hdr example -- three images combined into one image with 32 bit data

[Deleted member 4644]

hdr using ps cs3 Untitled_HDR2.jpg

normal DSC_0172.jpg

normal w ps levels DSC_0172levels.jpg


all hand held

You guys like this? I think its amazing.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

No one?

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644
No one?

It's just not... impressive. We need a more dramatic example. Maybe a landscape or an urbanscape or something along those lines. Sorry.

Also, for those of us with not-very-fast Internet connections, having to open 3 4mb files is not so fun.

I think most of us who are even casually into photography have seen HDR images.

 

[angry hampster]

All that work and your white balance is still off. :laugh:

I agree with gazelle, it's a boring shot and there's no reason to post huge files on the web. Thirdly, HDR was useless in this context because there's not enough of a dynamic range present to take advantage of it. HDR is best used in harsh lighting conditions to bring back details in ranges that would otherwise be clipped to highlight or black. Using it in a softly lit room is pointless.


edit: I shot this last week. One RAW file processed at 1, 0, and -1, tone mapped in Photomatix, then toned in CS3.
http://img.photobucket.com/alb...art/111108-bruny14.jpg

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: angry hampster
edit: I shot this last week. One RAW file processed at 1, 0, and -1, tone mapped in Photomatix, then toned in CS3.
http://img.photobucket.com/alb...art/111108-bruny14.jpg

Your photo promises me a life of scenic beauty and dramatic adventure should I purchase that fine automobile.

 

[Deadtrees]

That's just....plain boring.

Also, it doesn't look like HDR image at all.

 

[angry hampster]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle


Your photo promises me a life of scenic beauty and dramatic adventure should I purchase that fine automobile.

That "fine automobile" was beat to hell to get to that location. :laugh: It deserved a beauty shot after 50km of logging roads, steep inclines, mud, and j-turns.

 

[Caecus Veritas]

heh i can see you off the reflection.

 

[GrJohnso]

Yep, the original shot is just not something that warrants HDR treatment. Not a wide dynamic range to start with, and the subject matter isn't all that compelling... Now, maybe your plan was to just take that photo and practice with it to see what HDR could do, in that case yah, you did increase the range a bit and now you know how to do it. Now take that to a photo that can benefit from the HDR treament and see how it goes...

Hampsters image is more of the classic HDR type of image. Take a scene that has a realistic potential for wider dynamic range to play with, and add the HDR treatment to emphasize both ends of that range. It's got pop, but doesn't look too artificial.

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644
hdr using ps cs3 Untitled_HDR2.jpg

normal DSC_0172.jpg

normal w ps levels DSC_0172levels.jpg


all hand held

You guys like this? I think its amazing.

Really? What is amazing about it?

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644
No one?

It's just not... impressive. We need a more dramatic example. Maybe a landscape or an urbanscape or something along those lines. Sorry.

Also, for those of us with not-very-fast Internet connections, having to open 3 4mb files is not so fun.

I think most of us who are even casually into photography have seen HDR images.

Even for those of us with fast connections because bbzzdd pretty much gets hammered all the time with just AT traffic. I can appreciate full-res images where it's important (like detail/noise comparisons between camera models). But in most cases I think resized images are fine.

Even in the comparison cases, full-res cropped images work well.