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One of the abandoned fishing boats on the River Wyre at Fleetwood Lancashire.
Below is a wonderful paining based on this image by the very talented Sue Nicol. I am very happy to have been involved in this collaboration. Thank you Sue for Wreck At Fleetwood Marshes
Nikon D5000 and Sigma 10mm-20mm lens. ISO200, 14mm, f4.8, 1/125 with polariser filter.
Single Raw file tone mapped in photomatix then to photoshop for horizon straightening and minor warp to correct barrelling.
Duplicated twice to give three files and curve adjustments (output +155 Input +115 & output -155 Input -115). Reimported to photomatix for HDR process. credit to Yhun Suarez for his curve settings.
Photomatix Settings
Details Enhancer Tone Mapping.
Strength – 84
Colour saturation – 50
Luminosity – 7.0
Microcontrast – 6.0
Lightmode Smoothing – yes (Medium)
White point – 0.524
Black point – 0.224
Gamma – 1.20
Temperature – 0.0
Saturation Highlights – 0.0
Saturation Shadows – 0.0
Micro smoothing – 3
Highlights Smoothness – 0.0
Shadows Smoothness – 0.0
Shadow Clipping – 0.0
360 degree image – No
Reimported to photoshop for noise reduction and sharpening
John enjoys capturing images mainly around his home in the North West of England with a leaning towards land and seascapes. John also enjoys using modern processing techniques designed to give images a more in-depth feel to them. John is happy to discuss individual customers image requests.
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Oh WOW John, where is the double fav button!!
excellent!!
Thanks very much Chrissie and wow you were quick on the comment button. I have now linked the picture so it can be viewed larger. :D
– John Hare
good work John congrats good use of hdr
Thanks very much for the comment and favourite Philip, I appreciate it.
– John Hare
Wonderful shot and treatment…
Thanks very much Sharon, these old boats are one of my favourite locations to shoot.
– John Hare
Amazing, ove it!
Thank you so much for your comment and favourite Sue. (I’d love to see you paint one of these one day!)
– John Hare
Its even more impressive LARGE :)
I just wish we could do that on rb without the need to externally link it.
– John Hare
Sweet capture and editing , an instant Fave for me John. Well done mate
Thanks very much Maxwell for your kind comment and favourite mate.
– John Hare
great work John an instant fav
Thanks Vicky for the comment and favourite. I think the tone mapping before conversion for HDR worked nicely here.
– John Hare
Great work. It came out very nicely from a single picture HDR. Nice tonemapping. The boat is not bad either… LOL.
Thanks Sylvain for your comment and favourite. It shows the benefit of a perfectly exposed single shot. This is a three shot HDR taken the same visit The Skeleton
– John Hare
great conversion to HDR john
Thanks Trevor, taken the day we visited, one of the last ones of the visit.
– John Hare
Beautifully worked John
Thank you very much Polly.
– John Hare