2009 Long Beach Regional

[whosdadog]

I took some pictures of the Pits and Field at the Long Beach (LA) Regional. A bunch of people told me they looked cool, so I thought I would share them.

[sanddrag]

whoa? what on earth did you do to these shots? they look fake. Do you have a higher res you can post? Did you do HDR on it?

[pitzoid]

Cool.....

[RyanCahoon]

Definitely would be interested in higher resolution versions if you have them.

--Ryan

[Matt Howard]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Did you do HDR on it?

Those are most definitely HDR, notice the color of the field and the blurriness of the people in the bottom left of the second photo. Neat anyways though.

[whosdadog]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

whoa? what on earth did you do to these shots? they look fake. Do you have a higher res you can post? Did you do HDR on it?

Yes. They were supposed to be link-ified but it doesnt look like they are any more. The high res are here. Click on "All Sizes" at the top.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whosdadog/3352291293/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whosdadog/3353113138/

[Gary.C]

Cool shots but I was at the regional and the colors are fake

[whosdadog]

Originally Posted by CHI DONG08

Cool shots but I was at the regional and the colors are fake

They are not fake, but are saturated by a factor of 2.5. So the colors are just exaggerated.

[Cactus_Robotics]

I like they way the pics look. It almost looks like a story book or a sketch you'd see as a artist rendering of the event. Very cool.

[Greg Ross]

Cool! What tool did you use to HDR them?

[StephenB]

low and behold im smack dab in the middle of that second picture

[whosdadog]

Originally Posted by Greg Ross

Cool! What tool did you use to HDR them?

I used Qtpfsgui http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/

[Drwurm]

BTW, the appearence of these photos is not a result of HDR, but of tone mapping if you want to be more specific. Did you compose these from a single RAW or multiple exposures?

[whosdadog]

Originally Posted by Drwurm

BTW, the appearence of these photos is not a result of HDR, but of tone mapping if you want to be more specific. Did you compose these from a single RAW or multiple exposures?

I used 3 Exposures, over and under exposed two stops, which is the reason for the ghosting of some moving objects.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by whosdadog

I used 3 Exposures, over and under exposed two stops, which is the reason for the ghosting of some moving objects.

What camera did you use that allowed you to take these three shots at different settings in such rapid succession?