Misunderstanding HDR?

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xrapidx

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Misunderstanding HDR (big pic warning)?

Ok - I've tried to make a couple of HDR photographs - but they never turn out like I thought they would... any tips on what sort of subjects to use, when to consider HDR, etc.

I generally only take 3 photo's until I can get a tripod - I see some guys use 10 or more photo's - below is an example of what I thought would make a good HDR photo:
Result:
HDR-RESULT.jpg

Pics used:
HDR_SOURCE1.jpg

HDR_SOURCE2.jpg

HDR_SOURCE3.jpg


Using Photoshop CS3.
 
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I haven't been able to look at the examples you've posted but IMHO ps3 doesn't do the best job. Have a look at photomatix pro instead.
 
bwana said:
I haven't been able to look at the examples you've posted but IMHO ps3 doesn't do the best job. Have a look at photomatix pro instead.
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Thanks - I'll look into it - ALL my HDR photo's done in PS3 look bland... might be me though :p
 
Since im also interested in this, i gave photomatrix pro a shot.

Opened the 3 images, and clicked generate.. Maybe theres more settings that coulda make it look better but here are the results taken at 2 different exposure settings:

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top49e4ad9fa7251.jpg


I dunno..what u think?

First one is nice :)
 
Yeh - yours look a bit more colourful - mine looks washed out. Yours would probably look better if you used the RAW photo's - I'll give Photomatrix a try.
 
xrapidx said:
Yeh - yours look a bit more colourful - mine looks washed out. Yours would probably look better if you used the RAW photo's - I'll give Photomatrix a try.
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Was thinking the same thing.

Anyways good luck.. Wish i had one of those DSLR's :P Have to make wannabe HDR pics with my cybershot N1 hahaha
 
xrapidx said:
Yeh - yours look a bit more colourful - mine looks washed out. Yours would probably look better if you used the RAW photo's - I'll give Photomatrix a try.
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no no no
you've got it all wrong
if you want to fix that pic, shoot it at the correct time - it's all about timing
hdr will not save you, and raw will most definitely not save you
 
ldmelsa said:
no no no
you've got it all wrong
if you want to fix that pic, shoot it at the correct time - it's all about timing
hdr will not save you, and raw will most definitely not save you
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What do you mean by the correct time? I'm assuming time of day - the problem is when you're traveling, time of day might not be convenient:)
 
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Photomatrix version:
HDR_RESULT2.jpg


Which one do you guys prefer? PS3, or PhotoMatrix Pro?
 
xrapidx said:
What do you mean by the correct time? I'm assuming time of day - the problem is when you're traveling, time of day might not be convenient:)
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Why not upload the RAWs to quickshare.co.za and let us have a bash - I dont know about "saving" it :rolleyes: but I'm sure we could reinterpret it. :)

And can you please not upload such large images? :o
 
bwana said:
Why not upload the RAWs to quickshare.co.za and let us have a bash - I dont know about "saving" it :rolleyes: but I'm sure we could reinterpret it. :)

And can you please not upload such large images? :o
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I'll see if I can do it tomorrow morning.

I'll make future images smaller, 1280x is my default size :p Running at 1920x so don't realize how big it is.

fxit_man said:
nice end result imo. photmatrix
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Thanks :)
 
Play around with smoothing and saturation settings -those are the two settings that tend "create that HDR look"
 
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