Old and New: A Tone-Mapped Articulated Mallet

by Aaron Hockley on February 19, 2010

Even though I purchased Photomatix a few months ago, I hadn’t really spent much time with HDR photography. Tonight I had some time and found what I figured would be a great subject for my first attempt at tone mapping. I made this photo of the Black Hills Central Railroad on one of its tourist excursions between Keystone and Hill City, South Dakota.

I’m a bit biased, but I figure it’s not bad for a first try at tone mapping…

  • http://steveeshom.com Steve Eshom

    Good first try! Not over done at all.

  • Paige

    Yes, this is very nice! I assume this was done from a single original photo, rather than a sequence of several photos taken at different exposures. Could we see the unadjusted original for comparison?

  • http://www.oil-electric.com Robert in Port Townsend

    Very striking effect. Resembles old “hand tinted” post cards!

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