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It does. It's rare that I have to go back in to the fused image and tweak the WB

digirebelva wrote in post #17682887
I pick one image, adjust the highlights and WB and sync it with the rest of the group before I stack them.

This is what I have done for landscape work...and it seems to have much better results...good to know to apply it to architectural work too.

digirebelva wrote in post #17682926
It does. It's rare that I have to go back in to the fused image and tweak the WB

I never knew that. I just took the bracketed images in LR and merged them and then adjusted WB with the HDR image. Maybe this would explain why the colors always look weird. I didn't know that changes made to files before the merge would carry over, I thought they were ignored.

tytlyf wrote in post #17683750
I never knew that. I just took the bracketed images in LR and merged them and then adjusted WB with the HDR image. Maybe this would explain why the colors always look weird. I didn't know that changes made to files before the merge would carry over, I thought they were ignored.

Well this is the first time I thought of it so I'm enjoying getting some confirmation from others. I think what may be happening is that the merging process magnifies any off color issues so clearing them up before hand gives a cleaner merge. But that's a purely non-technical guess.

In LR6/CC, making adjustments then merging cancels out those adjustments according to Adobe.

DisrupTer911 wrote in post #17683934
In LR6/CC, making adjustments then merging cancels out those adjustments according to Adobe.

Interesting. Didn't seem to this time. Maybe white balance is not included. I think I'll make some extreme WB adjustment and see what happens.

maybe i misunderstood it then but i thought i read it as, making development adjustments each picture of a pano/hdr merge cancels out after you merge the files and make the .dng file

one from the other day. 5 shot bracket.

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Ken S. wrote in post #17684196
one from the other day. 5 shot bracket.

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Beautiful Ken. How did you process this? LR HDR merge?

DisrupTer911 wrote in post #17684165
maybe i misunderstood it then but i thought i read it as, making development adjustments each picture of a pano/hdr merge cancels out after you merge the files and make the .dng file

As I recall when I read that about LR HDR I thought the context referred to adjustments like cropping, various brushes, lens distortion corrections, convergence corrections and things like that which would basically make the merge impossible or impractical. I will have to look into it more but my WB corrections pre merge did seem to hold.

While I see what you are saying, personal observation seems to contradict that statement. I know that when I make obvious WB adjustments, then stack and merge, I don't have to go back and fix the WB in the merged file (occasionally tweak yes, but no wholesale adjustments). So either LR is fixing the WB on its own (highly unlikely), or it is keeping at least that adjustment and running with it.

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Nice and clean and I like the depth of the second one. Your work with flash is very nice and not as flat as most. On of the reasons I keep coming back to available light and EF (now LR HDR) is the better light modeling and lighting in multiple rooms or areas. But you are getting very similar results with your flash. Congrats.

Thank you, I'm happy with how far my technique has come.
One of these day's I'll come through on my promise to create a write-up on this process.

90 minutes to shoot
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cccc wrote in post #17685352
Thank you, I'm happy with how far my technique has come.
One of these day's I'll come through on my promise to create a write-up on this process.

90 minutes to shoot
90 minutes to edit

Delivered 31 final images

Yea! I'm still waiting!!