HDR messing around

palms1 · #16 11-14-2007, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by dkcoats

Glad to see some space devoted to this subject. Hope I can learn a thing or two. Or three...

Very nice images Dc the tree looks super I took some of a conifer yesterday so will have a try later

I agree with you about learning i have picked a few things up already and I am also enjoying the messing around, and trying the different software out, as there is a vast choice, and all at different costs

Palms

palms1 · #17 11-14-2007, 06:23 AM

Well the conifer didnt' turn out that well so here's some holly instead done with 1 image
I tried 2 versions one with -2,0,+2 ( this one ) and one with -3,0,+3 which blew the white's out so now i know ! ! !

Palms

palms1 · #18 11-14-2007, 01:56 PM

Well i retried the conifer and using crazyfly's tip of using 2 images got a result
Palms

ChinaMark · #19 11-14-2007, 06:05 PM

Hello everyone,
I've been playing around with HDR for a few months and here is one I did recently and topped it off by converting it to B&W:

From 2016521182_5aa1dc4791.jpg to 2013389895_f7684c7a86.jpg

I started with 3 images with 2 of them +/- 2ev and merged and tone-mapped them in Photomatix and then finished it off in Photoshop using the Lucisart plugin and converted it to B&W using the Virtual Photographer plugin.

It actually started off quite simple, but turned into a vendetta until I finally got a result that I liked

Hope you like it,
Mark

RokcetScientist · #20 11-14-2007, 10:20 PM

Any MacHeads out there?
Tried ChocoFlop yet?

Here's a preview release of the upcoming ChocoFlop, a graphics manipulation app for HDR. As a preview it is entirely free but still unstable and not feature complete. Chocoflop - CoreImage-based, realtime, non-destructive, high dynamic range Image and Photo Editing Application for Mac OS X.

Get it here: ChocoFlop preview release.

Have fun!

crazyfly1 · #21 11-15-2007, 12:08 PM

http://aycu18.webshots.com/image/354...9796659_rs.jpg
(About 45 mg)

[img=http://aycu32.webshots.com/image/34151/2002437932837488304_rs.jpg]
(same image 4 mg)

My latest effort. It is actually 15 images. 3 exposures each bracketed at 1 stop. 5 images wide stitched togather. So in other words I put togather 5 HDR images and then stitched them. Photoshop was used for everything except I did the crop in lightroom because I like that crop tool better.
Only major change was that I had to take the boater from one image and layer him in as he was blurred in the HDRI.
I'd like any help about the one bad seam. It goes from blurry to sharp and I can't get it fixed. Do I have to blur into the sharp with a gradient to make it more natural or is there another alternative?

Palms1,
Sorry it took a minute to get back to you. I would try different exposures for sure. I have looked in all my tutorials and I can't find a recomendation. In fact it is hard to find much training info on HDR. Thing is auto exposer bracketing works well because I can set the 10 second timer and let it go so there is no shake. You couldn't get away with not touching the camera between shots if you did a greater range than what your camera will do by itself.

palms1 · #22 11-15-2007, 01:07 PM

crazyfly that looks like some hard work went into it ( sorry cant help you with your problem though. maybe if you posted on the retouching forum someone there may well be able to help ) but i cant stop looking at those 2 tree trunks on the right, they really stand out like 3D amazing

Thanks for looking for a answer to my question funny how there is not a lot of info out there ? Trial and error seems to rule

Palms