7 shot HDR with flash

mattograph · 17th of April 2009 (Fri)

This was the first time I worked flash into an HDR shot. There was a bare bulb flash in the doorway fired via radiopopper. I fired the flash all the way up to the two darkest exposures -- at that the sync speeds were so insanely high it was pretty useless.

Builder loves these doors. I would have rather shot it from an angle, but you lost the door shapes.

Thoughts and comments welcome, of course.

Balliolman · 17th of April 2009 (Fri)

A beautiful photograph!

megadima · 17th of April 2009 (Fri)

Cool shot !! I really like it.

Tiger_993 · 17th of April 2009 (Fri)

Looks good, but I gotta know....how much is this house?

bryan k · 17th of April 2009 (Fri)

That's amazingly sharp and the colors are excellent. Nice work Matt! Was that shot with the 5d MK II?

ddmitchell · 17th of April 2009 (Fri)

Nice Shot! Thanks for sharing!

mattograph · 17th of April 2009 (Fri)

Thanks for the kind words all.

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Originally Posted by Tiger_993

Looks good, but I gotta know....how much is this house?

An even $700,000. On a quarter acre lot. 5000 sq ft.

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Originally Posted by bryan k

That's amazingly sharp and the colors are excellent. Nice work Matt! Was that shot with the 5d MK II?

Actually, no. The 1D3. Its way to easy to bracket with that camera.

Tiger_993 · 18th of April 2009 (Sat)

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Originally Posted by mattograph

An even $700,000. On a quarter acre lot. 5000 sq ft.

Gawd Almighty - I was afraid of that. Judging by appearances, that would be $1.5M or more where I am. As far as the straight on angle, I think it looks good and might do a better job of illustrating how large the home is. Nice shot.

canonloader · 20th of April 2009 (Mon)

It's a nice shot, and the door came out good. Maybe I am too critical, but when I use HDR, it's to lighten the shadows and tone down the light spots. This has some deep shadows that would look better if they were less obvious.

muscleflex · 20th of April 2009 (Mon)

i HAVE GOT to learn HDR! this picture is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!
so nice and so sharp! what lens?
I suppose you're not gonna show the 7 individual shots? (pretty please?)

mattograph · 20th of April 2009 (Mon)

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Originally Posted by canonloader

It's a nice shot, and the door came out good. Maybe I am too critical, but when I use HDR, it's to lighten the shadows and tone down the light spots. This has some deep shadows that would look better if they were less obvious.

You and I are pretty similar I think, in the sense that I like HDR when it's a process and not an effect.

On shooting these houses, I have gone back and forth on my philosophy on the shadows. First, I do try to shoot on in a way that minimizes them. I have in the past removed quite a few of them, but I seem to get a lot of "flat" comments on those images.

Right now, I have been using the shadow/highlights tools via smart filters in CS4 to open them up (like by the chimney on the front of the house) but leaving some semblance of the darkness for depth.

I almost cloned out the shadow from the chimney on the roof (there is zero detail left there) but thought it looked a little awkward, so it stayed.

canonloader · 20th of April 2009 (Mon)

Maybe if you shot another two shots on the blown out end and included them in the Render, for a 9 shot HDR, the program could lessen the effect of the shadow using those last two shots in the math. The chimney one is most obvious.

mattograph · 20th of April 2009 (Mon)

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Originally Posted by muscleflex

i HAVE GOT to learn HDR! this picture is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!
so nice and so sharp! what lens?
I suppose you're not gonna show the 7 individual shots? (pretty please?)

Thank you! that's the 16-35 II. I'll try to put up the individuals tonight.

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Originally Posted by canonloader

Maybe if you shot another two shots on the blown out end and included them in the Render, for a 9 shot HDR, the program could lessen the effect of the shadow using those last two shots in the math. The chimney one is most obvious.

That might be the ticket. A 9 stop bracket. We are SO spoiled with digital!

muscleflex · 20th of April 2009 (Mon)

cool thanks. much appreciated! i got that lens too! maybe i can see if i can produce nice shots like this one as well!
just need good weather here in the UK i guess!

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Originally Posted by mattograph

Thank you! that's the 16-35 II. I'll try to put up the individuals tonight.

airfrogusmc · 20th of April 2009 (Mon)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattograph

This was the first time I worked flash into an HDR shot. There was a bare bulb flash in the doorway fired via radiopopper. I fired the flash all the way up to the two darkest exposures -- at that the sync speeds were so insanely high it was pretty useless.

