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Anonymouse !!h5ALjqgB4DE
Just messing around with photoshops HDR program and while in my room. Came out with this. What am I doing right, what am I doing wrong? I tried my best to utilize the full tone map but I'm not sure my source images were worth anything. Too underexposed overall? Would it be a better idea to "hedge my bets" and shoot with the bracketing at 1.5 or 2 stops from 0 giving me a (concievably) larger range?
>> Anonymous
you don't need hdr for this shot at all... just snap one image with proper exposure and adjust curves in gimp or ps or whatever...
>> beethy
Coming from a HDRfag like me, I agree.
When shooting HDR you'll need to have a big contrast in what you're actually shooting.
Usually this means outdoor shots.
It's good to practice though.

Also, I have the same headphones =D
They rock.
See:>>109289
>> Anonymous
I think it also helps to have many details in the surface of what you are shooting. Bricks always just seem to look amazing in my HDRs. Because they have such little details that stand out a ton.
>> Anonymouse !!h5ALjqgB4DE
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I don't "really" need HDR but I'm just trying to figure out how to work things. Here's a second attempt. I did a two stop exposure difference. Tonemapped the image and then added back in a little bit of contrast with the curves function and a tad of a sharpening.

I think this turned out a little better. Took me forever to figure out how I to not suck all the contrast out of the image while still being able to show some detail in the extreme bright and dark sections (check out where the plug goes into the headphone closest to the camera).

The headphones are indeed awesome.

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>> Anonymouse !!h5ALjqgB4DE
The things I tried to bring out in the image were the aforementioned plug (visible only in the highest exposure shot) and the R letter to the right and down from the main text (visible only in the "correct" and underexposed images).

This was just an exercise in HDR but I'm also learning how to manipulate curves quite a bit more.