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05/11/2007 09:47:56 AM · #1 |
...the first one I spent any real time with, anyway.
I'd appreciate any feedback, pointers, criticisms, etc, that anyone might want to offer.
Thanks.
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05/11/2007 10:08:38 AM · #2 |
Better than I have been able to do. I still cannot figure out how to make HDR work. I read the tuts, I try and try again and all mine look like poo.
I love the sky in yours!
Message edited by author 2007-05-11 10:09:00. |
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05/11/2007 11:00:32 AM · #3 |
Fromac, in your pic comments you say "This was going to be a Free Study submission until I read the Advanced Rules and found that HDR wasn't allowed.
Oh well. I guess I'll wait for the next Expert challenge."
I have reread the Advanced ruleset and I do not see that HDR is in any way illegal. Have a look at MAK's ribbon images... I am sure some of them are HDR and entered into Advanced challenges. You cannot use 2 separate image files from the camera combined BUT you can use a single RAW file and develop it twice and run HDR on those files. There is still 1 original
I hope I am right about this... |
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05/11/2007 11:07:05 AM · #4 |
This doesn't really display any HDR qualities. You need to get detail into the trees here at a minimum for it to be a good HDR image.
How did you create this? Did you take multiple shots at varying exposures? If not, go back and do that. In a scene like this, you will need a good 7 stop exposure range. |
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05/11/2007 11:31:02 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by tooohip:
This doesn't really display any HDR qualities. You need to get detail into the trees here at a minimum for it to be a good HDR image.
How did you create this? Did you take multiple shots at varying exposures? If not, go back and do that. In a scene like this, you will need a good 7 stop exposure range. |
This was 10 exposures. And, yes, I was originally looking for the extra detail and range an HDR image allows, but when I started tinkering with it, I liked this effect.
It still benefits from the HDR treatment, though. There's a lot more range in this image than I could have caught with a single exposure.
The problem with HDR images of clouds, though, is that no matter how quickly you take the shots, the clouds have moved between exposures. Blurring is inevitable. |
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05/11/2007 11:47:18 AM · #6 |
DPCers use HDR in two ways:
1-As an effects filter.
2-For its intended purpose to tone down highlights and brighten shadows.
You did an above average job using it as an effects filter. A little work on the detailed trees just right of center and you got a very nice result.
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05/11/2007 11:48:55 AM · #7 |
This image is 10 frames. The clouds will surely move in that time period. I can usually get a great HDR image with 3 frames. 1 underexposed...1 normal and 1 over exposed. I use the bracket feature on the nikon. I can squeeze off the 3 shots in a second or so.
**On the advanced editing rules...you are right...you can't submit the HDR that was taken with multiple exposures....you can in Expert though.
KS
Originally posted by Fromac:
Originally posted by tooohip:
This doesn't really display any HDR qualities. You need to get detail into the trees here at a minimum for it to be a good HDR image.
How did you create this? Did you take multiple shots at varying exposures? If not, go back and do that. In a scene like this, you will need a good 7 stop exposure range. |
This was 10 exposures. And, yes, I was originally looking for the extra detail and range an HDR image allows, but when I started tinkering with it, I liked this effect.
It still benefits from the HDR treatment, though. There's a lot more range in this image than I could have caught with a single exposure.
The problem with HDR images of clouds, though, is that no matter how quickly you take the shots, the clouds have moved between exposures. Blurring is inevitable. |
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05/11/2007 11:58:44 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Fromac:
The problem with HDR images of clouds, though, is that no matter how quickly you take the shots, the clouds have moved between exposures. Blurring is inevitable. |
Very true. Hey, if you like the results, then you have succeeded in your en devour. If I were in your shoes though, I'd go for detail in the foreground. |
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