Topic: HDR question (Read 4616 times)

idenford · « **on:** June 12, 2008, 10:06:39 pm »

Anyone know a good link to the HDR craze? I'm going to the UK next week and will be shooting around Shropshire and Wales. I figured I might have fun the HDR as well. Taking my D3.
Any tips would be welcome

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #1 on:** June 12, 2008, 10:30:46 pm »

Try this for starters: http://tutorialblog.org/hdr-tutorials-roundup/

wolfnowl · « **Reply #2 on:** June 13, 2008, 12:33:04 am »

Several HDR tutorials here: http://www.revellphotography.com/blog/

Also Matt Koslowski added a video on HDR and Lightroom, here:
http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2008/vi...-and-lightroom/

Mike.

Tim Gray · « **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2008, 08:44:08 am »

Haven't reviewed all those tutorials, but don't hesitate to try hand held (for a 3 frame bracket) if a tripod isn't practical. With a bit of practice and Photomatix align (use the feature align function) and the D3's burst speed you can get surprisingly good results. Also (again using Photomatix), don't forget to try the exposure blend mode in addition to the HDR mode - you can get less "garish" results.

One thing I've found processing HDRs (1ds3) is that at least 75% of the time I can get an entirely acceptable image from a set of three just by pushing the raw conversion a bit on one of the images - unfortunately I can't always predict with of the three it will be - it's not always the middle image.

Paul2660 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2008, 09:01:54 am »

Also consider www.digitaloutbackphoto.com do a search on HDR. Uwe has written alot of very good articles on this subject.

Paul C

idenford · « **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2008, 09:15:14 am »

Thanks very much for your replies, I will study these sites.

mcbroomf · « **Reply #6 on:** June 13, 2008, 09:15:53 am »

Some links here
http://www.hdrlabs.com/tools/links.html

Picturenaut is pretty good and is shareware

If you have Lightroom consider using Enfuse. I've been getting very good results.
http://lightroom-news.com/2008/03/03/enfuse-for-lightroom/

KeithR · « **Reply #7 on:** June 13, 2008, 10:01:56 am »

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Anyone know a good link to the HDR craze? I'm going to the UK next week and will be shooting around Shropshire and Wales. I figured I might have fun the HDR as well. Taking my D3.
Any tips would be welcome
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A couple of links to get you started. The first is a bit dated in that it involves comparing/contrasting CS2 with and without Photomatix(considered the de facto HDR softwear)
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Then there's Uwe Steinmueller of www.outbackphoto.com and his discussion of "Highspeed HDR" which uses the cameras ability to do automatic bracketing. This link: http://handbook.outbackphoto.com/section_h...ping/index.html

is a connection to his series on HDR. There are are now 2 "How to's" on his highspeed bracketing, the recently added part 2 is more about which cameras, that he's used, are capable of this technique.

NikoJorj · « **Reply #8 on:** June 13, 2008, 05:08:49 pm »

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don't hesitate to try hand held (for a 3 frame bracket) if a tripod isn't practical. With a bit of practice and Photomatix align (use the feature align function)
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Just to add a pinch of salt : I didn't practice Photomatix much, but with every version I tried (including a few betas of the 3.0) alignment of handheld photos (yes, I hate carrying a tripod, I know it ain't that serious, but I hate it) simply failed. No, I ain't got such a machine-gun-camera as a D3, just an old 300D (DRebel)... perhaps a faster burst helps, of course.
But I had better results with CS3's 'Align layers' function.
You can always export the layers after that to feed another HDR soft, of course!

idenford · « **Reply #9 on:** June 13, 2008, 06:10:36 pm »

More thanks, I love this forum, I downloaded photomax and got a discount as I am a NAPP member.
It does a good jub, but I do want to learn how to create that fancy smokey fog look as well, any experience with that?

KeithR · « **Reply #10 on:** June 13, 2008, 07:27:49 pm »

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Just to add a pinch of salt : I didn't practice Photomatix much, but with every version I tried (including a few betas of the 3.0) alignment of handheld photos (yes, I hate carrying a tripod, I know it ain't that serious, but I hate it) simply failed. No, I ain't got such a machine-gun-camera as a D3, just an old 300D (DRebel)... perhaps a faster burst helps, of course.
But I had better results with CS3's 'Align layers' function.
You can always export the layers after that to feed another HDR soft, of course!
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In my previous post about Uwe Steinmueller, his "Highspeed Bracketing" does require at least the use of a monopod. Altough I've not yet had the opportunity to try it out, from what I read, that even though you use multiple shots, it's done automaticaly by setting the bracketing range and have the camera on a stable platform.

duraace · « **Reply #11 on:** June 15, 2008, 05:51:54 pm »

I never bracket. If an image is a good candidate for HDR, I make 4 virtual copies in Lightroom and very the exposure from -2 to +2. I then export 16 bit tiff to Photomatix for HDR tonemapping. Much easier and movement no problem.

Tim Gray · « **Reply #12 on:** June 15, 2008, 06:39:32 pm »

Whatever you think about HDR, hand holding is entirely possible (given enough light). Here's a link to a number of HDR images from downtown Toronto. All hand held. My batting average is 9 out of 10 align with no difficulty either in Photomatix or PS align layers (Canon 1ds3) Read the note at the bottom of the first index for a bit more explanation...

http://www.timgrayphotography.com/gallerie...-hdr/index.html

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