Tag: Mark Morrow

Aurora HDR 2019 – Adding Interest with Adjustment Layers

Aurora HDR 2019 – Adding Interest with Adjustment Layers

Mark Morrow

Working with HDR (High Dynamic Range) composites can be tricky under certain circumstances, especially in regard to directing and containing a high level of detail. Whether bringing our subject forward or subduing a busy background, these issues fade quickly into the past when combining Adjustment Layers and Masks in Aurora HDR 2019 – all within a single interface.

In this tutorial, we’ll nail down a quick and easy approach to adding interest to a given image from merge to export. Let’s jump right in..

Summary

  • Loading images into Aurora HDR 2019
  • Alignment, Deghosting & Chromatic Aberration
  • Adding and Applying Adjustment Layers
  • Adding and Applying Masks to Adjustment Layers
  • Applying a Composition Crop
  • Exporting our Final Composition

Thanks for stopping by, as always. I hope you find the information helpful.

Questions? Shoot me a comment or drop me a line any time at mark@sojournmediaco.com.

Midnight Green

Midnight Green

Mark Morrow
Midnight Green – f/11, 15s, ISO 800

Final capture after a long day of ground and aerial shooting at Poplar Grove Golf Club in Amherst, Virginia. Capture via Sony A7R and Leica 18mm Super Elmar M at f/11, 15s, ISO 800. Single image RAW process with Aurora HDR and finished in Photoshop CC.

Video

Thanks for visiting. Questions? Feel free to leave a comment or drop me a line any time via mark@sojournmediaco.com.

Evening Hues

Evening Hues

Mark Morrow
Evening Hues, by Mark Morrow

Late afternoon color along the Blue Ridge Parkway in eastern Roanoke County, Virginia. Captured via Canon 5D2 and Sigma 10-22mm f/3.5. Five exposure bracket processed via Aurora HDR and finished via Photoshop CC.

Thanks for visiting. Questions? Feel free to leave a comment or drop me a line any time via mark@sojournmediaco.com.

Lake Moomaw – Warm Springs, VA

Lake Moomaw – Warm Springs, VA

Mark Morrow

Select imagery highlighting the beauty of Lake Moomaw, a dam-controlled impoundment fed by the Jackson River nestled in the Alleghany Highlands of Southwestern Virginia. Read more →

Aurora HDR – Initial Thoughts

Aurora HDR – Initial Thoughts

Mark Morrow

Having recently stumbled on a video tutorial extolling the benefits of expanded RAW processing via Aurora HDR 2019 by Rich Harrington over at Photofocus, I decided to download the acclaimed software and give it a try. Read more →

Budget Macro – Exploring Reverse Ring Adapters

Budget Macro – Exploring Reverse Ring Adapters

Mark Morrow

As with any specialized area of photography, the art of macro photography – that is, making images of objects at a very close range – is in a creative world of its own.

This is true not only in terms of the specialized gear required to tell a story at a true 1:1 scale, but even more so in regard to the patience and practice needed to produce a clear and consistent result.

In this article, we’ll explore a technique known as reverse lens macro and consider one economical approach to producing amazing close-up images by using a simple reverse ring adapter and a manually-operated lens. Read more →

Accrediting Your Work with Metadata Templates in Adobe Bridge

Accrediting Your Work with Metadata Templates in Adobe Bridge

Mark Morrow

Of the billions of images to be found online today, can your own be properly identified as such? In this video, we’ll explore how to give yourself the credit you deserve in a single click by way of Metadata Templates in Adobe Bridge.

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