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02/10/2008 03:15:48 PM · #1 |
Hi, just a quick question about photomatix.
I have the same picture in 8 different exposures from very dark to very bright, and was wondering what to load into photomatix to generate a good HDR?
1. All 8
2. The 5 darker (or any number)
3. The 5 lighter
4. Or a couple of the darkest and lightest?
The reason I ask is that I heard that photomatix works best with darker or lighter images but I can't remember which one. Doh!
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02/10/2008 03:17:37 PM · #2 |
I do a range of 9 images from the one exposure...and then take all 9 into the programme and manually put in the Exposure brackets.
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02/10/2008 03:17:40 PM · #3 |
| I usually use 3 shots.. -2 0 +2 or something similar |
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02/10/2008 03:23:12 PM · #4 |
| Most of the time I use exposure [-2.0] [-1.5] [-1.0] [-.5] [0] [.5] [1.0] [1.5] [2.0]. That's 9 exposures from the same photograph. Then I set PM to 1/2 stop, that the box above the exposure readings. |
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02/10/2008 05:57:46 PM · #5 |
Here you go, what do you think?
I used all 8 and they came out OK, I did one "arty" one and one normal, obviously the overdone one is not what I could see on the day but I like them both for different reasons.
//www.smithathome.com/albums/alfa/Sunrise_Wild_800.jpg
//www.smithathome.com/albums/alfa/Sunrise_800.jpg
Message edited by Manic - please keep images under 500px and 30kb, or post links or thumbs instead. |
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02/10/2008 06:14:36 PM · #6 |
Wow. The top one is a bit too overdone for me (and the sensor dust is distracting).
I love the bottom one. I might not touch it at all, although i'd be curious to see a little bit more brightness in the foreground.
Great job. |
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02/10/2008 06:43:44 PM · #7 |
a non hdr one just for balance!
//www.smithathome.com/albums/alfa/GTA_Rear_WA_800.jpg
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02/10/2008 07:33:46 PM · #8 |
Like the second one although the colours dont really seem to pop - the red is definitely subdued - especially when you look at the non HDR one...
Cant help on the original question tho - dont have photomatix - am beta testing the wukong hdr software tho if you want to check that out - not sure how many places are left on it tho. |
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02/10/2008 09:10:09 PM · #9 |
In general; your brightest exposure should be the one that is correct for the highlights. You darkest exposure should be the one that is correct for the shadows. The more you have between those extremes the better. The more you go beyond those extremes, the muddier your image will be.
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