HDR Pictures

[Mescalamba]

Hm, yea its little bit oversaturatedon roofs.. ND filtr would help, maybe I´ll try it if I get some new lens..

Wh!te Sh4dow - Good luck with it.. what camera do you have?

[Wh!te Sh4dow]

Thanks, i'm taking pictures with the help of my friends camera, a D50 and a D200

EDIT : I decided i would post my WIP now anyways, though i'm really not satisfied with the result at all ... my friend messed up with the tone mapping, and i can't make the picture look like it was before. Anyways here it is :



I know it's way to over-saturated, but if i remove it, it looks far too colorless, i don't seem to find the "middle".

[Mescalamba]

From how much pics its done? If you can provide "raw" I can take a look what can be done.. It needs little bit more light balance (depending on what SW you use for creating that), cause you have "halo" effect on roof..

D200 is fine for this.. tough, it needs some great ISO 100 performing dSLR to get really good pics..

It looks really sharp, ain´t that "fake" HDR made from one pic with different exposures?

But anyway, it looks quite good..

[labs23]

Here's one of mine. Its sunrise on the bay.

[Wh!te Sh4dow]

From how much pics its done? If you can provide "raw" I can take a look what can be done.. It needs little bit more light balance (depending on what SW you use for creating that), cause you have "halo" effect on roof..

D200 is fine for this.. tough, it needs some great ISO 100 performing dSLR to get really good pics..

It looks really sharp, ain´t that "fake" HDR made from one pic with different exposures?

But anyway, it looks quite good..

Thanks, nope it's 3 pictures, but we used a tripod for the camera to be really steady, and the camera has an option of "triple photo shot" with various exposures, so it's done really well

[Mescalamba]

To: labs23

Excelent.. really nice pic..

[Mescalamba]

Thanks, nope it's 3 pictures, but we used a tripod for the camera to be really steady, and the camera has an option of "triple photo shot" with various exposures, so it's done really well

Hm.. lucky you, easyier to get HDR.

[jdrom]

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They're all "fake" HDR though since I only shot a single RAW. The top 3 were on a moving boat tour though so it would of been rather difficult regardless IMO. Bottom 3 I could have done multiple exposures but I wasn't carrying a tripod nor do I have a stabilized lens and well I forgot at the time

If you're wondering where these are from, top 3 are the Thousand Islands, namely Boldt Castle (first one and 2nd is the boat house). Bottom 3 are in Kingston, ON, Canada.

I'll admit, I'm still a total n00b to true photography. Just starting my DSLR adventures with my Rebel XS and kit lens. I only had it for a few weeks prior to this vacation.

[diredesire]

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They're all "fake" HDR though since I only shot a single RAW. The top 3 were on a moving boat tour though so it would of been rather difficult regardless IMO. Bottom 3 I could have done multiple exposures but I wasn't carrying a tripod nor do I have a stabilized lens and well I forgot at the time

If you're wondering where these are from, top 3 are the Thousand Islands, namely Boldt Castle (first one and 2nd is the boat house). Bottom 3 are in Kingston, ON, Canada.

I'll admit, I'm still a total n00b to true photography. Just starting my DSLR adventures with my Rebel XS and kit lens. I only had it for a few weeks prior to this vacation.

It's ok, "real" HDR introduces lots of niggling issues anyways. It's not easy shooting from a moving/swaying object

I wish that apartment shot didn't have that banner, though.

[Wh!te Sh4dow]

jdrom > Well, those pictures do look good indeed ! it's always difficult to try getting a real HDR without attaching the camera anywhere, it gets blurry very easily.

[Mescalamba]

jdrom:

Just "wow".. very nice pics, probably even without HDR. I guess theres quite a lot to squeeze from Rebel XS.. And lovely places..

[jdrom]

I wish that apartment shot didn't have that banner, though.

Yeah, but not like I had control of that

jdrom > Well, those pictures do look good indeed ! it's always difficult to try getting a real HDR without attaching the camera anywhere, it gets blurry very easily.

I know that all too well from trying to do hand-held HDR with my old P&S. Was simply impossible.

Just "wow".. very nice pics, probably even without HDR. I guess theres quite a lot to squeeze from Rebel XS.. And lovely places..

Ehh, without HDR they are kind of lack luster to be honest. I was actually surprised at how much detail Photomatrix was able to pull out from the RAW.

[diredesire]

Yeah, but not like I had control of that

I know that all too well from trying to do hand-held HDR with my old P&S. Was simply impossible.

Ehh, without HDR they are kind of lack luster to be honest. I was actually surprised at how much detail Photomatrix was able to pull out from the RAW.

Yeah, I know, it's just a pity, because that silly banner ruins what I see as an "old" (classic, maybe?) style. Nice caps, though, I like what you did with the processing, not too crazy.

[hikaricloud]

I've been messing around with Photomatix, and I got this...



I have another I'm working on that I like perfectly fine without tone mapping, but I can't seem to save it like that...

Seriously tell me what you think, I'm trying to get a better feel for this sort of thing.

[Mescalamba]

Pretty strong corner vignetting.. you can remove that in PS easily.. well in almost any post-processing SW. Otherwise, pic is nice.. little bit blurry as always (hand held?). Maybe try to sharpen it a bit.. and maybe add a bit colors and change white balance, it has really "warm" colors.. must be like 4500 Kelvins or so.. Tough, not a issue if you like warm colors.

Well and if you can find some better subject.. best are high-contrast scenes with blue sky and such. I think you cant get much out of this..

Yea, I had one pic that would be perfect even without tone-maping, only way is to do it in PS instead of Photomatix..

[hikaricloud]

Yeah, it was hand held, clicked the photomatix option to try to align them a little, it wasn't too terribly misaligned, but enough I suppose. I didn't think to take out the corners in PS, sorry about that. Seems that 18mm focal length loves that crap, lol.

I did make it a bit too warm, I just liked that feel to it...I'll try to get more shots that are better subject matter.

[Mescalamba]

Yeah, it was hand held, clicked the photomatix option to try to align them a little, it wasn't too terribly misaligned, but enough I suppose. I didn't think to take out the corners in PS, sorry about that. Seems that 18mm focal length loves that crap, lol.

I did make it a bit too warm, I just liked that feel to it...I'll try to get more shots that are better subject matter.

I´m kinda curious.. what dSLR+lens you have, that you get corner vignetting? Usually its problem only of full-frames.. (or really little bit worse lens..).

[hikaricloud]

Canon Rebel XS with the kit lens, 18-55mm.

[Kristall-99]

I decided to make a paintball hdr even tho there isnt a background to the picture. I thought it turned out pretty good for my 2nd pic hdr

[Mescalamba]

Yea, HDR is possible even with different objects, than usually.. btw. nice one, quite interesting. With what you shoot? (some EXIF data welcomed).

[Wh!te Sh4dow]

Kristall-99 > Wow, dude, i seriously love paintball (i own a paintball gun myself) and that picture is crazy ! could you please post the picture in it's original size ? i'd like to have it as a screen saver You do have talent

[Kristall-99]

D40
18-55 @24mm
Iso 200
f/ 5,5.6,6.3,7.1
1/800sec

Thanks guys, it coulda been better with a background but it already has alot going on even without one.
Im not 100% positive on these. These are my camera settings at the moment but I didn't touch the camera so it should be the same settings.
I dont have a place to host the full size images but your welcome to add me to msn or i can e-mail them.

[Wh!te Sh4dow]

What about imageshack ? (Sent a private message btw )

[Kristall-99]

never even thought of using imageshack here ya go

Click it

[Wh!te Sh4dow]