Thames Barrier

The Thames Barrier was built between 1974 and 1982. The barrier's purpose is to prevent London from flooding during a freak high tide moving in from the sea caused by a storm surge.

These photos were taken on the north bank of the river.

The first HDR photo was tone mapped using five different exposures and the others were done using only three. The difference in overall tone and detail is evident.

The last photo had less shadow and highlight smoothing and the colour saturation was reduced.

Kew Gardens 2009 HDR Style

Photomatix: Tower Bridge #2

Are the towers really tilting to the sides? Is it the lens at its widest or is it just me?

Photomatix: London Bridge

Armed with an ultra-wide angle lens and a little photomatix tone mapping post processing brings two images to life. I don't need to point out which are the before and after images, do I?








Which do you like? Do you prefer the HDR images or the unprocessed images?

Photomatix: Tower Bridge, London

St Paul's Cathedral - A Photomatix Rendition

The result is bad due to camera shake and photomatix not processing the images on camera with the correct exposure bracketing. The importance of using a remote shutter release while shooting in low light conditions is greatly recommended.

Photomatix

Today I purchased a Photomatix license key after trying the software. The results are much better than Qtpfsgui.

The first image is without any Photomatix processing and tone mapping.

Photomatix processed.

The same image as above but with some level adjustments using Photoshop.

I will be using Photomatix more in future - the results are fantastic.