I think you did a pretty good job with the exposure, Larry, and it might be better done your way than HDR'ing it, unless you were very careful in post.
However it has an unfortunate overall haze to it; possibly veiling flare? I wonder if HDR would have avoided that? Great subject! On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 4:08 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > Joe's is a bar in downtown Boulder Creek. Getting the exposure right with > the lit sign, the neon, and everything else was a bit of a challenge, > particularly since the neon blinked. > > I ended up doing a long exposure, catching it for a short time with the > neon lit, then subsequently covering the lense when the neon was lit > and only exposing when the neon wasn't lit, to keep the highlights from > blowing out. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/12218224426/ > > I suppose that if I weren't so lazy, I would have just done it using HDR. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
