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Took these tonight, never tried HDR photos before, and only got a camera capable to do it on Thursday (sorry about the water marks but i when i do more HDR i wont have them any more ;) ) C+C welcome
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The delights of HDR :D
You know you're hooked when you find yourself doing 5-9 exposure processing :D
PS
Everyone gravitates towards Photomatrix.. but FDRTools (get the Pro version trial) is probably easier to use and produces just as good a result..
Thanks, will have to give more exposure a try!
stunning pic's mate:applause: what is HDR?:o
High Dynamic Range imaging (HDRi)
Hey, nice try Bill, keep going the more you fiddle the better the results. HDRi can give some great shots that are just not achievable with nearly all cameras, but can still be seen by the naked eye, it can also be used to give an ethereal slant to a pic, which can also be interesting if done well, its so easy to over cook it tho, halo'ing is the worst obvious mistake in my opinion, which can be avoided by keeping the light smoothing maxed.
an example of HDRi gone bad --> http://ursispaltenstein.ch/blog/images/uploads_img/hdr_photos_1.jpg (linked not uploaded pic, as to not spoil your thread)
Another problem with pictures processed as HDRi's is that people often get the light wrong, try and make sure the ground isn't lighter than the sky as it looks odd (and rarely happens in life!)
Keep up the good work mate :)
The best tip for those attempting HDRi is to bracket your shots and use a tripod :)
stunning pic's mate:applause: what is HDR?:o
There was a previous post on it mate, the chatter might explain a thing or two
http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/showthread.php?t=249238&highlight=hdri
High Dynamic Range..
Combining multiple exposures to produce an image with a greater range of detail in the highlights and the shadows. You take a shot using a tripod and a remote shutter release, adjust the shutter speed, retake the shot.. rinse and repeat.. (for three exposures youu can use the Automatic Exposure Bracketing feature if your camera has it).
Typically you'd have a very short and dark exposure.. then you'd double the time the shutter was open (eg if the first exposure was 1/200th secons the next would be 1/100th second) and ideally you'd keep doubling until you hit the maximum exposure time (on a Canon 30 seconds).. if that's still not long enough you could carry on in blb mode.
The multiple exposures are combined digitally, and then the resulting image is tone-mapped to make it printable/displayable (there's a limit to the dynamic range a screen can prodce or a printer print). At this point the image is usually very flat and uuninspiring.. so you need to do a bit of post-processing to but some depth and vibrancy back into the finshed image. The result can be extreme (can be bloody awful if done badly - which is quite often, and has given HDR a bad reputation for garish colours and badly composed shots) or it can be almost painterly.
Pauul.. that is a truly inspirational example of all that can go wrong with HDR! :D
Thank you:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Thanks guys some interesting reading. That image (although the clouds like kinda cool) is pretty grotesque! lol What is a halo in HDR terms? i have herd it mentioned a few times
When i said it was my first try i wasnt quite being truthful, this was my very first go.... a little over cooked with the sky i think, but i learnt lol http://www.flickr.com/photos/bill19/4105136977/in/set-72157622807184784/
I am getting a feeling that fish keeping may take a back seat for a while, while i get more camera stuff :p lol
I think next time i go near a store i may get one of them gorillapods, just to keep me going untill i get a proper one for Xmas.
I am getting a feeling that fish keeping may take a back seat for a while, while i get more camera stuff :p lol
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"Haloes" ares the unnatural pale banding around edges and details in over-cooked HDRs.
"Ghosting" are the multiple blurs from movement of usually people or vegetation.
I am getting a feeling that fish keeping may take a back seat for a while, while i get more camera stuff :p lol
I think next time i go near a store i may get one of them gorillapods, just to keep me going untill i get a proper one for Xmas.
Don't bother with a Gorillapod, they are a useful addition to your kit, but the price of the proper SLR ones is a bit silly and the cheaper one will struggle to hold a dSLR. Invest in a cheap tripod for now (Jessops special for about £30, similar price to a cheap Gorillapod), then get yourself something a bit more sturdy for Xmas :)
To critique your first HDRi attempt, look at the sky and the ground, they are the wrong luminosity (i.e. the sky is darker than the ground, which just doesn't happen in nature as the ground reflects the light of the sky!)
:)
yeh i was thinking just buy an ordinary one. The camera i am using is a fuji S200EXR (weighs 820g) not actually a DSLR but about as close as you can get with out going to the SLR side.... well i will see how much i can afford, if i can get better stuff i will.
As i would quite fancy an external flash for xmas...
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