HDR Photography | Emerald City

HDR Photography | Emerald City – I took this shot one foggy morning in Chicago, Illinois. I liked the symmetry that the buildings provided but it looked a little blah overall because of the weather. I decided to give it a cinematic look using heavy split tones and Lightroom profiles. When I finished the edit and stood back I couldn’t help but notice that it looked a lot like the turquoise city that they visit in The Wizard of Oz. Hence the name: Emerald City! Check out the larger version of this photo here!

Post Processing & Camera Settings.

To process this image, I used the Presetpro Creative Flow Lightroom Presets, Profiles, and Brushes to (I used Lightroom Profiles included in The Creative Flow to color grade this image). Next, I created a copy of this image in Aurora HDR and used the Presetpro Aurora HDR Presets. Finally, I imported all images into Photoshop to blend and do a little sharpening.

Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM3
Lens: Sony FE 16-35 mm F2.8 GM
Settings: f11, 20mm, Time: 1/25s ISO: 100
Edit: Aurora HDR
Edit: Lightroom
Edit: Photoshop
Edit: Luminar

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