Interpretive processing.

Exercise: Interpretive processing.

The picture is of Reculver on the North side of Kent near Broadstairs.  This was my first attempt at taking in image in HDR.  It turned out rather flat but seemed a good candidate for this exercise.

The first image is as taken and is washed out with no great clue that it is an HDR image.

The aim of the first interpretation is meant it look like a night shot in silhouette against a moonlit night sky.  It was altered by use of sharpening and levels.  Changes in vibrancy and saturation and contrast finished it off.

The second interpretation is meant to look like a long exposure on a dark night; the possible scene for a horror film.  I flattened out the colours and tones and sharpened the edges.

The last interpretation is meant to look like a Victorian post card.  It is not just a sepia print but has had a lot of contrast and sharpening work done to it prior to applying the sepia toning.  All traces of modernity have also been cloned away

I set out to make three very different images from the original washed picture and give each one a totally different feel.  I think I have achieved what I set out to do.