#fuji X100S

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Cinematic Series #06 por Laser Kola Por Flickr: This same alley can be seen in the first episode of the new Netflix series Hibana (Spark), when Kamiya calls Tokunaga from Osaka.

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Great coffee.

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Hunters Point

“Hunters Point” ©2023 Karen Johnson All Rights Reserved Hunters Point in Long Island City. One of my favorite places to visit.

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Garage Window

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I’ve always been put off by HDR, I remember seeing a lot of really bad over processed photography back in the 2010s, when it seemed to be really popular. I’ve been to this spot under the M32 motorway a few times, and every time I come away with photos that aren’t quite right. Even on overcast days the contrast between the light coming through, and the shadows is too much. I find I’m having to drastically underexpose the photo to avoid completely blowing out the highlights. I was also shooting on my Fuji X100s which I love, but which doesn’t have tons and tons of dynamic range. My problem then is that the shadows slider is having to do a lot of the heavy lifting afterwards in Capture One, and it results in a lot of noise. This time I thought, why don’t I get over my fear of HDR, and give it a go. I bracketed the shots, I didn’t have a tripod so was trying to keep the camera as still as possible. Once I got home, I merged them all using Affinity, and even though I still had to pull up the shadows, the end result looked far cleaner than any of the single shot exposures. I’ve tried to keep some natural contrast in there to avoid it being completely washed out, but this has made me keen to try again. Below is the final photo and the bracketed exposures that I merged together.

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Henry Hiding

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