Thursday, March 31, 2011

ang KulaS BoW's photostream

castlevania-theme [HDR]Ryan Shaun [football]ryan-shaunChasing Clouds [HDR]Al-Balad series [HDR+Cross Processing]break away
Al-Balad [HDR]museum-101museumRazer ProITypeAl-Balad [HDR]Al-Balad-101 [HDR]
museum [HDR]Museumchasing-waves-001 [HDR]chasing-waves-101chasing-wavesup close and scary [HDR]
seascape [Explored]seascapeseascape [HDR]RainbowStudio Lego's [C4D]my walking buddythe uprising

Monday, March 21, 2011

museum-101

museum-101 by ang KulaS BoW
museum-101 a photo by ang KulaS BoW on Flickr.

this shot was taken at al tayabat city museum, jeddah k.s.a., we plan to shoot inside the museum but unfortunately it was closed. so we opted to shoot the building.

workflow:
Canon 500D + 18-55mm kitlens + CPL & ND4 filters
pseudo HDR made 3 exposures in adobe camera raw then merge in photomatix

Photoshop:
-added 1 layer of hue and saturation for the building
-added 1 layer of curves adjustment for the skies
-added 1 layer for high pass sharpening
flatten image.

/kulas

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Al-Balad-101 [HDR]

Al-Balad-101 [HDR] by ang KulaS BoW
Al-Balad-101 [HDR] a photo by ang KulaS BoW on Flickr.

it's been a long time i haven't posted my workflow. and i received messages from friends. guys im not really good in explaining things but hope you'll understand something from here. :)

arsenal:
canon 500D + ND4 + CPL marumi filters
use tripod for tack sharp pics. (but this one i haven't brought one so i shoot handheld)
3 bracket exposures with 1/2 increments
merge in photomatix & save as .tif image

Processing:
open file in Photoshop
-added 1 layer for hue and saturation
-added 1 layer for curves adjustment
-added 1 layer for high pass sharpening + mask for selective sharpening
-added 1 layer for levels

music:
Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the banshees :)

/kulas