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HDR Anonymous
My recent HDR,
rip me a new one or whatever, just be honest.
If you liked it, I'm glad
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>> SAGEAMUS PRIME M?e?e?s?e??? !iZn5BCIpug
>>219563
urdoinitwrong
>> Anonymous
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>>219565
how is it "right" then?

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>> HDR Wickmiester
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Second try....any better?

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>> Anonymous
head of the statue on right looks fucked up. Liek highlights have blown out but its been darkened or sumfink
>> Anonymous
anything more?
>> Anonymous
I barf'd
>> Anonymous
If you aren't using a tripod, use one. Also use a cable release.

If you are, set up your camera to exposure bracket automatically so you can take the pictures immediately after each other.

If you have a mirror lockup option, use that, too.

Don't overexpose or underexpose to the point that you start blocking up.
>> Scolio
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Strictly dealing with using HDR:


The image with the statues does not look "right". the best way to explain that it by looking at the hair on the far right statue. In the middle exposure image this would be glowing white, and since you do not have an images that is under exposed enough to show the detail for this area the result is that it is still "blown" but it has a smeary gross looking solid color to it. This happens when you have images that are too far apart in exposure before merging them.

My suggestion for approaching HDR is by doing this:

1. Take one balanced picture, no light blowouts and no dark blowouts. Basically this is going to be your middle picture.

2. open the file three time in photoshop. Change the exposure on one of the images to +1 or whatever over exposes a good amount of the image. Basically this is to show more detail in the very dark areas.

3. leave the second file alone. that way it has no (or very few blowouts)

4. For the third file turn the exposure down to -1 on this image or until you can get a fair amount of detail from the lighter points without loosing the detail on the rest of the image.

5. Once you have three images that look similar but with different exposures then combine them in your chosen program into a "hdr" image.

When you are merging the images keep the strength of the merge low, HDR is just a means of squeezing out a little more detail from an image(s). HDR when used to much not only looks awful but you almost cross the line from photography to digital art. Think of HDR just like a tool like sharpening, it quickly becomes overused and trashes your work.

Keep this in your mind when playing with HDR, filters, politics and sometimes gasoline: "Less is More"
>> Anonymous
It's a nice pic sure, but its just two mailboxes on some block somewhere. Clouds kind of interesting, but I find my self not caring overall.

A more interesting subject is the key.
>> Anonymous
i once had an idea for HDR back before i knew what it was. i was going to put a video camera on a tripod and slowly lower the exposure from way over exposed to black. then make a program watch the video and only use the closest to middle color for each pixel. i really hate inventing things that have already been invented. it happens to me all the time.
>> Neon !/sQSkEDLl6
inb4 noise reduction
>> Scolio
In Before Neon.....shit.
>> Anonymous
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my 1st attempt at tone mapping
>> Anonymous
I'm not one of the HDRhaetphags on /p/, but to be honest, I don't really like the image. There's just nothing there grabbing me.