One photo using some HDR processing

Ok stupid Newbie question.

Ive seen that statement everywhere. But dint find it in the FAQs.

What is HDR?

High Dynamic Range

WOW! Man I love that! I gota try some HDR processing. Are you using Photomatrix?

w7psk - do a search for HDR there are some really good threads about it. I just learned about it yesterday

Nice shot... I think it might be better compositionally by eliminating the stump in the foreground (slightly different angle maybe) and zooming in a little more to enlarge the swans. Just my opinion--still a very nice shot as it is...
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how did u do it.. and convince th birds not to move LOL

amironsi wrote in post #4509751
how did u do it.. and convince th birds not to move LOL

There are other ways of producing HDR pictures. Like in Photoshop.
I am just not sure what they are.

The only way i have tired is with multiple exposures and Photomatrix
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Image > Adjustments >"Shadows & Highlights"
Image, Adjustments, "Exposure"

Maybe

Nice image, looks good. It a pity you didn't get the foreground log in sharper focus though.

Also, there is a distinction between 'HDR processing' and tone mapping an image. If there's no High Dynamic Range (ie, a single file) involved there's no reason to consider it an HDR.

I suppose it would be considered a tone-mapped image then. This was created using Photomatix and converting a RAW file to an HDR image and tone-mapping it. It's a false high dynamic range, but very similar results can be achieved using a single RAW image like I did here. Usually there is just more noise in darker shadows.

The log isn't in focus because the level of light I was shooting in was very low and a large aperture was necessary to get an adequate shutter speed so as not to blur the moving swans or cause motion blur from holding the camera.

Thanks for the kind words.