HDR Pictures

A Tripod will help so I don't shake the Camera..

Thanks. I'll give it a try. I got Photomatix for now. I'll see how it goes.

thanks!

(and common the D40 isn't that bad, not for beginners at least)

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Originally Posted by Soulburner

If you are fast with the shutter speed dial, you won't have a problem. Measure your base exposure, then halve your exposure time. Then from there, take 3 shots, doubling it every time.

Example:

Your light meter says the sky will be properly exposed at 1/500s. So, take the exposure at 1/250s. Flip it to 1/500 and shoot, then again at 1/1000 and shoot. Just be quick but don't shake the camera during the capture.

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thanks Soulburner :up:

fast is not an option for me, but I should have checked the manual. the DP1 has auto bracket of up to 3 steps and I was ignoring its existence.. :slapass:

I did a couple test shots yesterday but the results were pathetic. I will have to try again this weekend but I definitely need a better theme lol

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Originally Posted by hoax

thanks Soulburner :up:

fast is not an option for me, but I should have checked the manual. the DP1 has auto bracket of up to 3 steps and I was ignoring its existence.. :slapass:

I did a couple test shots yesterday but the results were pathetic. I will have to try again this weekend but I definitely need a better theme lol

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lucky..

im looking into soft hacks as a solution. my company works with a pretty smart group of programmers. i might invest some money if they could hack the firmware and add a few functions. :up:

people have been talking about it for a while, but it seems there are no developers interested in the D40/X and the D60.. which sucks because its actually a pretty big group of people. Some people are trying a petition to see if they can get nikon just to add it to the firmware either free or for a fair price. i would buy it! :up:

HDR imaging is alittle more important for me as i use it in my graphics all the time for clients. most of the time we subcontract others with the right equipment meaning i lose a chunk of $.

I understand wanting auto bracketing...but then why did you buy a D40/D60? If you want that feature that's what the D80/D90 and above are for.

Heck I even migrated from the D80 to the D300 because I could bracket more exposures. I can now do 3, 5, 7, or 9 whereas I could only do 3 before.

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Originally Posted by Vapor

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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I just wanted to thank Vapor for this (ancient) idea. I was looking for a simple test and it doesn't get any easier then this :p: :up:

my first results are far from great, but its a start:

original:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/cagiali/t01.jpg

hdr:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/cagiali/t02.jpg

(edit: just to clear it up, I did a total of 9 exposures, but spared you guys from the other 8)

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Originally Posted by Soulburner

I understand wanting auto bracketing...but then why did you buy a D40/D60? If you want that feature that's what the D80/D90 and above are for.

Heck I even migrated from the D80 to the D300 because I could bracket more exposures. I can now do 3, 5, 7, or 9 whereas I could only do 3 before.

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thats why i wanted your 80!!! i know i should have gone with a 80/90 but at the time it was too costly and the 90 was not out. 90 bodies for like $900 now so its not that bad. people make bad chooses :shrug:

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first HDR, and clouds came out weird. they were moving faster then i could take them so its gots some weird stuff going on

hoax: Nice example of HDR, you captured at least 9 stops of DR (very impressive) :cool:
evil-98: Not too bad for your first - it looks too dark under the roofs imo, I'm guessing you're using Photomatix - you might want to try bumping up light smoothing and the luminosity.

Old shot back in early November:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2028/Xtre...y/IMG_5655.jpg

Would anyone be interested in a HDR tutorial that doesn't require Photomatix and gives (in my opinion) more realistic results?

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evil-98: Not too bad for your first - it looks too dark under the roofs imo, I'm guessing you're using Photomatix - you might want to try bumping up light smoothing and the luminosity.

Would anyone be interested in a HDR tutorial that doesn't require Photomatix and gives (in my opinion) more realistic results?

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my composition in CS3 was really weird, couldnt get the tones correct and the awkward glow from local adaptation. when it stops raining im going to try again.

Thanks Metric! that november shot looks really nice, great natural colors :up:

I am sure interested in reading that tutorial. Specially interested in reading about the kind of workflow that others use with HDR. :yepp:

I'll read your tutorial.. I've yet to try a HDR.. but I'm going to give it a try today if I can.

Taken today, cloudy boring day, the sky was all grey, so not really a lot of detail to gain there, but a HDR picture none the less:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7...mapped1bf5.jpg

First I created the HDR image in photomatrix, but then it left horrible CA/miss alignments. So I loaded the picture into Lightroom, corrected that, and it turned out OK. Though some parts are a little... "shaken" because I couldn't be bothered with bringing a tripod for school.

my sucky Fuji S5800 + alot Photoshop (HDR plugin) :D

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/...9975b290_b.jpg

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Originally Posted by artissco

my sucky Fuji S5800 + alot Photoshop (HDR plugin) :D

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No detail in the shadows and a blown sky - where is the HDR?

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...MarqueeHDR.jpg

http://www.avatardesignsystems.com/P...R%20-%2001.jpg

Here's my first HDR.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/...69c33e6e_b.jpg

I'm revisiting Photomatix after having trouble with Photoshop and finding pictures it does better. It still doesn't align like CS3/CS4 (will always be the king of perfection) but it brings out shadow detail a lot better.

Photoshop:
King of alignment (but takes more processing time)
Supresses noise (cleaner images)
Great light smoothing

Photomatix:
Better shadow and overall detail (via Detail Enhancer)
Enhances noise (grainer images)
Good light smoothing (but not quite as good as Photoshop)

So there you have it...I'm using PM a lot more now, but that doesn't make it the standard. I'm not liking the noise especially. It came with a new plug-in that allows one-click integration with Lightroom which is a big plus.

HDR through Exposure Blending:

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2028/Xtr...phy/Hawaii.jpg

Another HDR. Criticism please.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3403/...73d16d2e_b.jpg

The last one is incredible.

looks great Marin, as a skier myself, snow is hard to take pictuers of :( but i really really love your first HDR the one below

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/...69c33e6e_b.jpg

Thanks :)

I have one more HDR coming. Should be good *crosses fingers*

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http://www.avatardesignsystems.com/P...R%20-%2001.jpg

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This one isn't getting enough credit.

I think if you processed it again and increased the exposure of the foreground it would be excellent.

Another one.


http://flickr.com/photos/42504877@N00/3295553951/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3414/...a5bc3a80_b.jpg

shot this morning done in cs4