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Romanian Athenaeum
Posted By: LED, 03-06-2008, 10:58 PM

A heavy postprocessed shot of the Romanian Athenaeum.



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Or maybe you like the original.


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03-07-2008, 04:04 AM   #2
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Between the two, I prefer the original. Although I like the PProc. you did on the sky.
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I like the original one better too
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I also think the original is better. Im a fan of HDR but done subtly to enhance areas of shadow or bring out lost detail. I think the 2original shot was perfect the way it was (if it is HDR)


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The first one is some sort of fake HDR and the 2nd is the original with levels adjustment.
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I'll have to agree with everyone else on this one, #1 is the best!
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Ditto on #2- if you could adjust the sky in #2 it would be perfect instead of 'just a great shot'

Edit I am an idiot - I like the original - which is #2 , I had a 50/50 chance to get it right !


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Do you mean #1 as in the original photo? Or as in the first photo posted?
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Prefer the original but like the dramatic sky in 1. Looks like a really interesting building. Have you got any internal shots?

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Unfortunately I don't have any photos from inside. It has a big concert hall with great acoustics - the best in Romania I think - and another small room on the basement also used for limited audience.

Here you can see two poor quality pictures with the entrance and the concert hall:
http://fge.org.ro/wp-content/gallery/ateneu/normal_fge%20(15).jpg
http://ue.mae.ro/images/images_stiri/general/2006.09.20_IstRelig.jpg


I adjusted a bit the original, I think now it's looking better. Sky changed, more contrast in the middle.


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Hi,
I still think the original is better, sorry. What software are you using?
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Lightroom for #1 and #3. My display is calibrated for Photoshop and it's a little difficult to work in LR, it has different gamma settings. #2 was pp-ed with PS.
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I'm late looking at this but like the last one best although just a tad dark on my monitor.

Interesting, I have PS Elements and Lightroom do these have different gammas for the monitor setting. I thought I had to just calibrate the monitor to one of these downloaded programs and that it was all set? I don't see nay difference in the several pp prgrams I have but I may not be looking correctly or with enough sensitivity.
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