HDR Fun

alwayslearning

alwayslearning

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This past Fall I started to play with some more HDR images. This one I never did anything with until this past week. I know I should (and have on others) use more than two exposures ... usually 4 or 5, but this was handheld and I didn't expect it to work out as well as it did. I used Photoshop CS3 Merge To HDR. Then played with it a bit ....

Original with correct inside exposure:
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Original with correct outside exposure:
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HDR Image:
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Larry
 
That's a very cool example.

The funny thing is, I didn't appreciate as much at first because you could (theoretically) get a similar result from ND on the windows. Posting the two shots you used helped me to appreciate what you did. It's interesting to see HDR used in a more every day situation. You sort of come to expect a photo that seems inconceivable.

I am really into learning HDR. The example you posted is a great example of the tests I should start doing. Thanks!
 
Thats a pretty good application of hdr man. I'm going to have to try some similar tests along this line. Thanks for sharing
 
Here is an image I took. I didn't use HDR but instead used flash to bring the light level of the subject into the dynamic range with the sky

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mcgeedigital said:
If you hand held both exposures, how did the registration match?
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CS3 has a box you can check labeled: Attempt to align photos. I used that. I have found that if the photos are pretty close, it works pretty well. The HDR image I posted above was cropped to eliminate edges that were shifted off from one another in the process of aligning. This is good news if you want to catch something "quick" and don't have time to set up a tripod. Of course, at least in my opinion, it is best to use a tripod for this sort of thing.

Larry
 
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