177ichael54

ILLustriousUA6

iTrader: (2)

so HDR, lol.

177ichael54

Is that cheating or something?

BLACKURA_NY

iTrader: (6)

ok. im a computer genuis, and i know photoshop like the back of my hand

but what the hell exactly is HDR ??

pokin

I say, ease off the blue slider... let the natural deep blue sky do its thing.

umaya87

it looks like it has 07-08 base a spec lip. is that correct?

stanekfelix

High Dynamic Range
I know this from DNPhotography who was too kind and answered my PM. In his own words, "It's actually 3 photos in one. The process is called bracketing. And the image is called HDR (High Dynamic Range). By bracketing you take 3 photos all at different exposures and combine them in a HDR program. To do this though you have to have a DSLR [camera]."

...and a fine example of the results:

007TL-S

nice pic !

stillhere153

iTrader: (1)

nah man that is the stock tls front... and damn that pic is sexy

blue rocket

iTrader: (1)

great looking car....the only thing that looks odd is the sky...

Blazing GT

sweet

Blazing GT

any mods?

Bearcat94

Looks Good.


the haters.


Drop it and get some tints; it'll be GREAT!!

177ichael54

You don't actually need a dslr to take differently exposed shots. You can adjust the exposure on most modern point and shooters as well, but you would want to use a tripod so the frame doesn't shift from shot to shot. For my pictures, I am using a dslr with the AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) feature and tripod.

177ichael54

There are many sliders to adjust and I'm not quite sure I know which one when you refer to the "blue slider". Hue? The beauty of digital photography is the ability to create an image to your tastes. Everyone has their own taste and I respect yours.

My emphasis of sharpness, color, saturation, etc was on the car and not so much the surrounding environment. After all, the subject is the car. Under these lighting conditions, if I were to adjust for the perfect sky, the car exposure would be off. Plus, I was trying to make the car "pop" out of the photo a bit more and I think I accomplished this. Look at the car, not the sky!!

Comments are appreciated. Thanks!

Paul_2007S

Just wondering , for those photoshop guru , I have Adobe Pshop 7.0 , can tone mapping be adjust there? or I should go get photomatix like evbody else.

177ichael54

Yeah, Photomatix is the way to go. I'm sure you can do it in Photoshop, but I'm not familiar with the HDR merging functionality of it. I'm sure it involves more than Photomatix, which is a program specific to HDR merging only. If you want HDR results like you see online, Photomatix will allow you to create it. Between Photomatix and Adobe Lightroom, you've probably got more than you need if you're asking this question. Good luck!

stanekfelix

177ichael54, the only thing with using a Point & Shoot + Tripod combination is that the camera will move slightly when adjusting exposure or pressing the shutter button, even if it's tethered. Plus, when taking the three pictures, everything in the frame has to be still, including the clouds. And I guess prayer is the only way to accomplish that

One more thing - as we all know, most vehicle shots are taken with the front wheels cheesily turned left or right. Now... is it just me, or it actually does look better when the wheels are turned towards the viewer and not the other way?

Skwatoe

Beautiful to the OP's pic! Photoshop and Photomatix is all you need to simulate a real HDR pic. Here are a couple I've done; heavy on the PS editing:

177ichael54

Nice shots. There is a lot of debate as to whether you are getting the full range by just adjusting exposure on the same photo. I like the shots tho. Numbers 1 and 2 are my favorite.

177ichael54

Yes, but the camera will move a lot less on a tripod, rather than having to bring the camera down from your eye, adjust exposure, and take another shot. Whereas on a dslr camera, the auto exposure bracketing allows you to take three different exposures one after the other. Since you cannot do this on most point and shooters, tripod is the only way. The slight movement of changing settings shouldn't be an issue when changing exposure on a tripod since Photomatix has an auto align function that will merge photos that are not perfectly framed. I can take hand held shots with my dslr at 3.5 frames per second and still get great results. In fact, the photo of my TL-S in this thread was taken hand held, no tripod. Also, the cloud movement shouldn't be an issue since they are so far away. I would be more concerned with trees swaying in the wind rather than cloud movement, unless it took you a couple hours to change the exposure settings on your camera to take the next shot.

As far as the wheels go, I know what you are saying about turning them towards the viewer. However, in this photo, I like the way the wheels are turned away. Due to my angle of shooting, the front wheel is perfectly perpendicular to the camera. I like the way it looks. I guess I like my pictures to look different from the "norm"

stanekfelix

It's funny how people look best when they are shot (photographed, that is) from above their eye level, whereas cars tend to look good when shot from below (their eye level... aka headlights.)
I wonder what are the psychovisual phenomena behind this.

pokin

K - maybe I could have better stated my comment. My point with the 'blue slider' was that the photo seemed to have a strong blue hue that made the sky seem unnatural. This was before the explanation of HDR. Now I know what HDR is and that this effect was intention, good work.