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Mosephus
14th of October 2009 (Wed), 13:26
I've been playing with photomatix for the past couple days and I don't feel that I'm doing very well. What do you think?

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http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/M715/HDR/DSC_0360_1_2_3_4_tonemapped.jpg
2.
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/M715/HDR/Img0015_6_7_8_9_tonemapped.jpg
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http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/M715/HDR/DSC_0299_300_301_tonemapped.jpg
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http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/M715/HDR/DSC_0350_1_2_tonemapped.jpg
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http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/M715/HDR/DSC_0353_4_5_tonemapped.jpg
stargazer77517
14th of October 2009 (Wed), 15:10
What lens are you using? Looks like you might be traveling in the right direstion as far as processing, but there are some funking purple colors showing on the edges and the house brick color seems to be off.
focus.pocus
14th of October 2009 (Wed), 15:12
look a little oversaturated and in a lot of your shots the horizon is tilted. not a big deal but you'll find a lot of forum dwellers will mention this.
Mosephus
14th of October 2009 (Wed), 16:14
It's just the 18-55 kit lens on for my D40. Thanks for the tips, these gray and purple tints are hackin me off little bit. Here are some I've done today, the one with the cars in it is very weird looking to me.

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/M715/HDR/DSC_0384_3_2_1_0_tonemapped.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/M715/HDR/DSC_0379_8_7_6_5_tonemapped.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/M715/HDR/DSC_0365_6_7_8_9_tonemapped.jpg
007
14th of October 2009 (Wed), 23:52
tooo much color.. and work on the composition a bit..
grandad35
15th of October 2009 (Thu), 08:30
I'm far from an expert, but I see some of the same ghosting problems in the tips of the foliage that I have seen in my shots. Kelby (http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Photoshop-Book-Digital-Photographers/dp/0321580095/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255607748&sr=8-4) recommends using Photoshop to combine the images, saving the file as a 32 bit .hdr and then using Photomatix for the tone mapping. I like the ease of use of Photomatix when combining images (especially the batching function), but when there is any movement between shots (like foliage), PS seems to do a far better job. I also find that PS does a better job of aligning shots not taken on a tripod - the PS generated images appear to be sharper.
Gary McDuffie
16th of October 2009 (Fri), 16:51
Is there a bunch of CA up there in the leaves? As mentioned, severe rotational problems.
tmcman
16th of October 2009 (Fri), 23:33
Get a shot that you really care about and work on it.
Photomatix is not easy.
And once you get something good out of Photomatix,
you still need to process in Photoshop.
It helps to have an inspiring shot that you really want to make great.
Mosephus
17th of October 2009 (Sat), 01:23
Thanks for the tips. I'll come back with something that will be a bit more serious on my side.
Todd Lambert
17th of October 2009 (Sat), 01:34
Man, HDR is not doing your jeep in any favors! It looks like crap, showing every dent, scratch, etc.. lol
Mosephus
17th of October 2009 (Sat), 01:49
Man, HDR is not doing your jeep in any favors! It looks like crap, showing every dent, scratch, etc.. lol

LOL, Gives it character don't cha think?
ameerat42
17th of October 2009 (Sat), 02:31
Well, Nothing to add technically, except: remember the High before the DR, but register the product and lose the watermark. Am...
Mosephus
24th of October 2009 (Sat), 02:48
Here are some updated shots, some are serious and a couple are over the top. Please tell me what you think.

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2756/4039263494_5d7f17e2b5_o.jpg

2.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2508/4039263722_afd03aa8bc_o.jpg

3.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2717/4039263832_8ec0eed0da_o.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/4038514675_0f1433efde_o.jpg
Whiskerz
24th of October 2009 (Sat), 08:53
What ISO was used for the exposures? Quite a bit of noise in these. I suspect it wasn't intentional.

I like #2.
usukshooter
24th of October 2009 (Sat), 10:15
What ISO was used for the exposures? Quite a bit of noise in these. I suspect it wasn't intentional.

HDR's can create a lot of noise, it's not necessarily the ISO.
Mosephus
24th of October 2009 (Sat), 11:21
Thanks, I might add I still have no idea what I'm doing :oops:, but I usually set the camera to auto ISO and the data for the first pic for iso was 200. It probably was from me playing around with the settings though. I'm using Qtpfsgui for these, If anyone would like to take a crack at my pics feel free.

Http://homebasedbusinessplrarticles.com/exposures.zip
opus13
2nd of November 2009 (Mon), 02:08
none of the scenes you are photographing are really wide in terms of exposure.

why bother HDRing any of these?
Mosephus
2nd of November 2009 (Mon), 09:12
I never said I knew what I was doing. :razz: