Natural Looking HDR

that's a nice shot!

bassrebel wrote in post #18026906
From my last trip to Vail, Colorado

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heldGaze wrote in post #18102171
Do you mind briefly describing your blending process? I have not tried to manually blend an HDR yet, but with results like that I will. I have always used the PS Merge to HDR function and then tweaked the parameters. Do you just layer the exposures and then paint layer masks with various amounts of grey?

heldGaze, sorry for the slow response, I just saw this tonight. Manual exposure blending is done with layer masks. There are a number of ways how to mask, each with pro’s and con’s and depending on your photo some will work better than others. Even in the same photo, I will often choose more than one method to get the desired effect for different parts of the photo. It’s hard to briefly explain any of this, but I advise anyone starting out to do a Google search on Exposure Blending, luminosity masks and selection methods in PS and start watching video’s on how it’s done to get started. Hope that helps.

A couple of blended architecture shots of a community. mostly SNS-HDR pro with a little photoshop after

Hi, Just a heads up for those who use SNS-HDR the final version 2 release is available.
Russ

russellsnr2 wrote in post #18104428
Hi, Just a heads up for those who use SNS-HDR the final version 2 release is available.
Russ

Is it a free upgrade?

roseyposey wrote in post #18104450
Is it a free upgrade?

Yes, It is not owned by Adobe

russellsnr2 wrote in post #18104451
Yes, It is not owned by Adobe

Right I'm on it! ߘ

russellsnr2 wrote in post #18104428
Hi, Just a heads up for those who use SNS-HDR the final version 2 release is available.
Russ

Just got it last night, Lovin it

J-Blake wrote in post #18105629

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/KzcG​Wj _DSC1757-Edit by Jon Blake, on Flickr

Hope they bought this.

Thanks Bill! Haven't showed it to them yet. You're the first one to see it. 8^)

I like the image, but the tree on the right seems OOF. HDR artifact perhaps? You might want to clean that up if possible before showing the client.

Otherwise - good job!

medd63 wrote in post #18105890
I like the image, but the tree on the right seems OOF. HDR artifact perhaps? You might want to clean that up if possible before showing the client.

Otherwise - good job!

Thanks medd63. Not OOF or artifacts, but wind. I guess it doesn't bother me as much as it does you, but I appreciate the comment.

I think it must've been 3-4 months since it's rained in LA. This was taken during the Santa Clarita brush fire