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04/04/2007 01:18:58 PM · #1 |
OK, here's my first attempt at true HDR. 5 exposures at 1 stop increments, converted from RAW without any adjustments, generated in Photomatix and tonemapped. I know the composition isn't great, I just wanted a good scene with lots of highlights and shadows to test out. How did I do?
The normal exposure:
normal
The HDR composite:
HDR
I was worried about the water not being the same from exposure to exposure, since the shutter speeds were different and therefore gave different results in the flow of the water, but I think it worked out rather well.
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04/04/2007 02:02:40 PM · #2 |
*bump*
No comments? Anybody?
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04/04/2007 02:04:30 PM · #3 |
bump a bump, left you a comment :)
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04/04/2007 02:04:50 PM · #4 |
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04/04/2007 02:51:27 PM · #5 |
| Need more light smoothing. I am guessing you had it set to 0 or maybe -1. Maybe a bit more black clip. You could bump up the saturation a little more without loosing too much. |
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04/04/2007 03:54:12 PM · #6 |
| You overdid the HDR effect a bit I'd say. |
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04/04/2007 03:58:31 PM · #7 |
| I also agree that additional light smoothing is in order with this effort. There is a signficant level of halo around the trees that really cries out for adjustment. In addition, the contrast is not very strong - more black clip would help out a lot. |
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04/04/2007 04:03:25 PM · #8 |
OK, you are getting the idea right, and for a first attempt you did OK. But you need to tweak those sliders a little bit, especially the smmoothing. On a plus note you didnt go mad on the saturation slider, something a lot of people new to HDR seem to do. However, with the 5 exposures you have there, I am sure with a bit more tweaking you can get a great scene out of those shots. I link a few of my HDR attempts below (in fact, I look back at my entry in the HDR challenge and cringe! its aint very good, but the voters dropped it into 4th place and is my second highest score ever.. go figure..)
My HDR Entry *Shudder*
My favourite HDR image
My 2nd Favourite HDR
Some other stuff..
Also, check out some of  MAKs most recent stuff, he seems to have nailed it and has picked up a couple of ribbons along the way. But his stuff is more `tonemapping` than true HDR, although the effect is similar.
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04/04/2007 04:06:10 PM · #9 |
Definitely a huge improvement but still has the tell tale signs of HDR, the wide haloing between the trees and sky and low contrast. You'll want to eliminate that.
After HDR it is often a good adea to apply additional color saturation to make up for color weakness sometimes generated by HDR. Ironically you might consider a Curves adjustment to bring back some of the lost contrast.
Most times, people should never be able to guess HDR was used. If they can tell, then it probably wasn't applied correctly.
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04/04/2007 04:09:05 PM · #10 |
Steve makes some great commments about using HDR to make it look like you didn't use HDR.
My best effort (at least in my opinion) is this image. It was an HDR of three images.
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Definitely a huge improvement but still has the tell tale signs of HDR, the wide haloing between the trees and sky and low contrast. You'll want to eliminate that.
After HDR it is often a good adea to apply additional color saturation to make up for color weakness sometimes generated by HDR. Ironically you might consider a Curves adjustment to bring back some of the lost contrast.
Most times, people should never be able to guess HDR was used. If they can tell, then it probably wasn't applied correctly. |
Message edited by author 2007-04-04 16:17:38. |
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04/04/2007 05:56:02 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Definitely a huge improvement but still has the tell tale signs of HDR, the wide haloing between the trees and sky and low contrast. You'll want to eliminate that.
After HDR it is often a good adea to apply additional color saturation to make up for color weakness sometimes generated by HDR. Ironically you might consider a Curves adjustment to bring back some of the lost contrast.
Most times, people should never be able to guess HDR was used. If they can tell, then it probably wasn't applied correctly. |
Of course, this ignores those that enjoy and over-use HDR on *purpose* for effect. Which for the people that enjoy it, is also perfectly valid.
The fact that it's over-used or done badly a lot here on DPC is unfortunate, but shouldn't be a knock against those doing it artistically for their own purposes.
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04/05/2007 01:27:15 PM · #12 |
OK, tried another scene, I think this turned out a little better, except for the bright blue hotspot on the left of the swirl.
Swirly
Comments? Suggestions?
Thanks.
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04/05/2007 01:42:44 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Artyste:
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Definitely a huge improvement but still has the tell tale signs of HDR, the wide haloing between the trees and sky and low contrast. You'll want to eliminate that.
After HDR it is often a good adea to apply additional color saturation to make up for color weakness sometimes generated by HDR. Ironically you might consider a Curves adjustment to bring back some of the lost contrast.
Most times, people should never be able to guess HDR was used. If they can tell, then it probably wasn't applied correctly. |
Of course, this ignores those that enjoy and over-use HDR on *purpose* for effect. Which for the people that enjoy it, is also perfectly valid.
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I agree with this view as well. Any technique that generates a great photograph is good.
Unfortunately, for a venue like DPC, after you have seen this style a few times you become jaded and start imagining the image as it would appear if the style had NOT been applied so 'intensely'. That is when I start to prefer seeing it differently and in a more natural way.
Preferences are unique to the individual, one person's view is not necessarily 'right' or 'wrong'.
Message edited by author 2007-04-05 13:44:52.
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04/05/2007 03:59:06 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Originally posted by Artyste:
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Definitely a huge improvement but still has the tell tale signs of HDR, the wide haloing between the trees and sky and low contrast. You'll want to eliminate that.
After HDR it is often a good adea to apply additional color saturation to make up for color weakness sometimes generated by HDR. Ironically you might consider a Curves adjustment to bring back some of the lost contrast.
Most times, people should never be able to guess HDR was used. If they can tell, then it probably wasn't applied correctly. |
Of course, this ignores those that enjoy and over-use HDR on *purpose* for effect. Which for the people that enjoy it, is also perfectly valid.
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I agree with this view as well. Any technique that generates a great photograph is good.
Unfortunately, for a venue like DPC, after you have seen this style a few times you become jaded and start imagining the image as it would appear if the style had NOT been applied so 'intensely'. That is when I start to prefer seeing it differently and in a more natural way.
Preferences are unique to the individual, one person's view is not necessarily 'right' or 'wrong'. |
DPC has, unfortunately, come close to destroying my love for a great many things. I've had to practically just stop looking at challenges here in order not to become completely jaded on every style, technique, and processing method :) |
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