HDR Pictures

[Markicks]

Upcomming thunderclouds this afternoon.

[Sanad]

My first HDR pic. Not great by any means but still. Thought id share.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanadsaad/2603402552/

[Markicks]

Not bad, not bad at all! I wish I took those for my first pictures, lol. I love the composition! Nicely done.

[Sanad]

Thanks man! This thread is actually wat got me to pick up a camera! Some really great work here, and its pretty fun to do!

[Sparky]

Can photochop CS2 do this?

[Sanad]

resized pics in the next post

[Soulburner]

Can photochop CS2 do this?

Yes it can, but CS3 does it much better.

Sanad, please resize your pics.

[Sanad]

for some reason they just stretch back across the screen even though they were resized within photobucket. I'll just attach the links then:
my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanadsaad/
Added a few more shots i took this morning.

[JamesBong420]

@sanad
i really like the light/dark(contrast) in your sea shells pic, and the focal point is perfect....

[Sanad]

Thanks! That was a really acute angle. I had to lie flat on the beach to see the LCD Pardon my noobishness but is there any feature on the DSLRs that allows the camera to automatically change the exposure setting from -2 to 0 to +2? I might be getting one soon and it'd be great if there were. Everytime i change the exposure on the fuji compact, the camera moves a bit. I dont have a tripod yet and it's really a hassle balancing the camera and changing exposures.

[Metric]

Pardon my noobishness but is there any feature on the DSLRs that allows the camera to automatically change the exposure setting from -2 to 0 to +2?

On the Canon series from the 350D on (not to sure about where it starts with the Nikons, sorry) there's an Auto Bracketing option (AEB), where it will do 3 exposures at 0 and up to +/- 2.

[Markicks]

If you're shooting HDR pictures a tripod is really a must! Only costs a few bucks and you have lots of profit from it!

My camera can only do exposures up to +/- 1 unfortunatly..

[smee]

Wow, thats an excellent pic!
Can I get that in 1680x1050, please?

[Markicks]

Wow, thats an excellent pic!
Can I get that in 1680x1050, please?

Thanks and off course!

[Soulburner]

Sanad look for "Exposure Bracketing". The only Nikons that can't do this are D40 and D60.

If you're shooting HDR pictures a tripod is really a must! Only costs a few bucks and you have lots of profit from it!

My camera can only do exposures up to +/- 1 unfortunatly..

Look back on the last couple pages...those pics I posted were handheld. I have some more that were taken indoors that I have yet to merge but just wait...you may be surprised at what steady hands can get away with...

[smee]

Thanks and off course!

Thanks so much!
My desktop is now complete.

[Nate P.]

Lots of noise, mostly from the HDR process.

[Markicks]

It's not a realistic picture and it contains to much noise I think, but I thought I'd post it anyway.

[Soulburner]

Guys if you are having problems with noise in Photomatix, give Paintshop Pro Photo X2 a try. It gives very good HDR results, and it's a pretty good replacement if you don't have the full blown Photoshop. It's alignment is a little better than PM, but still no where near as good as CS3 but that's not a very fair comparison. It produces a lot less noise than PM plus you are in a full image editing program ready to make further adjustments.

[Nate P.]

Is Paintshop Pro Photo X2 free? Because if it isn't, I'm stuck with GIMP or Paint.NET... any experience using GIMP or Paint.NET for HDR?

[Soulburner]

It isn't, but its a heck of a lot cheaper than the next best thing.

[Nate P.]

It isn't, but its a heck of a lot cheaper than the next best thing.

Bah! I'm actively saving up for CS3, don't worry!

[smee]

Bah! I'm actively saving up for CS3, don't worry!

Very nice!

What are your guys' opinion's on Adobe Lightroom? My dad has it, and he really likes it, and he's very fluent in it... but I want to know how it compares to CS3?

Thanks.

[Magnj]

Very nice!

What are your guys' opinion's on Adobe Lightroom? My dad has it, and he really likes it, and he's very fluent in it... but I want to know how it compares to CS3?

Thanks.

These tools do not do the same things. Well they do, but they are for two different applications. Lightroom is a Photographer's tool whereas Photoshop is a Graphic Design tool that can manipulate photographs but to a lesser degree than Lightroom.

[Nate P.]

If that is true, looks like Lightroom is a better choice than CS3 (for me at least). Wait, are Lightroom's HDR capabilities up to snuff (like CS3 level)?