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Scotsh · 03-30-2012, 03:21 PM

Tried to post this as my signature, but I am not a fully up to speed on this forum's procedures. So here is the picture - hopefully inserted into the message instead of a gallery.

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This about 8 miles from my home. Used to be "Cattle Country", but now for me at least it is Shadow Land. A little learning experience with the Gimp photo editor on this one to insert the text etc.

byggd · 03-30-2012, 04:45 PM

Welcome to the clan!

MB_ED · 03-30-2012, 09:58 PM

Welcome

gman48 · 03-30-2012, 10:01 PM

Hello and welcome.

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Bens06Sabre · 03-30-2012, 10:03 PM

welcome to forum, cool pic

CBH · 03-30-2012, 10:23 PM

Awesome photo!!!!

craig s. · 03-30-2012, 10:45 PM

welcome..that is an awesome pic...was the sky actually looking stormy or did you photo-shop it?..i know you put the text in,but the rest looks edited..the brightness and the sky is what i mean,..if not,that is a really awesome pic.

Floyd Dolin · 03-31-2012, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Scotsh

Tried to post this as my signature, but I am not a fully up to speed on this forum's procedures. So here is the picture - hopefully inserted into the message instead of a gallery.

The skyline does look like it's been masked in. Even at that...the photo looks great. You definitely got your signature rolling now.

tigrzeye · 03-31-2012, 06:48 AM

Looks great, welcome aboard!!

Scotsh · 03-31-2012, 07:33 AM

To Craig and Floyd, yes the sky is masked, it is from a second shot at the same time/location, but one full f-stop under exposed so the clouds appear darker. The bike is also enhanced (though less dramatically, notice it's lighter thru the spokes of the front wheel) with a third exposure one f-stop over exposed. My camera has a setting to snap all three in about a second as I hold the button down. Combining three exposures like this is usually called high dynamic range (HDR) though usually the exposures are merged, not completely masked to the lowest exposure as the sky is in this case. It was a cold gray flat day, but I was high from riding, the scene was dramatic, and I wanted the picture to reflect that.

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Scotsh Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Owyhee County Idaho, about 50 miles from Boise. Posts: 9	Hello From where I ride Tried to post this as my signature, but I am not a fully up to speed on this forum's procedures. So here is the picture - hopefully inserted into the message instead of a gallery. [IMG][/IMG] This about 8 miles from my home. Used to be "Cattle Country", but now for me at least it is Shadow Land. A little learning experience with the Gimp photo editor on this one to insert the text etc.

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byggd Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Corona CA Posts: 2,114	Welcome to the clan! __________________ 88 Honda VT1100C 02 Yamaha WR426 71 Honda CB175

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gman48 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Douglasville, GA Posts: 126	Hello and welcome. Sent from my ADR6350 using Motorcycle.com App __________________

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tigrzeye Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 791	Looks great, welcome aboard!! __________________ 2012 V-Star 1300 Tourer Previous bike 2009 Shadow Aero *A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop. - Robert Hughes*

03-31-2012, 07:33 AM	#10 (permalink)
Scotsh Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Owyhee County Idaho, about 50 miles from Boise. Posts: 9	To Craig and Floyd, yes the sky is masked, it is from a second shot at the same time/location, but one full f-stop under exposed so the clouds appear darker. The bike is also enhanced (though less dramatically, notice it's lighter thru the spokes of the front wheel) with a third exposure one f-stop over exposed. My camera has a setting to snap all three in about a second as I hold the button down. Combining three exposures like this is usually called high dynamic range (HDR) though usually the exposures are merged, not completely masked to the lowest exposure as the sky is in this case. It was a cold gray flat day, but I was high from riding, the scene was dramatic, and I wanted the picture to reflect that. __________________ 2007 Shadow Spirit 750

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