1st HDR Attempt

[col4bin]

C&C please. Picture taken at Pinnacles National Monument in Soledad, CA.

[xanmato]

Tone mapping with photomatrix? The haloing sticks out like a sore thumb, have you tried it in cs2?

[Picture North Carolina]

I agree - it has the classic photomatix halo effect, but at least the rest of the pic looks natural as opposed to the photomatix tone mapped look. Was this a true hdr, or a multiple rendition of the same single input image?

I would get rid of the halo, then add some contrast and brightness (pop). /Dan

P.s. - to be honest, if this was truly your first attempt, you did rather good. usually first attempts at hdr result in those ghastly tone mapped images. keep plugging away - you've got a good start.

[col4bin]

Thanks. This was a true HDR based on 3 bracketed jpeg's. I am not sure how to get rid of the halo effect but i will keep trying different techniques.

Also, this was truly my first try. I am using the trial version of Photomatix so i had to clone out the watermark from the converted image.

[Picture North Carolina]

Originally Posted by col4bin

Thanks. This was a true HDR based on 3 bracketed jpeg's. I am not sure how to get rid of the halo effect but i will keep trying different techniques.

Also, this was truly my first try. I am using the trial version of Photomatix so i had to clone out the watermark from the converted image.

Do you have CS2? Try it in there. Here's a short tutorial that will help greatly. /Dan

[Mark0159]

you know HDR normaly requires more than 3 images to work well. However with bracketing try reading the following on how to blend bracketed photos together. You might be supprised at what can be done.

http://ronbigelow.com/articles/articles.htm

however it does require you to have photoshop.

[D. Craig Flory]

I'm not sure what was being tried here but it didn't work. If it was done using film, I'd think that the film accidentally got fogged. I'm always open to new techniques but this is one that I won't try to elmulate.

I hope you continue to try new things.

[Picture North Carolina]

Originally Posted by nzl-g3user

you know HDR normaly requires more than 3 images to work well. However with bracketing try reading the following on how to blend bracketed photos together. You might be supprised at what can be done.

http://ronbigelow.com/articles/articles.htm

however it does require you to have photoshop.

I didn't see an article here that looks like digital blending multiple photos. Which article title are you referring to? /Dan

[billhercus]

I wish I had read this thread before I bought Photomatix. It is a beta; it might get better!

[celter]

Originally Posted by nzl-g3user

you know HDR normaly requires more than 3 images to work well. However with bracketing try reading the following on how to blend bracketed photos together. You might be supprised at what can be done.

http://ronbigelow.com/articles/articles.htm

however it does require you to have photoshop.

Actually, I've found that ONE image is enough for a decent HDR image. This image is made out of one RAW image with 4 different TIFF files.

[Mark0159]

Originally Posted by CannedHeat

I didn't see an article here that looks like digital blending multiple photos. Which article title are you referring to? /Dan

the ones that I am talking about are the articles named Blend Modes part 1-4.

The main point of it, is you do a bracket exposure and then combine then all. it's more than likey more work, but personally I think that HDR is used when it doesn't need to be.

[Picture North Carolina]

Originally Posted by nzl-g3user

the ones that I am talking about are the articles named Blend Modes part 1-4.

The main point of it, is you do a bracket exposure and then combine then all. it's more than likey more work, but personally I think that HDR is used when it doesn't need to be.

Thanks for the reply. I'll look at those tutorials. Mr. Bigelow usually writes good stuff. Your later point is on target. I think some people use perfectly exposed pics just to attain that tone mapped look, but that's a debate we've had here many times before. I personally try to use a single frame, even if it takes work. Issues with hdr are not just limited to tone mapping problems. In landscape photography, for example where stuff moves in the scene, combining images reduces sharpness. /Dan