The beauty of realistic HDR imaging is evident with this photo from Fort Macon beach in eastern North Carolina.
Processing: Five images from -2 to +2 at 1 ev intervals were loaded into Nik HDR Efex Pro 2 for tone mapping. Very little was needed to produce this image except some elimination of a small amount of chromatic aberration. I must admit that the new version of HDR Efex Pro is so powerful that lots of the work I would normally do in Photshop can be taken care of with the Nik software. Adobe Photoshop CS6 was used for sharpening and a bit of Curves for more depth.
Equipment used: Nikon D700 with 28-70mm f/2.8 lens. 28mm, f/22, ISO 800.
what a lovely photo, love the POV a lot
Thanks, Chantal
Nice beach scene Mark. I’ll have to try HDR Efex Pro. I currently use Photomatix and have good things about the Nik offering.
Thanks, Len. The Nik software is pretty easy to use. I haven’t used Photomatix but have seen some nice images produced with it.
Love the detail.
Thanks, Pam. A little different than the Mississippi River beaches, huh?
I like the POV, Mark! What looks like a simple image at first glance soon shows the excellent composition as the eye is guided through the image.
Thanks very much for the comment, Mark. Appreciated!