Black and White Skywatch Friday
OK, a few ‘trade secrets’. I took 3 photos, with a 0,7 bracket (with 0,7 dioptries difference between each photo). Ideally, these photos should be taken with your camera on a tripod, but it works if you’re really steady.
Passed the photos through a HDR program, Photomatix Pro, version 4.1. Tonemapped it, changed it into black and white using Picasa, worked a bit with saturation and shades. Et voila!
All this for 2 of my favorite weekly memes, Skywatch Friday and the Weekend in Black and White.
Barcelona Daily Photo 
Thanks Rob and Mandy…it really is a wonderful photo! I shall let my daughter know too 🙂
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December 5, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Annelisa, the photo was taken from the steps of the MNAC, Natioonal Catalan Art Museum, on Montjuic Hill
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December 4, 2011 at 7:06 am
An excellent final image…my daughter and I were admiring it and wondering where it was taken?
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December 3, 2011 at 11:35 pm
wowza !!! and so interesting … xoxo from the prairie.
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November 6, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Great shot for Skywatch and Weekend in Black and White!
Jan Halvard, Norway
Welcome to visit ¡Buenos dias Bolivia!,
my blog since I was volunteering in Bolivia….
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November 6, 2011 at 1:44 pm
Very dramatic results – and no doubt much more effective in b&w than it would be in color.
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November 5, 2011 at 5:59 pm
I read everything you did to create this little masterpiece, but I still do not have a clue what you did. All I can say it is a wonderful image you have given us, and I have certainly enjoyed drinking coffee and viewing it this cold morning here in Virginia. genie
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November 5, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Great…;D
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November 5, 2011 at 5:17 am
awesome !
daily athens photo
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November 4, 2011 at 10:29 pm
A lot of work, but an absolutely stunning sky made it worth the effort!
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November 4, 2011 at 10:02 pm
I like this b/w image.
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November 4, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Simply beautiful!
My Sky Watch, happy weekend!
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November 4, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Blimey Rob, that was a lot of graft…but it paid off, what a fantastically futuristic looking image. Nice work indeed!
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November 4, 2011 at 3:10 pm
You're a photo wizard, Rob! Bravo for the results!
bon weekend
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November 4, 2011 at 11:29 am
Great one. Like it.
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November 4, 2011 at 9:42 am
It looks like a giant gargoyle on top
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November 4, 2011 at 9:41 am
great shot in bw! 🙂
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November 4, 2011 at 9:37 am
Beautiful, dramatic.
One could say they could be the black clouds covering Greece now.
Have a great weekend.
Costas
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November 4, 2011 at 9:02 am
nice one for SWF! Happy weekend! Hoping you can visit my skywatch post.
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November 4, 2011 at 9:02 am
C'est magnifique! 🙂
Bravo!
Léia
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November 4, 2011 at 7:54 am