Art Gallery of NSW - "Handheld" HDR

Hi all,

Managed to get down to Sydney for a few days last week and of course, took my 40D along for the ride. Decided to attempt a hand held HDR utilising the 40D's 6.5fps [I doubt really whether I'll need the tripod again for HDR's; there was just no movement between the shots]. Three shots were taken [-2,0,+2] using the EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-f/4.5 USM.

Tried not to "over process" this one ...

f/11, 1/50, ISO 400 @ 16mm

Any C&C welcome ...

VERY NICE SHOT..

Very nicely done. I'm aware that many do not like or appreciate HDR, but this treatment appears very well done to me.

such a lovely shot.. wish i could do something like this :P

This is really really good. Well done.

This is moving more towards art than photo. I like it. The angry sky adds drama, was this a sky replacement or as is?

Thanks all ...

No sky replacement. As anyone who lives in Sydney can attest, last week was a very cloudy one

I suppose the only downside of going handheld was having to bump up the ISO to obtain a suitable shutter speed [I wanted to keep it @ f/11]. They reckon the HDR process does introduce noise due to the processing so the lower the ISO used, the better.

Still, it turned out all right ...

cheers,
J&D

First off, I really like this photo the grey clouds really make the color of the museum pop.

Second a newbie question what does HDR stand for and what does the process consist of?

Again Great Capture

lennyp06,

Thanks for your comments ...

I could write a whole lot about HDR photography but honestly, just Google it! [I'm certainly no expert, that's for sure!]

In fact, start by using the search function right here at POTN.

Just a tip though if you do start taking a lot of multiple exposures with your 40D ...

Make all the settings required [you'll know them once you start reading up on the subject] on the 40D then save them as one of your custom functions.

It's great being able to turn a dial and have the camera set up perfectly for a possible HDR photo opportunity!

One thing that I'm really working on is perfecting the merging of the 3 exposures [I find 3 is enough] with out the tonemapping [which gives it that surreal look]

Here's one I tried on the weekend ...

It was 3 exposures merged & post proceesed using Photoshop with no "tonemapping". Outside looks a little "processed" but I reckon I got away with it. If I took a single exposure, you just wouldn't see so much detail throughout the whole image ...

Yeah i just read up on it. I cant wait to try it, I ordered a 17-40 from amazon yesterday should be here today. I am definetly going to need to head downtown Seattle and try out this HDR thingy majig.

Ill let you know how the 17-40 works for me.

Again Great Image

Stunning shot!

Really amazing shot, I love it.

Beautiful picture, I'm trying to break into the HDR scene as well.
What a wonderfully moody sky...the buildings not bad either