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Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/29/2006 07:06:16 AM · #1

I've recently become very fond of HDR and tried to take many shots where it would be nice to see some HDRish effects. Since I dont have a member account thing here I posted some of the photos on my blog. Please feel free to check them out :)

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I'd well appreciate any comments/tipps/critque on these shots :)

jpeters

Nikon D200

07/29/2006 07:10:47 AM · #2

Those are some really great shots. Well done. There is a lot of NeatImage (or something similar on the first) which many people don't like, but I think it adds a surrealistis effect. I think my favorite is the one with the neon signs, the colors are just so vibrant. Now you have to tell us what method you use for HDR!

07/29/2006 07:15:13 AM · #3

Originally posted by jpeters:

Thanks for your input. And you noticed the neatimage in the first one correctly. I'm usualy not a fan of overneatimaged photos either but for that one I liked how it seems a bit like it has some crazy depth of field.

When I make a HDR photo I usualy make 5 photos from -2EV for +2EV and then combine them in Photomati Pro which also allows you to tone Map. :)

SamDoe1

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

07/29/2006 07:18:48 AM · #4

Here's my first attempt at an HDR image. It sucks in my opinion, but I hope there will be many more to come soon.

Normally metered (No post processing at all):

HDR (And a lot of post processing):

The HDR image was made using "Merge to HDR" in PSCS2, and used a fairly small range from +/- 1.66EV. I will definitely try a larger range soon as I'm sure that will look a lot better than that one.

jpeters

Nikon D200

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/29/2006 07:31:34 AM · #5

Just out of curiosity, Lucas, could you post one of those photos without HDR?

07/29/2006 07:54:00 AM · #6

Originally posted by SamDoe1:

Here's my first attempt at an HDR image. It sucks in my opinion, but I hope there will be many more to come soon.

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Its a good begining :) Ive never tried HDR in photoshop.

But with HDR its always better to have more photos. For day shots 3 is ok and for night shots 5 is minimum. It s also ok to go over the EV boundaries of your camera if possible :)

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

07/29/2006 07:54:54 AM · #7

Originally posted by jpeters:

Just out of curiosity, Lucas, could you post one of those photos without HDR?

Sure hold on. I can show you all the photos I used for one of them :D

moniepenny

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

07/29/2006 08:03:55 AM · #8

Those are neat! I've never seen or heard of this hdr stuff before, I like them.

MK153

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro

07/29/2006 08:05:01 AM · #9

I think the are great. I love the perspective on them - awesome wide. What kind of lens do you use to get that wide w/your xt?
Thanks,
Todd

07/29/2006 08:08:10 AM · #10

Originally posted by MK153:

I think the are great. I love the perspective on them - awesome wide. What kind of lens do you use to get that wide w/your xt?
Thanks,
Todd

Thanks for your comment. I recently aquired a Sigma 10-20mm and I used a peleng 8mm for one of the photos.

Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro

07/29/2006 08:09:08 AM · #11

Originally posted by jpeters:

Just out of curiosity, Lucas, could you post one of those photos without HDR?

You can look at it here :)

MK153

Canon EOS-20D

07/29/2006 08:15:30 AM · #12

Get a "member account thing" here... its worth the $25. If you can afford a 10-22mm then you can afford the membership.

otisXmike

Canon EOS-30D

07/29/2006 08:31:51 AM · #13

Originally posted by MK153:

Get a "member account thing" here... its worth the $25. If you can afford a 10-22mm then you can afford the membership.

agreed... i thought this site was neat before, but since I've had my membership I've found it to be much "neater"

otisXmike

Canon EOS-30D

07/29/2006 08:37:38 AM · #14

Hi Lucas... I like your shots! One question... in some of your shots, you have a surreal quality, and painterly type qualities. Is this from the "tone mapping" part of the process? Do you neat image, process, etc, etc , all the individual images in Photoshop first and then combine.... or do you combine them all and then go to photoshop?

Jaded_Housewife

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

07/29/2006 08:46:31 AM · #15

Here's my first HDR photo and all the steps it took for me to finally get there yesterday. I spent my whole day trying to figure it out. I do like my final result though. My HDR thread

hanneke

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/29/2006 08:54:29 AM · #16

Didn't know where to add my comment, so I posted it here and on your blog. If you want to, you can delete it there ofcourse :)

going from left to right:

1 - I love the effect in the clouds (is this because of the different exposures or was it an effect you created in another way?) Wide angle is fantastic. Love it!

2 - To get full symmetry I'd crop the photo a bit at the right. Perfect and beautiful colors!

3 + 4 - The wide angle looks superb, again.

5 + 6 - I prefer the B&W version, but they both are a bit tilted.

Hope this is a bit helpful!

07/29/2006 08:56:17 AM · #17

Originally posted by otisXmike:

Originally posted by MK153:
Get a "member account thing" here... its worth the $25. If you can afford a 10-22mm then you can afford the membership.

agreed... i thought this site was neat before, but since I've had my membership I've found it to be much "neater"

Hey guys. I worked very hard to get the money for my 10-20mm. And I think it was a good investment. But this member account. For me it really isnt worth it. I dont need the update button, I dont need space for my photos. The thing with memberships is just that they or little confomities. A Lens in turn it somehting very usefull. I hope you can understand that this is why I dont buy a membership.

07/29/2006 08:59:42 AM · #18

Originally posted by otisXmike:

Hi, Thanks for your intrest. This is my workflow:
First Rawshooter(raw conversion) -> then Photomatix(HDR image + tonemapping) -> Photoshop(though this is usualy only resize and bordering)

And that surreal quality as you say it is from the tone mapping. just try it out one time :)

07/29/2006 09:01:50 AM · #19

Originally posted by jaded_youth:

Here's my first HDR photo and all the steps it took for me to finally get there yesterday. I spent my whole day trying to figure it out. I do like my final result though. My HDR thread

Thats nice to here. Maybe we'll see some more HDR from you soon then :)

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

07/29/2006 09:02:46 AM · #20

Originally posted by biteme:

Didn't know where to add my comment, so I posted it here and on your blog. If you want to, you can delete it there ofcourse :)

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Thanks a lot for your input! It helps a lot and I'll be sure to try to think about those things when i make photos the next time :)

Jaded_Housewife

Canon EOS-5D

07/29/2006 09:10:42 AM · #21

Well I just tried another one and for some reason it says photomatix all over it. LoL. the last one I did in photomatix didn't do that. wow My lucky is crazy this week. I also don't enjoy what it did to the sky, but what's with the photomatix imprint?

edit. here it is:

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