Thought I would try this HDR Thingy stuff !!

[CScottMcQueen]

Went out yesterday with the intention of taking a few images for trying HDR with.

Never tried this before so be gentle on me, nah only kidding tell me the truth after all im here to learn.

#1
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q129/cscottmcqueen/DingleyHDR.jpg


C&C Appreciated

I will upload the others later

[PapaLazarou]

Not 2 bad, good 2 see you havent over done the HDR like so many do. I would clone out the power lines and tower, my eye looks at them as soon as the picture loads up.

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[Janice]

It doesnt look to have any OOMPH in my opinion.... no depth of colour or tone. needs contrast, levels or something i think.

I personally think hdr is best on urban stuff.. .not landscapes or portraits.

[chewyuk]

Contrast !!
Was this done with a single or multiple images?
The branches seem a little mis-aligned - it could be me ?

[CT]

That's looking really washed out on my monitor and a bit difficult to judge anything from it, so I tweaked the levels a bit.
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1269/DingleyHDR-2.jpg

You seem to have a good range of tones throughout, a good balance between the sky and the land and no obvious halos or HDR artifacts so I'd say you done good Danno. ;)

[CT]

There does seem to be a problem with alignment of the images, could be wind moving those branches I suppose?

[clawz]

I think your right, there does seem to be some sort of anomaly with the branches.

But overall the first HDR shot is very well done! gratz! :thumbs:
(would consider, as its been mentioned, cloning out those power lines. Bloddy blots on the landscape, along with roads and motorways! :lol:)

[CScottMcQueen]

There does seem to be a problem with alignment of the images, could be wind moving those branches I suppose?

Yes, was two images and the wind was a problem, in fact it nearly blew the camera over.

And I agree with it looking washed out, it looked fine on the works monitor but here it looks cr*p ! I much prefer the adjusted one.

I think I will crop the tree out of the right hand side, the rest wont be so easily noticeable

[foodpoison]

Looks washed out, and I personally like lots of contrast and vivid colour :P
Also, try shooting in raw, and then just editing in photoshop or the like.
It saves from mis-aligned images :p

[HanC]

i think the original image is a bit washed out yea..the readjusted one looks good though!

[CScottMcQueen]

Also, try shooting in raw

Is there an alternative ? :shrug:

[CScottMcQueen]

Definitely my works monitor, time to run the Spyder 2 on it !!!

[foodpoison]

Is there an alternative ? :shrug:

Well, you can continue to shoot in your current format, and in photoshop, you can change the exposure of the photo, which basically just lightens or darkens the photo. I find that a raw works better though, and the final image looks nice, but its up to you! :thumbs:

[CT]

Is there an alternative ? :shrug:

Assuming you mean an alternative to shooting RAW as the basis for HDR shots... yes there is. You can can take any suitable looking jpeg sitting on your hard drive and save three TIFF shots from it - one with the levels unadjusted and two with the levels adjusted (1 lighter and 1 darker) I tend to use the gamma slider for this.

Open the shots in Photomatix and proceed as normal.

Obviously it's not as good as starting in RAW, particularly with 3 or more exposures, and you're starting from an 8 bit jpeg instead of a 16 bit TIFF file, but some good results can be achieved this way, and it's a convenient way to practice.

[CScottMcQueen]

Sorry the 'is there an alternative' was a p*ss poor attempt at humour (The RAW vs JPG debate).

I was aware that you could create HDR from a single image (The one above is from a bracketed shot, which is no good in the wind).

But poor sense of humour aside, Every time I try and create a HDR from a single shot in photoshop after adjusting the exposure I get 'not enough dynamic range to construct a useful HDR' now is this something to do with the raw conversion settings or is it a limitation within adobe ?

[CT]

LOL. Can't help you there I'm afraid, I only use Photomatix for HDR.

[tomstorey]

Every time I try and create a HDR from a single shot in photoshop after adjusting the exposure I get 'not enough dynamic range to construct a useful HDR' now is this something to do with the raw conversion settings or is it a limitation within adobe ?[/QUOTE]

I believe if you strip out the exifs Photoshop will accept the files for HDR.
But you do know, of course, that a one shot affair, even if it is RAW, cannot be considered an HDR image.
HTH
Tom