HDR Tutorials and some pretty cool images

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If anyone is curious about High Dynamic Range photography there's a pretty good intro available from twipphoto.com
 
HDR meets sunset :)

 
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Nice! I tried one in Photomatix but didn't get too far with the tone mapping - I think the dark parts in the image I was using (just one raw file, so I exported three jpegs: one normal, one under- and one overexposed) doesn't have enough detail to start with.
 
ldmelsa said:
bwana said:
HDR meets sunset :)



Can you post a pic of the before shot? :)
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It was from bracketed (±2) shots.

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Hey that a nice shot!

HDR is something I want to have a good go at soon. This example is another reason to do it sooner than later.
 
Wynsam said:
Hey that a nice shot!

HDR is something I want to have a good go at soon. This example is another reason to do it sooner than later.
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Yeah - you can get some interesting results - sometimes good . . . sometimes not so good :D
 
Here's my first (vaguely successful) attempt:



For those interested, shutter speeds were 1/20, 1/80, 1/320. Shot handheld.
 
Handheld?

That is brave for HDR where are trying to get an exact replica for each frame.

Handheld against a railing or some other immovable object maybe?
 
Wynsam said:
Handheld against a railing or some other immovable object maybe?
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I leaned against a lamp post to stabilise myself.

Wynsam said:
Handheld? That is brave for HDR where are trying to get an exact replica for each frame.
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Well, the 40D shoots 3 shots pretty quickly, so there's little movement. And Photomatix and Photoshop can both compensate.
 
Cool. I had an image of you trying to stand still while squeezing off three shot.

How much can the software compensate for? A fair amount or very little?
 
I'm glad to see that you guys don't go overboard with the HDR. I don't like it when it's unnatural.


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koffiejunkie said:
Here's my first (vaguely successful) attempt:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/2415118745_8e86e742db.jpg

For those interested, shutter speeds were 1/20, 1/80, 1/320. Shot handheld.
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I'd call it a success. Did you use the auto-bracketing? or change it manually?
ldmelsa said:
I don't see anything overboard there.
What I meant was this:
http://www.visualphotoguide.com/images/hdr-example-photo.jpg
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To me it looks like the guy opted for detail enhancement instead of tone mapping - I dont see anything wrong with it.
 
ldmelsa said:
I'm glad to see that you guys don't go overboard with the HDR. I don't like it when it's unnatural.
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I dont like that much either. It can look cool, but it's just not natural.

On the picture I did I had to back off the saturation quite a bit to get rid of that unnatural look. Looking at it now, maybe I should have backed it off even more.
 
koffiejunkie said:
I dont like that much either. It can look cool, but it's just not natural.

On the picture I did I had to back off the saturation quite a bit to get rid of that unnatural look. Looking at it now, maybe I should have backed it off even more.
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I think unless you spend a lot of time looking at HDR photos its bound to have a slightly unnatural look to it because it is unnatural for a photograph to have that sort of range. :)
 
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