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HDR image of Stonehenge
| Camera: | Nikon D50  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | sigma 18-50 f 2.8 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Stonehenge |
| Username: | 
possumhead |
| Uploaded: | 9 Jun 2007 - 7:30 PM |
| Tags: | Architecture, Digitally manipulated, Hdr, Landscape / travel, Rocks, Stone, Stonehenge |
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I dissagree, It would be a great landscape, I think there's not enough grass or sky, and there are too many old boulders in the background. 
Sorry I jest, I passed this old relic today and often do...cannot see the fascination the tourists have with it...I surpose it's complacency on my part?.
I'll give you a vote though.. my wife and I both like the angle of the shot ...to be positive!
Just think of the amount of gravel you could get out of that lot when crunched! what a waste eh?
OK seriously again, I agree with CB there's too much foregroung grass.
Now I'm no expert on HDR, and I like the effect you have on the stones, but i'm a bit surprised that you can't get more tonal range out of the sky. If this were a "normal" shot I'd say increase the drama contrast in the sky by:
making a duplicate layer with the histogram or curves tweaked for drama, and then altering the opacity of the layer to get a natural level, or, more simply, sweep a burn brush across it a few times. I'm sure that HDR or not, there's a lot more to be got out of that sky, which will make or break the shot
Stephen (Critique team)
Well what makes this subject tough is, it is one of the most photographed subjects in the world..and def the UK!
So that is the problem, also this angle is the most obvious one to use. Post processed and tweaked you will have a decent enough shot, but one which looks very much like many others. My advice here is to tackle the composition in a completely different way.
Not easy but try getting closer, unusual angles, the sky is good for b&w, so chop out the foreground, even consider not including the whole area. Very very difficult to do this, I would re-shoot myself......
Thanks everyone for comments, because I`m new to photograpy I need as much help as I can get. As for the re-shoot, I think i will leave that for the tourist.
That was the first thing I thought when I saw it I had a postcard like this 40 years ago but needs to be closer.
Without sounding like blatant self promotion, which immediately makes it sound that way! I have recently taken a couple of shots of the Henge, I took the shots with the stones offset to one side and tried to make the most of the sky.
the stones themselves are well exposed but you can really beef up the sky I think. I don't know what software you are using, but I would suggest levels, curves and maybe saturation in Photoshop would give the shot a lift. As for too much grass, I don't think so, but maybe a lower angle?
Jon
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