Maven Farmstead

Maven Farmstead, originally uploaded by mavenimagery® Bringin Artist 2Gether For Cancer.

Maven Farmstead
Processed by: mavenimagery Lab, Universal Studios, Californa.
HDR PROCESSED with IRET (Iris Range Enhancement Technology)
IRET (Iris Range Enhancement Technology and MavenFilters are products of mavenimagery Labs Innovation)

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*mavenimagery's first completed (publish ready) image ever to be posted on Flickr.
Workflow: The image below was 16-bit RAW image. For a 3D effect processed seperately in IRET (Firs Pass). Then combined with the 3 bracketed EV's which were tone mapped in Photomatix.
Tone mapped image combined with with image below and post processed in IRET (Second Pass). Time: 7 hrs 48min.
If you have a monitor at least with 1000:1 Contrast ratio (not to be confused with the 20.000-5 million Dynamic contrast ratio questionably marketed monitors. Ask for more on this subject if interested) this image should look OK. Simple math: think of 200.000:1 as opposed to standard max 500:1 and above the standards 1000:1, which is the only budget monitor available in the market. To test your knowledge answer True or False to the following quiz:

The term "32-bit colour" is actually a misnomer when talking about display colour depth. Many people believe that it represents some 4.2 billion colours, but in reality, it is just 24-bit True colour plus a further 8-bits of alpha transparency.

If you answered False then it's time to do some research or Ask Maven

Note: Check back again soon for a more comprehensive tutorial and brief FIRST introduction to IRET ((Iris Range Enhancement Technology and MavenFilters).