einsatz

Well the problem is the place was dark so metering with a single shot makes the hole in the top be blown out. There's nothing to recover there and very little on the windows. This is a problem with doing HDR from a single file...
Now that you mention it though, it looks like I overcompensated on bringing the highlights down.

jupitersolo

Have you tried to do it with making four images from a single image? Try going +1, +2 and -1, -2, from the original image. Or if you think it's too bright, forget the +2 and just do the -1, -2 with the original and a +1.

srika

I think that pic could be magical with a contrasty B&W treatment..

mattg

My first attempt. Single shot RAW.

ChodTheWacko

That's pretty nice - I like that.

For you people doing this stuff with single shot raws - Are you really getting any effect that you can't do by just adjusting shadows/highlights/saturation settings?

It really doesn't make much sense that you gain anything at all using HDR software - except perhaps convenience.

- Frank

ChodTheWacko

That's not going to help. He said there is no data there.
I'm sure the histogram is completely walled out on the right side.
If your histogram is a U, and you try to go -2 in post, you're still going to have a U due to data clipping.

You do get a stop or two (with really washed out colors) of highlight recovery when you shoot raw, but not much more than that.

I should post a HDR example, +, 0, -, and combined, with histograms of each pic.

- Frank

TRIOD3SIGNS

OK my first decent try (I think) at HDR. No goofy programs just 3 images & a whole bunch of layer blending & working in Photoshop. Tell me if im doing it right... Cuz photomatix light just turns my images to crap for some reason.

srika

eh, call it convenience, but it's just different software. a different way of achieving the same goal. you can do pseudo-HDR's in LR, photoshop, corel, elements, photomatix, artizen, whatever.

TRIOD3SIGNS

I'm curious to see what the original image looked like.

mattg

I think you're right, Frank. I did go with one of the more subtle adjustments though.




I shot a few more in RAW today. Didn't bring my tripod on this trip, plus this program just makes it too easy.

2001AudiS4

I like it mattg. I love shooting pictures with an overcast sky with the intent on creating a HDR. They come out so cool. The contrast of the truck color to the sky really helps it pop.

ChodTheWacko

I'm not saying using photomatix for that pic is stupid or anything - In the end the best tool is whatever gets your pictures to look 'right' the fastest.

It's just calling it an HDR pic - and I think I now know what bugs me about HDR pictures as a whole. It's the term "HDR". 'high' is just too vague.

Originally, HDR techniques were to compress ultra-high (clipped) ranges down to a range viewable in a picture. Then people started using them to compress all sorts of Dynamic ranges down to smaller DR ranges, using the same techniques. Even, in some cases, Low DR pictures even further. Which is fine and all, but then the term 'HDR' really becomes weird. It should have been called 'CDR' - compressed DR or something.

It kind of reminds me about how the term 'Near SLR' bugs me, back when it was randomly used all the time.

- Frank

srika

sounds like you are having a struggle with semantics..

03Type--S

iTrader: (1)

damn! lots of very nice shots all throughout the pages! I am going to have to invest in a better camera ...

vas25tl

jupitersolo

This can be done with a point and shoot that has manual settings.

Majofo

That's basically it.. the only downside is you'll notice the trees and some of the branches & leaves are blurry. When you superimpose images together any movement will be blurred out.. also you're shooting at night which magnifies the effect but the only way to help in that sense is a tripod, and maybe a prime ~f/1.6 lens. Try to use a program to remove some of the noise that you see in the sky would be my suggestion. Are you shooting a DSLR or P&S and are you shooting in RAW? PM has given me great results.

mattg

TS_eXpeed

Well, here's my first attempt at HDR.
I'll upload a few more that I tried out earlier today later, but I was really curious to see how it turned out.

I tried to stay with a little bit more of an understated look. I don't like the HDR's that are completely blown out and in your face. This was taken with 5 photos with +/- 0.7 at the ends.

:ib'holyshitthatsgreen'comments:

98JDMCL

Not really a true HDR.

Adri

Mattg: I like your truck shot in post # 324.

I have yet to experiment with HDR.

jupitersolo

This is the crypt at that Franciscan Monastery in DC, this first room was almost complete dark, a small light was shining from over right shoulder. The door to the room was about five feet tall.

Seven exposure image

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/reverseimage/4552005555/" title="Monastery Crypt by jupitersolo, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/4552005555_b0d9963cf3_b.jpg" width="723" height="1024" alt="Monastery Crypt" /></a>

ludachrisvt

iTrader: (2)

Couple from a garden tour today:









I went a little crazy on the last one. Maybe I'll tone it down a little later.

ludachrisvt

iTrader: (2)

Here's another from a singe shot:



wind was blowing so the plants are a tad blurred in this long exposure.

Majofo

I like the picture of your dog.. That came out real nice. Nice shots.

is300eater

ugh, dirty lens... but what da heck...

this was from back in Feb, when I was in Vancouver... to the right is Olympic Village

ludachrisvt

iTrader: (2)

Thanks! Not my dog btw.

jupitersolo

^^ Saw these at flickr with larger sizes, nice of the waterfall and garden path. The waterfall, maybe pull back the green a little. Which place was this?

ludachrisvt

iTrader: (2)

A smaller private garden that just opened. We were trying to get some good shots for promotional purposes but I decided to play around a bit. Thanks for the suggestions!

www.gardensbypatva.com

einsatz

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ep_jhu/4593397203/" title="Another Green World by ep_jhu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3405/4593397203_4420e3708a_b.jpg" width="682" height="1024" alt="Another Green World" /></a>

einsatz

srika

1 I liked from last night -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4654090455/

TS_eXpeed

Nice srika.
I always love the lines on big buildings like that...

vas25tl

jupitersolo

nik software coming out with a new HDR program.

http://www.niksoftware.com/index/sneakpeek/HDR.php

JT22

Rockstar21

iTrader: (1)

great shots guys..

wtf!

ViperrepiV

Hey hey,

I'm trying to create an HDR image from a sunset. The unprocessed HDR image that comes up in photo matix (pre-tone mapped), looks amazing to me. I can't figure out how to save a jpg of that unprocessed HDR file....any ideas? This is what it would look like:

vas25tl

einsatz