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09/11/2009 07:35:43 AM · #51 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
Originally posted by prperold:
By looking at the previous challenge, I presume the voting crowd wants those cartoonish pictures, merged by a program like photomatix. I quite like manual exposure blending, because if executed carefully, one can produce natural looking shots as witnessed by the human eye. Am I correct in saying that natural looking HDR shots would get voted down? |
I truly believe this will depend on each individual voter. I myself prefer only enough tone mapping or blending to bring out the details my naked eye saw, yet the digital image lacks without processing. I don't care for the cartoon-ish images so much. So when I vote I will score higher on the images that come across as life-like. Other voters like the cartoon type images and will score them higher. I would recommend you shoot what you like so that no matter what it scores, you have a shot yo are proud of and can hang on your wall.
For those who like me do not have Photomatix Pro or other HDR software, if you have PS CS4 you can always use the highlights/shadow adjustment to come darn close. |
But Photoshop does have a function to create HDR. //www.mytwotoes.com/?p=5
If you google HDR in photoshop you will find many more examples
Message edited by author 2009-09-11 07:36:49. |
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09/11/2009 10:52:09 AM · #52 |
| Have to say, mine looks bloomin aweful. Unless the next hour of faffing with it again works then I admit defeat for now. It aint as easy as it looks (and it dont look that easy to begin with!) |
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09/11/2009 11:10:55 AM · #53 |
Originally posted by ThingFish:
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
Originally posted by prperold:
By looking at the previous challenge, I presume the voting crowd wants those cartoonish pictures, merged by a program like photomatix. I quite like manual exposure blending, because if executed carefully, one can produce natural looking shots as witnessed by the human eye. Am I correct in saying that natural looking HDR shots would get voted down? |
I truly believe this will depend on each individual voter. I myself prefer only enough tone mapping or blending to bring out the details my naked eye saw, yet the digital image lacks without processing. I don't care for the cartoon-ish images so much. So when I vote I will score higher on the images that come across as life-like. Other voters like the cartoon type images and will score them higher. I would recommend you shoot what you like so that no matter what it scores, you have a shot yo are proud of and can hang on your wall.
For those who like me do not have Photomatix Pro or other HDR software, if you have PS CS4 you can always use the highlights/shadow adjustment to come darn close. |
But Photoshop does have a function to create HDR. //www.mytwotoes.com/?p=5
If you google HDR in photoshop you will find many more examples |
ew, that tutorials final image is awful, the original is better
Message edited by author 2009-09-11 11:11:06. |
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09/12/2009 10:12:54 AM · #54 |
This challenge would've been more interesting with the basic ruleset.
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09/12/2009 11:43:52 AM · #55 |
Sent SC a ticket as well, but I'm sure someone knows the answer here as well.
Regarding a HDR image via multiple exposures.
Consider a scene with 1 or 2 people captured in a 3 exposure image at -2, 0, and +2 EV. Images combined via layers in Photoshop. Camera is on a tripod so the scene is unchanged except for naturally moving objects.
My question, if a person decides to take a stroll during the +2 exposure then there is motion blur. Obviously this can be very prominent. Can I mask out the stationary version of that person in the -2 or 0 exposure leaving only the motion blurred version of that person in the image?
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09/13/2009 11:59:38 PM · #56 |
Whew! I'm in--just under the wire (one minute to go!).
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