Time to work on the HDR compositions! Here’s Part 2.:)
I finally managed to get some much nicer bracketed exposures of Kumamoto Castle on Saturday morning – the day before departure. Like the picture taken from my blog post “Meals with a View”, these exposures were taken at the balcony garden in front of Restaurant Matsuri:
Both of these two HDR compositions were created from a five bracket shot series each.
I went easy on tone mapping to get a more naturalistic look for the next three compositions. Firstly, the one below was taken near the entrance of Kyu-Hosokawa Gyobutei:
And these last two compositions along the road running around the outskirts of Kumamoto Castle. The wall on either side of the two pictures is Hyakken Wall.
There’s two more stacks of HDR exposures left: and that’s for Suizenji Gardens and Kyu-Hosokawa Gyobutei. Those are a lot harder to process as lighting was either awful – as in the case of Suizenji Gardens – or low light, as was the case for Hosokawa Mansion. I don’t think they’re going to look as nice as those here in this post.
I like the first photo! It sort of conveys a melancholic-nostalgic mood. Power! :D
The first photo is my current desktop wallpaper. : )
Well, I’ve finished going through all the HDR compositions: took about 73 though not all turned out well on account of the really gray and drab weather. Redid a couple of other compositions too.
Here’s the final selection of the lot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chekyang/sets/72157622990309120/
Let me know if you want any of the others.:)