Best software for stacking bracketed exposures?

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Nikon

05/04/2005 12:33:59 AM · #1

Shot a few inside looking out shots today and bracketed to try for detail in the doorway and brightness on the inner walls. Is there any good software out there for this type of stacking? (not astrophotography)

Or, is there a technique in PS that you can share? Any tips?

Thanks in advance,
Ara

muckpond

Nikon D200

05/04/2005 12:42:49 AM · #2

i'm totally dragging and need to get to bed, but check out the blending modes in photoshop to see what you're after.

also don't be afraid to use some image masks so that the parts of your image that you want to pop are revealed while the rest are covered up.

i can probably reply in more detail tomorrow.

rjpat

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/04/2005 12:45:32 AM · #3

Try this link.

//luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/hdr.shtml

dwoolridge

05/04/2005 12:46:39 AM · #4

A good tutorial (Digital Blending) can be found at Luminous Landscape.

Photoshop CS2's Merge to HDR feature is also fantastic: highly recommend for this type of work.

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

05/04/2005 12:58:50 AM · #5

Keep in mind that this process is not legal in a challenge.

05/04/2005 09:02:06 AM · #6

Originally posted by muckpond:

Ok, thanks - I didn't think PS would be the app of choice, but I'm glad it is.

05/04/2005 09:02:39 AM · #7

Originally posted by rjpat:

Try this link.

//luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/hdr.shtml

Thanks, like I needed another reason to want to upgrade... =]

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Nikon

05/04/2005 09:03:15 AM · #8

Originally posted by dwoolridge:

A good tutorial (Digital Blending) can be found at Luminous Landscape.

Photoshop CS2's Merge to HDR feature is also fantastic: highly recommend for this type of work.

Ahh, yes, I've seen this before, thanks for the link!

muckpond

Nikon D200

05/04/2005 09:38:28 AM · #9

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

Keep in mind that this process is not legal in a challenge.

yes, this is true. good point.

but i use bracketing all the time for "real" things and have found it really handy.

good luck, bikeracer.

05/04/2005 10:28:16 AM · #10

So, here are my first attempts at blending exposures:

The first is the "painted by hand" layer mask technique from LL. With the second shot(s), the mask was created by applying a gaussian blur to the bright image and using that as a mask for the dark image.

Registration wasn't perfect, but it's hard to see at 640.

Thanks for the help,
Ara

05/04/2005 02:15:34 PM · #11

that bad, huh? =[

05/04/2005 02:47:24 PM · #12

bumping and playing with sig while waiting for lunch to arrive

05/04/2005 02:49:06 PM · #13

2nd try with new sig

05/04/2005 03:02:58 PM · #14

more tweaking and pizza isn't here

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Nikon

05/04/2005 03:05:26 PM · #15

sorry - last time (for now) think i have the sig worked out

muckpond

Nikon D200

05/04/2005 03:09:20 PM · #16

i think this are both quite good. the shadow on the first one looks a bit fake for some reason. maybe because the arch of the doorway is the same color as the floor? looks like someone just spraypainted the iron pattern on the ground.

05/04/2005 03:14:12 PM · #17

Originally posted by muckpond:

Thanks! I've since re-worked it a bit. Here is another try:

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

05/04/2005 03:17:25 PM · #18

sorry to be annoying - food still not here -- last idea for sig

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

05/04/2005 03:27:48 PM · #19

Quite an amusing process to watch for people who have "show signatures" turned off (like me!). ;-)

Originally posted by BikeRacer:

sorry to be annoying - food still not here -- last idea for sig

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

05/04/2005 03:34:09 PM · #20

Originally posted by strangeghost:

Quite an amusing process to watch for people who have "show signatures" turned off (like me!). ;-)

Originally posted by BikeRacer:
sorry to be annoying - food still not here -- last idea for sig

Yeah, I figgered as much. =] I wonder what the stats are for on vs. off. Anyway, check it out, I've tried to make it both nice and unobtrusive for those of us who leave sigs turned on.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

05/04/2005 04:07:24 PM · #21

Really like the second one. Using the bright image as the source for the mask seems to be the way to go for this image. The result looks great.
The "merge to HDR" feature may be the one that makes the CS2 upgrade worth it for me. I'm going to d a bit more research though, since most of what I want to do could easily be done in CS.

05/04/2005 09:19:04 PM · #22

Originally posted by kirbic:

Thanks! It's definitely a technique worth working on as I think it will improve my dodging and burning skills as well.

05/04/2005 09:43:38 PM · #23

sig check

edit: still getting my old flickr icon i made - is it a caching issue?

Message edited by author 2005-05-04 21:46:43.

05/04/2005 09:49:48 PM · #24

last one for today