Amateur HDRI shot

xsb00st · 12-10-2008, 06:53 PM

Just bought my first SLR camera and wanted to try out some HDRI shots. Would love some tips on how to take and make better HDRI photos.

Andro07 · 12-10-2008, 06:57 PM

Nice Pic

elee · 12-10-2008, 07:21 PM

nice pix mark...wanna take some pictures of my car?

tbensous · 12-10-2008, 07:22 PM

Pesronally I like it better with a bit more color... Like this. How many exposure did you take ? In this case I think the lightning condition don't really need HDR...

You need to find a photo where you have dark, and bright areas at the same time to get the best effect.

Looking at the interest on HDR, I think we should have an official HDR thread

xsb00st · 12-10-2008, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by tbensous

Pesronally I like it better with a bit more color... Like this. How many exposure did you take ? In this case I think the lightning condition don't really need HDR...

You need to find a photo where you have dark, and bright areas at the same time to get the best effect.

Looking at the interest on HDR, I think we should have an official HDR thread

How did you do brighten it like that?! What program did you use?

And yes, an HDR thread would be awesome... start it up!

xsb00st · 12-10-2008, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by elee

nice pix mark...wanna take some pictures of my car?

I'm down... but I can't guarantee you they'll come out any good!

Mitsuwa next week? Thurs or Fri works for me.

tbensous · 12-10-2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by xs*****

How did you do brighten it like that?! What program did you use?

And yes, an HDR thread would be awesome... start it up!

I used Aperture... Played with exposure/contrast/saturation/vibrance of the color. You can do similar things with Photoshop, but I don't find it as intuitive.

Can you post the original shots (exposure here) ? What did you use to combine them in HDR and tonemap ? Photoshop ? Photomatix ?

xsb00st · 12-10-2008, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tbensous

I used Aperture... Played with exposure/contrast/saturation/vibrance of the color. You can do similar things with Photoshop, but I don't find it as intuitive.

Can you post the original shots (exposure here) ? What did you use to combine them in HDR and tonemap ? Photoshop ? Photomatix ?

I just deleted the raw files... yikes. I used Photomatix to combine and edit. I believe the exposures I used were -2, 0, 2. Just got my camera two days ago... so I have no idea what I'm doing.

Houman21 · 12-10-2008, 10:20 PM

Here are a couple of good starter articles for people interested in HDR

http://www.vanilladays.com/hdr-guide/

http://www.backingwinds.blogspot.com...dr-images.html

There are a lot of resources out there.

xsb00st · 12-11-2008, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Houman21

Here are a couple of good starter articles for people interested in HDR

http://www.vanilladays.com/hdr-guide/

http://www.backingwinds.blogspot.com...dr-images.html

There are a lot of resources out there.

These are great... thanks!

AV9 · 12-11-2008, 12:26 AM

intense pic

xsb00st · 12-11-2008, 12:27 AM

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intense pic

Yea, I kinda dig the dark, intense look... especially on SG cars.

mattburch · 12-11-2008, 12:32 AM

nice shot!

adamaster · 12-11-2008, 04:09 AM

Nice Pic and mtech spoiler.

Year's_End · 12-11-2008, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tbensous

Pesronally I like it better with a bit more color... Like this. How many exposure did you take ? In this case I think the lightning condition don't really need HDR...

You need to find a photo where you have dark, and bright areas at the same time to get the best effect.

Looking at the interest on HDR, I think we should have an official HDR thread

waaaay too much. too busy.

veightkiller · 12-11-2008, 06:07 AM

post some more

Hoothout · 12-11-2008, 08:23 AM

looks great, i like the first one better imo

MyE92 · 12-11-2008, 08:41 AM

niice pic!

Craig@SupremePower · 12-11-2008, 09:01 AM

Mark Chen · 12-11-2008, 09:24 AM

cool pics!!

UdubBadger · 12-11-2008, 11:03 AM

tip: you wante to bring up the lumosity all the way and it will reduce the "halo" effect that you see under the car.

best way to get good at it is play around till you see what you like.
I've also find my hdr's come out better by using 1 RAW image instead of the bracketing effect (which I know is the right way to do it but...) and letting photomatix decide what other exposures to use.

PM me if you have any more questions... I've given a few tutorials to members before.

xsb00st · 12-11-2008, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by UdubBadger

tip: you wante to bring up the lumosity all the way and it will reduce the "halo" effect that you see under the car.

best way to get good at it is play around till you see what you like.
I've also find my hdr's come out better by using 1 RAW image instead of the bracketing effect (which I know is the right way to do it but...) and letting photomatix decide what other exposures to use.

PM me if you have any more questions... I've given a few tutorials to members before.

Awesome, great tips, thanks!

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