Lake Moogerah Sunrise Again

Lake Moogerah Sunrise Again
Originally uploaded by jezza323

Here is another HDR Panorama from my Lake Moogerah camping trip. I really like the colour of the sky and the reflections in this.

Let me know what you think!

Project 52 - #7 - Wellington Point

Sunrise and The Tree
Originally uploaded by jezza323

The sunrise at Wellington Point in Brisbane is a popular location for local photographers. The sun is rising just to the right of frame in this shot, you can see the orange/red glow off the top of the clouds. This is landmark #7 in my Project 52 Brisbane Landmarks for 2010.

Taken with the Pentax K200D and Pentax SMC DA 18-55 AL II @ 18mm, Kenko CPL, TianYa ND8 and TianYa ND8 Grad Filters (thats a whole lotta filters...I didn't need the ND8 but it was already in the holder from an earlier shot).

Single exposure processed in Lightroom 2.5 with exposure graduated mask, clarity, white balance, contrast, exposure and fill lights adjustments.

EDIT: I just realized I had this marked as landmark #6! It is actually landmark #7.

Wellington Point Pier - Hoya R72

Wellington Point Pier
Originally uploaded by jezza323

Wellington Point Pier at sunrise while the sun was behind a large bank of clouds.

Single exposure taken at 18mm with the Pentax K200D and Pentax SMC DA 18-55 AL II lens. Shot at f8.0, 30 sec, ISO 200.

This shot is Infrared, shot using a Hoya R72 filter. All editing done in Lightroom 2.5 (clarity, blacks, white balance, greyscale, contrast)

I really like the extra contrast you get with the R72 filter. The required long exposure didnt hurt the smoothness of the water either

Australia Day Sunrise

Australia Day Sunrise - Mt Cootha, Brisbane
Originally uploaded by jezza323

Happy Australia Day to all the Australians :)

This shot is from a few moments before sunrise yesterday morning (Australia Day, 26th Jan 2010) from the Mt Cootha Lookout in Brisbane. The Brisbane CBD and surrounding suburbs are visible in the shot.

The shot was taken using my Pentax K200D, Pentax DA 18-55 AL II, Slik 500DX Pro tripod and Kenko CPL filter. It is a HDR shot blended from 5 images, taken at -4, -2, 0, +2, +4 EV steps using Photomatix 3.1 and Tone Mapped using the Details Enhancer. I outline how I did this below.

Shots used were all at 18mm, ISO 100 and f13. Shutter speeds were 1/20sec, 1/80sec, 1/5sec, 0.8sec, 3.0sec

Shooting and Processing as follows:

1. Shot in Pentax RAW (PEF)
2. Set Exposure Compensation to -2.0 EV
3. Shot 3 bracketed shots at +/- 2.0 EV (giving -4, -2 and 0 EV shots)
4. Set Exposure Compensation to +2.0 EV
5. Shot 3 bracketed shots at +/- 2.0 EV (giving +4, +2 and 0 EV shots)
6. Imported into Lightroom 2.5
7. Applied the settings shown below to all 6 images (the first image)
8. Exported all 6 images to full quality JPG
9. Deleted the worst of the 2 0 EV shots (this is only 5 images remember!)
10. Blended the remaining 5 images in Photomatix
11. Tone Mapped in Details Enhancer using the settings show below
12. Saved as JPG
13. Imported HDR JPG into Lightroom 2.5
14. Applied the settings shown below in Lightroom (last image)
15. Exported to JPG for Web