Checking out Photomatix - 1st HDRs

[Robbie K]

Well, I've been lurking on this forum for a while and I've seen some awesome work. I decided to give this program a shot, even thought I'm really quite a noob. These are all conversions from 1 RAW file.

The first I didn't really have HDR in mind, but I thought it might help:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3222083532_dfa8ac89db_b.jpg

The next two I was really trying my for my first HDRs, but even after setting to AEB mode and playing around, I didn't use a tripod so when I combined 3 files it didn't look so great :oops:. So, these are from 1 RAW again:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3221225683_58b4fef50f_b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3434/3221199501_fda1e9e304_b.jpg

Please excuse the watermark as I am still checking this out, and will likely purchase the license very soon. These were all shot with my Sigma 10-20. I like the way the last one turned out the best. C&C please :rolleyes:

Thanks for looking....

[JuiceBox]

I think you've really grasped the essence of HDR perfectly. I know there are some people out there that like the overdone look, but I am not one of them. I think HDR should be used in instances where it's hard to get a nice dynamic range, but still have the original image in mind. I think you've done it quite well. Now I'll nitpick, because that's just what I do :P.

The first one seems very busy. Looking at it, I can't quite figure out where to stand in order to help the composition, but it just seems off in my opinion.

I like the second one. I think it was a perfect execution of the use of HDR; if you didn't say so, I would have debated with myself whether it was one or not. The only thing I would like to see from that image is for you to punch some of the colors up a bit, notably the reds and blues. As it stands now it's a little bit flat.

The third one has great colors, and a great tone to it. I'm sure you couldn't help this, but the bell behind the car is very distracting. I don't know if you could have moved either the truck or the bell, but it would have helped the composition tremendously.

[CameraBuff]

I like all of those, very natural looking HDR

[canonloader]

I think they are great for single shot HDR's. Better than I managed.