HDR Pictures

[topdog5050]

lol@hummer.....looks awful.

[bentleya]

[Wh!te Sh4dow]

i love it great work ! what program did you use ? photomatix ?

[bentleya]

Yes Wh!te Sh4dow, i used photomatix.

[Blackstare]

[Mescalamba]

My overboosted HDR. Kinda felt that its not that bad idea.. It has lots of noise even on ISO 100, cause SNR sux on G1.. and some CA, cause lens are quite good but not perfect.. Maybe I´ll try next time to process all pics, before HDR merge..

[Blackstare]

[shazza]

Very nice, Blackstare! Like all these showing up on this page.


Here's one for fun - intentionally Over Done (5 exposures / handheld / Photomatix):

[itznfb]

[Mescalamba]

[XC] itznfb

Nice to see some "normal" HDR.. Nice, but could be tiny bit brighter and tiny bit less smoothed..

[Mescalamba]

Tough.. when I think about it.. its hard to make good - almost normal looking HDR..

[shazza]

Nice one, Mescalamba.

Now you guys got me thinking HDR ...


Here's one that's more on the "normal-looking" side:







And another, way-over-the-top cartoon style




I know most don't care for the OTT HDR shots - but, it's more fun/interesting than this:

[Mescalamba]

I like that church photo.. that HDR is almost unnoticable..

Overdone HDR´s aint bad, but I don´t like that halo effects..

[itznfb]

[XC] itznfb

Nice to see some "normal" HDR.. Nice, but could be tiny bit brighter and tiny bit less smoothed..

I actually had to drop the two brightest exposures. They wouldn't line up properly. 9 shots hand held.... 7 out of 9 aint bad lol

[Mescalamba]

I actually had to drop the two brightest exposures. They wouldn't line up properly. 9 shots hand held.... 7 out of 9 aint bad lol

Yea, thats good.. I´m sometimes shooting hand-held HDR too.. but it´s ok only sometimes.. Tough, Photomatix is really good in aligning pics..

[itznfb]

Yea, thats good.. I´m sometimes shooting hand-held HDR too.. but it´s ok only sometimes.. Tough, Photomatix is really good in aligning pics..

I never really liked photomatix. It's near impossible to get a clean image without tone mapping and that just creates too much of an unrealistic look. Useful if you're going for that look though. I've always loved photoshop for merging exposures. Though no matter what you're using it's always better to use a tripod

[shazza]

The latest version of Photomatix seems much more flexible - a lot easier to do blends, and also to get more natural looking photographys (or the crazy ones, too).

[RAW-Raptor22]

Testing out some new software:

[Janno]

some of mine, tha exif data is shown below the image (shutter speed messed up by photomatix)

sunset is the best time to shoot HDR
http://jno-j.deviantart.com/art/Wind...t-II-136340662

a bit more modest outcome
http://jno-j.deviantart.com/art/B-u-o-y-136360852

and my current fav, again more extreme
http://jno-j.deviantart.com/art/The-...Boat-136372961

[Mescalamba]

I never really liked photomatix. It's near impossible to get a clean image without tone mapping and that just creates too much of an unrealistic look. Useful if you're going for that look though. I've always loved photoshop for merging exposures. Though no matter what you're using it's always better to use a tripod

My all HDR pics were made via Photomatix? Does my last look unrealistic?

[itznfb]

My all HDR pics were made via Photomatix? Does my last look unrealistic?

No it doesn't. Your shot looks very well done. But your comment above the picture says it all. That it's tough to do. With photoshop, I just load in the files and it's done. Unless you have an alignment issue. There no manual processing or tone mapping you just load the files. I didn't do anything to the shot I posted except load 7 of 9 exposures, kick up the fill light a touch, resize, and save.

[Mescalamba]

Heh, ok, I´ll try PS next time..

[shazza]

Hey guys - give me some feedback on this one, please. Photomatix - 5 exposures, processed to minimize the Over the Top HDR look. Does it work, or still too much?

[Mescalamba]

Hey guys - give me some feedback on this one, please. Photomatix - 5 exposures, processed to minimize the Over the Top HDR look. Does it work, or still too much?

Little bit too much, but ok for most ppl. Try more light smoothing.. that halo effect isn´t necessary, especially if you want "normal" looking HDR..

Or just mail me raw´s.. I´ll process them, show you results and settings.

But as I said.. its fine for most ppl.. I´m kinda perfectionist..

[Janno]

the halo is barely noticeable, because clouds create an optical illusion
more noticeable on the water
great picture, though! scotland?