What technique was used to create this image

[jung]

Hello, there is a local photographer in town and he creates amazing images and I wanted to know if anyone knows the process used to create such amazing imagry. I think he is taking a series of shots but it is not HDR.

I am stumped, so hopefully someone can shed some light.

THanks,

J.

[kdog]

What do you feel is amazing about this shot? :scratch

[JohnBiggs]

Looks like he's waiting for the right time of day.

[Nikolai]

Looks like he's waiting for the right time of day.+1 :agree :deal

[gvf]

Just looks like a wide-angled shot to me, sharpened like a knife and saturated. It's nice and all, but beyond that.......

(it also has so much detail in all the buildings that it loses focus back there for me. The Eye is a sphere, light hits in degrees of sharpness - like a camera lens. However, this seems a contemporary style-thing, razor sharp all over the place, so....who am I)

[whiteagle]

+1 to the time of day comments. I also wouldn't be surprised if he was saturating in LAB color space.

It's not mine, but I see why you like his style. However, the composition of this shot is nothing to write home about.

[shming]

Seems to be an HD image (3 different exposures combined into one) I could be wrong but if you look at the photograph everything is perfectly exposed - hence why I think it is an HD Image

[Nikolai]

Seems to be an HD image (3 different exposures combined into one) I could be wrong but if you look at the photograph everything is perfectly exposed - hence why I think it is an HD Image
Just a perfect time of evening... Called "golden hour". Happens almost everyday, twice at that. You just gotta be patient and very quick, cause that "hour" typically lasts only a few minutes... :wink

[Scott_Quier]

In addition to time of day, it appears to me that photog is using a medium to small aperture (see the beginings of the Muench stars from some of the street lights and a relatively slow shutter speed (goes hand in hand with the smaller aperture). I'm 95% (maybe more) certain he/she used a tripod as well.

In post, a bit of saturation work, a little fill slider, maybe some shadow/highlight stuff, some sharpening.

[jung]

Seems to be an HD image (3 different exposures combined into one) I could be wrong but if you look at the photograph everything is perfectly exposed - hence why I think it is an HD Image

Is there a technical name for this process or is it just HD imaging?

I think that is what he is doing, I just not sure if he is doing a photomerge or clipping. Not to discredit the fact that he was there at the "Golden Hour" but it is a little more post processing that I am curious about.

thanks for you input.

J.

[Nikolai]

Is there a technical name for this process or is it just HD imaging?

I think that is what he is doing, I just not sure if he is doing a photomerge or clipping. Not to discredit the fact that he was there at the "Golden Hour" but it is a little more post processing that I am curious about.

thanks for you input.

J.

It's called HDR (High Dynamic Range), but while it is possible, this image does neither show any obvious tell-tell signs of the HDR processing, nor the actual need for it: this time of day you get a very even exposure "for free", hence no need for complications.

[jung]

It's called HDR (High Dynamic Range), but while it is possible, this image does neither show any obvious tell-tell signs of the HDR processing, nor the actual need for it: this time of day you get a very even exposure "for free", hence no need for complications.


thanks

[Chris H]

Just looks like a wide-angled shot to me, sharpened like a knife and saturated. It's nice and all, but beyond that.......

(it also has so much detail in all the buildings that it loses focus back there for me. The Eye is a sphere, light hits in degrees of sharpness - like a camera lens. However, this seems a contemporary style-thing, razor sharp all over the place, so....who am I)

Nothing wrong with a razor sharp image for architectural photography IMO. I'm an architect and photographer, from my perspective I want my buildings and photographs of said buildings to look sharp from front to back.