My first attempt at an HDR (high dynamic range) image. Not a huge fan of the results though, I think I’ll try doing it by hand next time.
Or maybe just read more on the subject…
My first attempt at an HDR (high dynamic range) image. Not a huge fan of the results though, I think I’ll try doing it by hand next time.
Or maybe just read more on the subject…
July 12th, 2010 on 9:39 am
For moving subjects you can kind of fake the three exposures in the .NEF and then export to Photoshop or whatever else to smoosh them. I stress “kind of” because I’ve only read that and have never been able to get it to work.
July 12th, 2010 on 9:40 am
Oh, and this one is sweet. I like it.
July 14th, 2010 on 10:46 pm
I’ve heard that too, I dunno it seems like cheating though.
I like the ghosting here though, it adds to the surrealness.
July 19th, 2010 on 4:35 pm
This looks good Brian! what did you use for tone mapping? I’ve used a couple of programs, photomatix pro, some other one I actually don’t remember the name (yeah that worked well) and photoshop.
Just a suggestion, but on some more difficult shots (like this one with people walking) I can cheat the people (as long as they are not the focus) and use one of the 9 exposures I shot and just use a mask to composite them in to the tone mapped background. You can do the same for problem areas of the clouds as well…
July 19th, 2010 on 10:08 pm
Thanks Greg! I just used the built in HDR Pro in Photoshop CS5 for the tone mapping, not perfect, but not bad either.
Nice tip, using a mask to composite in the tricky parts. I didn’t spend a whole lot of time on this one but I’ll give that a try on the next one.