Thread: Chicago panoramas and other photos (LOTS)

Originally Posted by verone24

ammmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaazing. You gotta put up a thread on photo tips. Those pics were amazing. you are a camera god

thought I would share technique on one of the shots, which was primarily processed in LR. This is kind of a fake "HDR" look, it is a JPG from 2005 taken with the D70 that I did this processing on this year, almost entirely in Lightroom. I don't use LR as much these days tho.. just for cataloging and cropping and other things like that.. I mainly use PS for processing these days. But anyways, I thought this might be beneficial because many of the concepts can be applicable to the other programs as well.

(on the left is the original photo, straight out of the cam)

gave me a whole new look on the chi..great pics

Wow

mad talent

Originally Posted by artherd

absolutely awesome, how are you doing your HDRs?

hey thanks, Photomatix.

wow gorgeous shots. Thanks for sharing!

WOW! one day i will learn how to take a decent picture. you are very talented

You make sexy time with the camera.

danke 4 looking pplz

more freezing rain in Chicago..

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
Image Date: 2007:02:01 01:28:18
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 70.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.125 s (1/8)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv: 640
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

Franklin & Wacker intersection. Looks kinda like it's a HDR - but, it's not.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
Image Date: 2007:02:01 01:00:52
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 24.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.250 s (1/4)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv: 640
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

Franklin & Wacker intersection. hand-held.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
Image Date: 2007:02:01 00:52:56
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 35.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.100 s (1/10)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv: 640
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

Looking down La Salle. Looks kinda like it's HDR - but, it's not. hand-held.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
Image Date: 2007:02:01 00:53:11
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 35.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.100 s (1/10)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv: 640
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

posted this in my thread too but figure I'd share this here as well, since I have posted many of my Chicago shots. One of my submissions made the cover of this 160-page book, which is conducted by CBS Chicago. There were some 27,800 submissions total, from around 2500 submitters. Sounds like this book is pretty nice, not even talking about the cover.

Chicago people - they supposedly showed the photo on CBS news at 5, 6 and are also showing at 10PM (Central Time USA), tune in if you have a chance!

Capture My Chicago | Alert | Cover News

if you feel like buying it (I don't get anything from sales other than exposure):
Capture My Chicago - Pediment Books Store



great for the coffee table!