HDR Pictures

Anyone here into playing with HDRI?

Here's some of my "work" ;) Clicky for bigger

http://gallery.volvo240.org/images/1...th_hdr/s60.jpg
Original:
http://gallery.volvo240.org/images/1...0_original.jpg

Nordkapp, the most northern part of Europe
http://gallery.volvo240.org/images/1...dr/nordkap.jpg

Frozen Volvo
http://gallery.volvo240.org/images/1...ozen_volvo.jpg

Stream
http://gallery.volvo240.org/images/1...hdr/stream.jpg

I like the look A LOT....:clap:

How'd you do it? Multiple images with varying exposures or just clever photoshop work?

I have to say the one of Nordkapp is my favorite. Nicely done. :)

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Originally Posted by Vapor

I like the look A LOT....:clap:

How'd you do it? Multiple images with varying exposures or just clever photoshop work?

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A bit of both :)

There's some good guides around, I think this one was the most useful: http://www.vanilladays.com/hdr-guide/

Basically you need some software (photomatix and/or photoshop cs2) and a decent camera where you can manually adjust the exposure. A tripod comes in handy as well.

It takes a while to get into, and not everything is suitable for HDR, but once you get a hang of it it's pretty easy to get decent looking images :)

Sweet...I've got all of that already, so I'll see if I can give it a go now....have a good image already too I reckon....

Thanks :toast:

Really nice art works here :clap:

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Originally Posted by snq

Basically you need some software (photomatix and/or photoshop cs2) and a decent camera where you can manually adjust the exposure. A tripod comes in handy as well.

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Heh, a tripod is a must. Very nice pics!

Great work there:clap:

I wish my world looked like that all the time... I guess there's always Lysergic Acid.

I remember stumbling across some city-scapes of Tokyo in HDR a while back:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/altus/322152193/

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5...23b927bnd2.jpg

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Originally Posted by thunderstruck!

Heh, a tripod is a must. Very nice pics!

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Thanks :) I took a couple of pics without a tripod (leaning the cam against something else) and photomatix does a pretty good job aligning them. But for best quality a tripod is a must, yes :)

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Originally Posted by J-Mag

I wish my world looked like that all the time... I guess there's always Lysergic Acid.

I remember stumbling across some city-scapes of Tokyo in HDR a while back:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/altus/322152193/

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Nice! I wish we had stuff like that over here, but I live in the woods and have been surrounded by snow for the past 5 months, which doesnt make for very goods HDR pics. Summer is on its way now tho, so hopefully I'll get some nice pics soon :)

Wow nice pics.
I am a uber noob when it comes to image processing and stuff like that.. :(

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Originally Posted by snq

Nice! I wish we had stuff like that over here, but I live in the woods and have been surrounded by snow for the past 5 months, which doesnt make for very goods HDR pics. Summer is on its way now tho, so hopefully I'll get some nice pics soon :)

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Yeah there are a ton of HDR pics up on flickr, some have really high res versions too like the HDR tokyo pics, but lots dont :(

Fire + HMMV in HDR?

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/6594/hdrlb3.jpg

how do you make it HDR??

wow these is so cool, i want to make my face hdr now lol....very nice work.

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Originally Posted by MaxxxRacer

how do you make it HDR??

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i was wondering the same thing

is this a software post processing tool or inbuilt camera feature

I think im in love with HDR pics. Good Christ, they look awesome. Here soon I may make a few of my own..

that tokyo pic...
amazing

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Originally Posted by dinos22

i was wondering the same thing

is this a software post processing tool or inbuilt camera feature

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Both...it is multiple images at different exposures combined into one. You get pics that are normally not possible with a single shot.

Well it`s possible to make HDR from single pic. You`ll need to make couple of copies with different exposure in apps like photoshop and than combine them into single image using different blending modes in photoshop or in photomatix

Basically, if the dynamic range of the scene is larger than the dynamic range of the camera, you need to use HDR to get a good image. Maxxx, I'm sure you've taken a pic where the sky is washed out or appears brighter than it actually is. Just go out and take a picture of the sunset, or at night and you'll see what I mean. This is where HDR helps in capturing the image. For example, that Tokyo shot would've been impossible to get without taking multiple shots.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging :clap:

Yup....a good, quick way to play with HDRI is take a lightbulb, turn it on, take a pic and try to capture the writing on the lightbulb and also the background fully lit up :) You'll need a few different exposures to get that one to work, but it's what I've been playing with recently and seems like a good way to learn (took a few tries to get the WB of the background to workout).

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Originally Posted by Cooper

Well it`s possible to make HDR from single pic. You`ll need to make couple of copies with different exposure in apps like photoshop and than combine them into single image using different blending modes in photoshop or in photomatix

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Which is rather easy if you shoot in RAW and have a RAW processor.

RAW ?
Excuse me - i really don`t know what is it :)