HDR luvin'

[bonethgz]

This is my first attempt at an HDR image. C&C is welcome!

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii65/bonethgz/IMG_5745_6_7-1.jpg

For those of you that don't know, this is the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah

[FlyingPhotog]

Sorry but I'm not feelin' it...

HDR is (traditionally) used as a way to have 0,0,0 shadows and 255,255,255 highlites in the same frame without losing detail at either end of the exposure scale.

(In case you don't know, 0,0,0 = Pure Black and 255, 255, 255 = Pure White in digital speak. Each number is the value of Red/Blue/Green present...)

Looks like you've managed to not completely blow out the sky (though it looks as if there might have been more color than was captured) but the front of the church looks washed out and lacking contrast.

You've also got quite a bit of noise making me think you had to use a pretty high ISO in order to hand hold this(?) There's also a rather noticeable streak of flare (?) running across the camera left tower about half way up.

[bonethgz]

I don't know a whole lot about HDR, thats good information to know! Would it help to tone map it differently or do I just need to lower my ISO? Oh and this was shot from a tripod, not hand held.

[bonethgz]

Here's a second attempt with the same image, I can't fix the streak, but I changed the tone mapping a bit and I think it looks better. I'm a total newbie at this so please, C&C!!

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii65/bonethgz/Temple-1-1.jpg

[azpix]

C&C is welcome!



For those of you that don't know, this is the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah


it doesn't look good. the photos is very 'hazy' and it's not straight.

[MD Steelerfan]

The second one is better, but I think you need to bracket your exposures more. I try to shoot the image with the best normal exposure I can, then shoot again up and down at least a full stop if not two. Tripod highly recommended for HDR. Give it another go. You'll get it the next time I think.

[Fabian231]

this is HDR??? I dont know...........

[polarbare]

It's not bad for a 1st attempt. It is incredibly noisy in a few areas but it's far from horrible.
Was this made from a single exposure (Which I'm assuming) or from three+ independent exposures, and was it handheld?

[bonethgz]

It was made from three different exposures (at one stop apart) and it WAS shot from a tripod. I think the noise was because of the quality of my camera..problem solved, I just got my XTi!

[azpix]

It was made from three different exposures (at one stop apart) and it WAS shot from a tripod. I think the noise was because of the quality of my camera..problem solved, I just got my XTi!

there are people walking in the photo, how did you do 3 exposures and not have it blurred?

[bonethgz]

I guess the program I used fixed it? I didn't even realize that!

[bonethgz]

This is attempt two at the same shot, with an XTi instead of a 300d

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii65/bonethgz/SLC.jpg

Comments?

[azpix]

This is attempt two at the same shot, with an XTi instead of a 300d



Comments?
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I'm not sure what you did here, but this would look better as a long exposure IMHO. the HDR you did is very dark and lacks detai l in most of the photo.

[azpix]

FWIW, i don't think that camera matters all that much.