HDR Pictures

[snq]

Anyone here into playing with HDRI?

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


Original:


Nordkapp, the most northern part of Europe


Frozen Volvo


Stream

[Vapor]

I like the look A LOT....

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

[snq]

I like the look A LOT....

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

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

[thunderstruck!]

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.

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

[Bootup05]

Great work there

[snq]

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

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

[Omastar]

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

[Vapor]

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

[Cooper]

Really nice art works here

[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/

[snq]

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/

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

[J-Mag]

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

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?

[Fr3ak]

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

[MaxxxRacer]

how do you make it HDR??

[dinos22]

how do you make it HDR??

i was wondering the same thing

is this a software post processing tool or inbuilt camera feature

[Soulburner]

i was wondering the same thing

is this a software post processing tool or inbuilt camera feature

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

[splat00n]

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

[Reznik Akime]

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

[ColonelCain]

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

Same here. I have loved HDR pics ever since I saw that HDR Tokyo pic. Very nice work guys.

[m0da]

that tokyo pic...
amazing

[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

[thunderstruck!]

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.

[Soulburner]

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.

Or you could get a polarizer for your lens.

[Aerou]

Or you could get a polarizer for your lens.

technically and practically untrue,
neutral gray darkening filters are used for this, but they have a fixed gradient and you dont get an hdr still

and photomatix is great for hdr work

[Soulburner]

technically and practically untrue,
neutral gray darkening filters are used for this, but they have a fixed gradient and you dont get an hdr still

and photomatix is great for hdr work

I was referring to the sky being "blown out". A polarizer WILL fix that problem.