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Challenge: Preserving original color and applying contrast - Aurora HDR Tutorial
From the course: Learning Aurora HDR 2018
Challenge: Preserving original color and applying contrast
- Now it's time for some fun, a development challenge. I've got a series of HDR images here that I've picked and each of them have a few things that are unique and challenging about them. I'm going to give you a couple of hints of what to look out for, and then you try your hand at developing the photos, using the skills that you've learned in this course. Once that's done, and you want to see the answer or at least, one solution, you can watch how I developed the photo. I'll walk you through the thought process. All right, let's jump into the first example. Now, with the first image here, the goal is to really preserve the original colors but bring out the contrast. The scene already looks a bit magnificent with these great pastels in the desert, and I shot this with the typical three bracket series. Now, what you can see here as you look at those images is that you have a good image for all of the details in the darker areas here, an underexposed image that really helps with the…
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Challenge: Preserving original color and applying contrast1m 27s
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Solution: Preserving original color and applying contrast3m 56s
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Challenge: Creating a feeling with an image57s
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Solution: Creating a feeling with an image3m 34s
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Challenge: Creating the look of a digital painting55s
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Solution: Creating the look of a digital painting3m 57s
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Challenge: Help a subject stand out from the background56s
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Solution: Help a subject stand out from the background3m 52s
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