Another HDR

[absolute beginner]

I'm getting a little too obsessed with this. Taken without a tripod using 3 different exposures and put together using Photomatix. What do you think?

I think the sky looks a little washed out.

[yarga]

I love the statues but I think the building looks a bit dark and grey. You could also add photo filters to make the building oranger and the sky bluer with masking - I have been playing with this effect a lot in photoshop.

[Balliolman]

Looks natural with good colours: well done. Moreover, as it is HDR you have potential to do much more with the image!

[Binning]

I tried lightening the highlights and shadows a little bit and increasing the saturation.


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[Atheist]

Do you have a polarizer?

[scokar]

I like it better with the sky washed out.

[NOLAflash]

Ok this might sound stupid but, I keep seeing HDR and i dont know what that is. I see the difference in the images b/c of another post but whats the purpose? If there is a sticky then please send a link.

[avwh]

HDR = high dynamic range.

Typical camera sensor can't handle more than 4-5 stops of light exposure; it sdoesn't "see" the range of exposure that our eye can see; HDR puts together usually 3 (or more) different exposures (-1, 0, +1) to "capture" more than 4-5 stops of images. So its main use is where the range of light/images will either cause the dark to be black shadow with no detail or the light to be blown out, if exposed to show dark detail.

Look at Photomatix's website for examples and more explanation.

[absolute beginner]

Thanks everybody for you comments and questions. I do have a polarizer but I didn't use it on this occasion perhaps I should have. And thanks Binning for your contribution. It's all about your own taste I suppose.

[NOLAflash]

HDR = high dynamic range.

Typical camera sensor can't handle more than 4-5 stops of light exposure; it sdoesn't "see" the range of exposure that our eye can see; HDR puts together usually 3 (or more) different exposures (-1, 0, +1) to "capture" more than 4-5 stops of images. So its main use is where the range of light/images will either cause the dark to be black shadow with no detail or the light to be blown out, if exposed to show dark detail.

Look at Photomatix's website for examples and more explanation.


Thanks a lot. This helps me out a lot. I had a comment on a picture of my dog, that a white spot on her shoulder was blown out in a black and white. Maybe this would have help on the shot. I was in manual mode though. So i could have changed the ISO? probably.

[bukboy]

The composition is lacking. It looks like a picture of statues on a building. doesnt involve me or make me empathise with Y they r so jolly.
http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/articles.htm
check out the composition articles

[bukboy]

I think the two half cutoff statues are distracting & should be removed.