HDR Photography.

Blurker · March 27th, 2008, 08:03 AM

Here's another attempt.

Dunno about it though.

**HeShootsNScores** · March 27th, 2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Blurker

Here's another attempt.

Dunno about it though.

I'm not sure about this image Blurker... I think it doesn't have enough range to be an HDR... or at least to effectively be one I think. I'm no pro though.... it all looks like its in the same color range.... maybe something with a little more contrast?

Blurker · March 27th, 2008, 02:13 PM

That is the HDR image posted above... Here's the orginal.

And the HDR.

But I do tend to agree that it's not the best subject for HDR. I thought the movement of the water (between the bracketed images) would be an interesting thing.

**ianmonsta** · March 27th, 2008, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by HeShootsNScores

I'm not sure about this image Blurker... I think it doesn't have enough range to be an HDR... or at least to effectively be one I think. I'm no pro though.... it all looks like its in the same color range.... maybe something with a little more contrast?

Gonna agree here, although after seeing the original the HDR did help the image a bit i think theres better/easier ways to acheive this with this image. The bricks are the only part of the image that are really benefiting from HDR.

**PuckMonkey** · March 27th, 2008, 10:21 PM

OK, starting to get the hang of it I think.

**rinkrat** · March 27th, 2008, 11:00 PM

Nice one PM.

This is the kind of pic to use with a wide range of tones and plenty of detail in the dark areas.

Excellent pic.

**PuckMonkey** · March 27th, 2008, 11:32 PM

Here's another. After the 5 or so HDRs that I have processed so far, I am amazed at how unpredictable the outcomes are. Still not sure if I like it though, although some of the results are somewhat interesting.

**PuckMonkey** · March 27th, 2008, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rinkrat

Nice one PM.

This is the kind of pic to use with a wide range of tones and plenty of detail in the dark areas.

Excellent pic.

Thanks Mike. I decided today was going to be the day that I was going to do this HDR stuff to see what I could learn, and you don't really learn anything until you start processing them. I've learned a lot already. Just not sure if I have learned to like it or not.

**HeShootsNScores** · March 27th, 2008, 11:40 PM

I agree PM... its unpredictable as to what is going to come out. Plus I'm not crazy about CS3's merge to HDR tool... for some reason I just haven't gotten the hang of it yet.

**PuckMonkey** · March 27th, 2008, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by HeShootsNScores

I agree PM... its unpredictable as to what is going to come out. Plus I'm not crazy about CS3's merge to HDR tool... for some reason I just haven't gotten the hang of it yet.

Yeah, I gave up on the CS3 merge action a long time ago and went ahead and did the plonk for Photomatix Pro. The tone mapping seems to be pretty essential.