First HDR

[Joe_Gravelle]

Here is my first ever attempt at an HDR shot. I was at a gtg with fellow classic Benz owners and thought to my self.. .Lets try some AEB since I am buying Photomatix later this week.. aaand this is what I got

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/3842298213_d227dfc6d8_o.jpg

I know there is a tree growing out of the car and there is some ghosting with the basket weave wheels. But Its my first attempt. I think its pretty cool and gives me more options with post processing now

[Gary McDuffie]

Toss it back in PS and bring the black level up a little to give it some contrast, and I think it will look great.

[anvilimage]

You have "Image Editing OK", so here is the image after I adjusted the curves a little for color and gave it more of an "S" curve for contrast... HTH.

BTW: You could easily fix the blurred wheel with some layered exposure blending. The colors of the cars are cool... good pic!

[Joe_Gravelle]

cool stuff. The two cars are petrol blue green metallic. One is a diesel coupe and the other is a diesel sedan, if I had a wagon next to them in the same colour it would have been awesome.

[Aldo]

Ok so let me get this straight.... Hopefully I don't get flamed.

Everytime I make an HDR picture in photomatix, I get a picture like the first one that was posted. Now what i didn't find in the tutorials is what may have been answered in this thread...

Am I supposed to PP the pictures that look like the original he post to make them look like the one Anvil posted?

OR

Are my pics supposed to come directly out of Photomatix the way Anvil posted?

[anvilimage]

Aldo,

It's my personal opinion (and I'm sure it's shared by many others), that Photomatix is the the first step of many to creating a good HDR. For my workflow, Photomatix is usually followed by some bit of layered exposure blending along with curves adjustment(s), sharpening, contrast, etc...

Depending on the image there could be 15 minutes to several hours of PP in PS and LR.

-joe

[Joe_Gravelle]

are there any good tutorials on taking photos for HDR? I tried again with something else but it still, sucks. That and I need to use my tripod and stop doing hand held.

[sas8888]

I always take the image out of photomax and put it into cs2 I do a little level curve and color saturation and depending on the photo a little noiseware on them. I feel its just one tool in the processing of a photo

[stargazer77517]

+ 1 for what Joe stated.

Aldo,

It's my personal opinion (and I'm sure it's shared by many others), that Photomatix is the the first step of many to creating a good HDR. For my workflow, Photomatix is usually followed by some bit of layered exposure blending along with curves adjustment(s), sharpening, contrast, etc...

Depending on the image there could be 15 minutes to several hours of PP in PS and LR.

-joe