, Panorama, Sunset, Topaz Plug-in, Waterfront Park Tagged architecture, composition, HDR, HDR Efex Pro, Kentucky, Louisville, NIK HDR Efex Pro 2, Ohio River Bridges Project, photography, Photoshop CC, reflections, sunset, Topaz Clarity Leave a comment Once that was done I returned it to Photoshop CC and added an additional layer that I used Topaz Clarity as a filter to fine tune the final contrast and color. This image too is a three frame bracket merged in Photoshop CC and then opened in Adobe Camera Raw to make most of my basic image adjustments.
The sky was very pastel along the southern side of the river and I wanted to capture that feature of the sunset as an additional element I felt it was important to include the clouds on the left to balance the composition.
I was also taken by the rose color of the light and how it lit the forms of the piers. I set up my tripod just before the sun dropped below the horizon and hoped to get some good light on the piers that support the bridge. In this image I wanted to shoot from Indiana back across the river to Kentucky under the Abraham Lincoln Bridge. The shoreline is Waterfront Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Piers under the Abraham Lincoln Bridge at sunset. Adobe Photoshop CC does an excellent job of merging bracketed images.įor these images, I am using Photoshop CC layers and Topaz Clarity as a final layer to fine tune the contrast and color in the finished images. Rather than continue to work in NIK HDR eFex 2 I know it is time for me to find a viable solution to my desire to shoot and process HDR images. Even though I have used NIK HDR eFex 2 for nearly ten years I realize that it will eventually be obsolete due to advances in both computers and operating systems. I am also experimenting with using Photoshop CC to merge my bracket sets because Google is no longer supporting the NIK HDR eFex 2 software. With the approach of Fall, I have started photographing Waterfront Park and the Louisville cityscape as the season progresses. Sunset cityscape of Louisville, Kentucky as fall approaches.