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I took this shot on the same morning that I took one of my other photos called ‘Moody Morning’. The skies were blue until the dark clouds rolled in and took over, you can see the blue sky being squeezed out just above the buildings. It poured down shortly afterwards, but it didn’t take long for the sun to break back through again.
I’ll upload the unedited original JPEG as a workshop for comparison, and so the blue sky can’t be confused for haloing :). Was quite an unpredictable Auckland day, in which the Sky Tower stood proudly against the dark sky. Standing at 328 metres, the Sky Tower is the tallest man-made structure in New Zealand and offers breathtaking views for up to 80 kilometres in every direction. It was built between 1994 and 1997 and officially opened on March 3rd, 1997.
This was taken from Bouzaid Way, which is a pedestrian access-way between Fanshawe Street and Viaduct Harbour Avenue. It features a raised stone platform with 3-metre marker lights and the Denis O'Connor "Raupo wrap" sculpture. Located immediately opposite the lighter basin to the west, it links the city to the Viaduct Harbour area.
Another one of my HDR experiments from a single JPEG. Taken before I had an interest in HDRs, or I would have shot in RAW using AEB. I’ve explained the process in previous photos, but just in case any one missed it and would like to experiment themselves: All I do is create three duplicate copies of the same image (with different filenames), then use PhotoFiltre to decrease the saturation by -2 for one of them, increase it by +2 for the other one and leave the original image alone. Then I use Photomatix Pro to merge the 3-images together just like a normal HDR process. After that, it’s back to PhotoFiltre for the final touches (saturation, shadows etc). I was at the minimum focal length of my lens (18mm) for this shot so couldn’t stand back any further than this without getting the large guardrail in the frame.
EXIF Data:
Image Quality: JPEG
Device: Canon EOS 450D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS
Focal Length: 18mm
Aperture: F/13
Shutter Speed: 1/100s
Exposure Mode: Manual Control
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 400
Date Taken: 16th May 2009, 9:53am
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