Mini 3 Moon and Mountian in July Mini 3 Pro (RC)

[halzucati]

Stitched 30 5x AEB shots in Lightroom as Panorama HDR

 

[Dale D]

Stitched 30 5x AEB shots in Lightroom as Panorama HDR

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It's a beautiful shot but you could have made it even better! In Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop, open Filter>Camera RAW> and open Masking tool. Using LINEAR mask, drag from bottom up with left mouse key, cursor to the horizon and select the bottom. Then open shadows, texture, and clarity. The commonest problem with these type of exposures is the high dynamic range. The drone sensor reads and exposes for the highlights (sky) and under-exposes the foreground. Your foreground is nearly totally black without any details. See before and after editing with masking tool.
click on image to enlarge.

Dale
Miami


Dale
Miami

 

[Lets Fly]

It's a beautiful shot but you could have made it even better! In Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop, open Filter>Camera RAW> and open Masking tool. Using LINEAR mask, drag from bottom up with left mouse key, cursor to the horizon and select the bottom. Then open shadows, texture, and clarity. The commonest problem with these type of exposures is the high dynamic range. The drone sensor reads and exposes for the highlights (sky) and under-exposes the foreground. Your foreground is nearly totally black without any details. See before and after editing with masking tool.
click on image to enlarge.

Dale
Miami
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Dale
Miami

That's nice Dale, but I sort of like the dark foreground making the mountain more the subject with the moon.

 

[Dale D]

That's nice Dale, but I sort of like the dark foreground making the mountain more the subject with the moon.

That's quite alright. I'm just showing how the foreground can be recovered if you wanted it.

 

[Lets Fly]

That's quite alright. I'm just showing how the foreground can be recovered if you wanted it.

Extra tips are always helpful.

 

[halzucati]

It's a beautiful shot but you could have made it even better! In Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop, open Filter>Camera RAW> and open Masking tool. Using LINEAR mask, drag from bottom up with left mouse key, cursor to the horizon and select the bottom. Then open shadows, texture, and clarity. The commonest problem with these type of exposures is the high dynamic range. The drone sensor reads and exposes for the highlights (sky) and under-exposes the foreground. Your foreground is nearly totally black without any details. See before and after editing with masking tool.
click on image to enlarge.

Dale
Miami
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Dale
Miami

Thanks for the info and demo!
I like the effect you achieved.
My take on this scene was to emphasize the mountian, moon and sky. I think that may be because I've seen my town so much, it's not that interesting to me, so perhaps I'm masking my own town.
Thanks again for the feedback, I'll give your method a try.
- Hal