The Green Room – Bebenhausen Palace, Germany (HDR)

The story of this photo

View the Before-and-After Comparison to see where this photo comes from!

This is another shot from the Palace Bebenhausen.

In the last two weeks, I have been spending more time getting to terms with my new accounts on Facebook and Google+ than with making images. These things really grab your attention! This weekend, I am back to editing photos. I have to optimize the management of my time budget. 🙂

Enjoy!

How it was shot

• Handheld [details]
• Three exposures (0, -2, +2 EV) autobracketed and merged to get and HDR
• Camera: Nikon D7000
• Lens: Sigma 10-20mm F3,5 EX DC HSM
• Details can be found here

Watch the Making of… video to see where this photo comes from

How it was tonemapped

• Preparation: developed the raw files with ACR mainly in order to reduce the CA [details]
• Created two additional exposures in ACR (+4EV and -4EV) to preserve highlights and shadows [details]
• Applied noise reduction (Topaz Denoise) to each of the source images [details]
• Resulting TIF images were then used as input to Photomatix
• Tone-mapping: Photomatix Pro 4.0 (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
• Topaz Infocus on the entire image for sharpening
• Global saturation layer (master)
• Global levels layer (contrast – masked to preserve highlights)
• Saturation layer on the ceiling (slight desaturation)
• Levels layer on the ceiling (more contrast)
• Saturation layer on the wooden walls (toned down the master)
• Levels layer on the wooden walls (more contrast)
• Photo filter on the floor (green)
• Saturation layer on the chandeliers (master)
• Vignette effect using a masked fill layer [details]
• Watermarking [details]

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