On 2015-04-14 02:54:14 +0000, Tony Cooper said:

On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:46:41 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:
On 2015-04-14 01:34:45 +0000, Bill W said:
On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:04:02 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:
On 2015-04-13 23:15:27 +0000, Bill W said:
On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 11:39:14 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

Here is a B&W take of my Exposure 7 trial.

For this rendition I wanted to see how it matched up against NIK Silver
Efex Pro 2, and I am impressed.

Here I used an Ilford B&W emulation + Vignette, and added 50% grain as
if developed in Rodinal, and a few other tweaks.
This really looks like grain, not noise.
https://db.tt/NBuFaHS1

What was your final verdict on HDR Express? Did you buy it?

Yes. I like the subtlety of the results, and I can afford it. It adds
another tool to my tool box.
Very different HDR results from those produced by NIK HDR Efex Pro or
Photomatix, and even HDR Pro in Photoshop.

Wasn't that you who posted the photo of a tree next to a road,
inviting everyone to try some HDR on it? Did you try the new software
on that one?

Yup! Here is a rendition of that tree done with HDR Express 3.
https://db.tt/NB1lG9Ng

For ~$80, I'll probably get it, too.

That is evidently not the tree Joyce Kilmer had in mind.

I have no idea how familiar he would have been with California Live
Oaks. Somehow I don't think he ever made it out West.



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Regards,

Savageduck