Builder loves these doors. I would have rather shot it from an angle, but you lost the door shapes.

Thoughts and comments welcome, of course.

Nice Matt looks like you got nice detail in both highlights and shadows and avoided that really bad halo effect. GOOD JOB.
Maybe bring the door down about a half stop and mentioned but I think it looks great.

17th of April 2009 (Fri)	#1
mattograph "God bless the new meds" Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,569 IMAGE EDITING OK	7 shot HDR with flash This was the first time I worked flash into an HDR shot. There was a bare bulb flash in the doorway fired via radiopopper. I fired the flash all the way up to the two darkest exposures -- at that the sync speeds were so insanely high it was pretty useless. Builder loves these doors. I would have rather shot it from an angle, but you lost the door shapes. Thoughts and comments welcome, of course. __________________ This space for rent.

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Balliolman Goldmember Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cornwall/Kernow Posts: 4,137	Re: 7 shot HDR with flash A beautiful photograph! __________________ Balliolman Stereoshooter http://www.flickr.com/photos/balliolman/ Want to know more? Q. & A. with Balliolman: 3D/Stereo Photography http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...d.php?t=150661 DReb; Canon 50 f1.8; Canon 28-135 IS; Loreo LIAC(T); Flashtrax; Canon 17-40 L; Manfrotto 055 PRO B tripod; Canon 28mm 2.8; Whibal Need: Primes; Would like: Canon 5D;

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megadima Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ireland, Galway ,( originally from Russia) Posts: 1,026 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: 7 shot HDR with flash Cool shot !! I really like it. __________________ My gear: Canon 5D Mark II , Canon 70-200 /2.8L IS, Canon 16-35 /2.8L II , Canon 100 /2.8 , Lee NDG filters, Manfrotto 055XPROB , Canon Speedlite 580 EX II

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Tiger_993 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 540 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: 7 shot HDR with flash Looks good, but I gotta know....how much is this house? __________________ 5DM2 + BG-E6 \| 7D + BG-E7 \| 50 1.4 \| 85 1.8 \| 135 L \| 16-35 L \| 70-200 f/4 L IS \| Nikon speedlights \| Filters by Lee & Hitech

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bryan k Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 404 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: 7 shot HDR with flash That's amazingly sharp and the colors are excellent. Nice work Matt! Was that shot with the 5d MK II? __________________ My Gear

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ddmitchell Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Juneau, Alaska Posts: 82 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: 7 shot HDR with flash Nice Shot! Thanks for sharing! __________________ -------------------------- Dave Mitchell Flickr Juneau, Alaska 7D \|40D\| Canon 100-400L \| Canon 70-200L \|Tokina 11-16 \|Tamron 17-50\| Canon 100mm Macro\| and others

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canonloader Cream of the Crop Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Behind A Camera Posts: 52,850 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: 7 shot HDR with flash It's a nice shot, and the door came out good. Maybe I am too critical, but when I use HDR, it's to lighten the shadows and tone down the light spots. This has some deep shadows that would look better if they were less obvious. __________________ Mitch- ____...^.^...____ My Microscope Stuff Gear List, My Flash Gallery, My You Tube, Ride My Bi-Sickle War is not about who's right, it's about who's left.

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muscleflex Goldmember Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,984 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: 7 shot HDR with flash i HAVE GOT to learn HDR! this picture is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! so nice and so sharp! what lens? I suppose you're not gonna show the 7 individual shots? (pretty please?) __________________ Canon 1D MK III \| Canon EOS 20D \| Canon 16-35 II L \| Canon 100-400 L IS \| Canon 50mm II 1.8 \| Canon 580 EX II

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canonloader Cream of the Crop Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Behind A Camera Posts: 52,850 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: 7 shot HDR with flash Maybe if you shot another two shots on the blown out end and included them in the Render, for a 9 shot HDR, the program could lessen the effect of the shadow using those last two shots in the math. The chimney one is most obvious. __________________ Mitch- ____...^.^...____ My Microscope Stuff Gear List, My Flash Gallery, My You Tube, Ride My Bi-Sickle War is not about who's right, it's about who's left.

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