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18 Exposure+HDR, 50mm lens (occasionally) with 2xCPL / ND filters, focus adjusted during some exposures, and ISOs on the better side of 400
2nd Revision, fixed some distracting elements and color-corrected for Nikon's infamous magenta haze. |
Magic Behind the Curtains
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| Yeah, I wasn't kidding when I said this was one of the most complex compositions I've ever done. |
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| Isolated Foreground + Blend Mask |
The foreground was isolated using the focal variance filtering method discussed in my previous post, giving us a nice alpha-blended mask. Since these shots were done on a tripod and the foreground was relatively close, the error between exposures was small enough to allow the extraction of detail I've striven for in earlier shots.
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| Extracted Sky with HDR Highlights, used for the Bloom layer. |
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| Fastest exposure combined with a horrific stack of ND filters gave a nice exposure of the sun, which was then unfocused in several exposures, the result of which was multiplied by the focused one (producing the rays seen above) |
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