The Marble Hall – Ludwigsburg, Germany (HDR)

The Marble Hall (HDR)
The Marble Hall (HDR) - Dynamic Before-and-After

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The story of this photo

This is the marble hall (Marmorsaal) in the Ludwigsburg Palace in Germany. Ludwigsburg Palace is one of the biggest baroque palaces in Germany. In this hall, the king received his visitors.

How it was shot

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

View the Before-and-After Comparison 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]
  • Resulting TIF images were then used as input to Photomatix
  • Tone-mapping: Photomatix Pro 4.0 (Detail Enhancer)
The Marble Hall - Pics to play with: Download the full-resolution source files of this image and test your processing skills

The Marble Hall – Pics to play with: Download the full-resolution source files of this image and test your processing skills

How it was post-processed

  • Post-processing was done in Photoshop
  • Slight perspective correction and cropping
  • Topaz Adjust on the entire image to get back the colors and the details [details]
  • Topaz Denoise on the entire image [details]
  • Topaz Infocus on the entire image for sharpening
  • Saturation layer on the white marble walls (desaturation)
  • Saturation layer on the ceiling (master)
  • Saturation layer on the chandeliers (yellows)
  • Global saturation layer (master)
  • Global levels layer (more contrast)
  • Vignette effect using a masked fill layer [details]
  • Sharpening using the high-pass filter [details]
  • Watermarking
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