farbspiel ha aggiunto una foto al pool:
The story of this photo:
The Sepulchral Chapel on Württemberg Mountain (Grabkapelle Württemberg) was built between 1820 and 1824. King Wilhelms I. of Württemberg and his family is buried there. This is a popular place to visit for recreation. It lies on top of a little mountain that allows a view over the Stuttgart and the surrounding vineyards. If you ever come to this region, this is worth a visit, especially in the evening hours.<
My Sigma 10-20mm came in handy for this shot as I had very little space. I was just inches away from the telescope and could still fit it into the frame.
How it was shot:
> Taken with a tripod
> Nine exposures (+4 to -4 ev in 1 ev steps) (semi-)autobracketed
> Camera: Nikon D90
> Lens: Sigma 10-20mm F3,5 EX DC HSM
> Details can be found here
How it was tonemapped:
> Preparation: developed the raw files with ACR mainly in order to reduce the CA
> Photomatix version 3.1 (Detail Enhancer)
How it was post-processed:
> Post-processing was done in Photoshop
> Topaz Adjust on the entire image to get back the colors and the details
> Photo filter adjustment layer (warming filter) on the ground to tone down the blue tones
> Saturation adjustment layer on the building to tone down the reds and enhance the rest
> Photo filter adjustment layer (cooling filter) on the sky to enhance the blue tones
> Topaz Denoise on the sky and the rest separately (more aggressively on the sky)
> Topaz Denoise on the telescope (very aggressively) to reduce the dirt and fingerprints
> Curves adjustment layer on the telescope to enhance the metallic shine a bit
> Halo reduction in the sky using a levels adjustment layer (gamma ~ 0.8) and delicate masking to blend this darker layer into those halo spots
> Global saturation adjustment layer to fine-tune the tones globally
> Sharpening using the high-pass filter
Related photos that you may like:
If you like this photo, you may also want to view the following photos…
> The Pavillion – Stuttgart, Germany (HDR)
> The Chinese Way (HDR)
> The Monopteros – Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany (HDR)
…and take a look at the following set(s):
HDR – Stuttgart & Surroundings
Any comments, feedback or criticisms are highly welcome! Thanks for viewing!