Handheld HDR

These were all HDR shots using 3 bracket shots for each picture.
Because of the 1D MK3's 10FPS capability, I can do it handheld, which makes it so much more fun (I probably wouldnt do it othersise).

You set the camera for # of brackets, set 10FPS speed, press and hold. The camera automatically stops when it's got all the bracket shots.

I'm continue to use this method until I get sick of the look (which may be soon).

All pictures were taken with the super sharp 24-70L at F4

Nice! I've always wanted to give that a try. I'm guessing the 40d should be able to pull it off with 6.5fps if I'm stable enough...

Thats handy that fps, I could never do this with the fps on my cam. They look very nice and sharp

very nice result....I also use handheld for most of my HDR captures....with a 30D.

I find that combining multiple images for HDR takes away some sharpness, but it's still acceptable.
I submitted these to the news station housed in that building and they were so happy they asked permission to use them for promo work.

Ah good ol' CTV...

One of my TV Production clients in the distant past.

I like the last one alot

I do lots of handheld HDR using +/- 2 stops on a Canon 20D.

Best way to maintain sharpness that I've found is to process the HDR images in Photoshop CS3 Extended (not sure if you need the extended part for this). I then save the images before any tone mapping. If I want to tone map in PhotoMatix, I save the images in TIFF format.

Doing the basic HDR photo merging in Photoshop instead of PhotoMatix produces much sharper results whether you are handheld or on a tripod.

drisley wrote in post #6072768
I find that combining multiple images for HDR takes away some sharpness, but it's still acceptable.
I submitted these to the news station housed in that building and they were so happy they asked permission to use them for promo work.

that's a nice outcome.

runarut wrote in post #6074152
I do lots of handheld HDR using +/- 2 stops on a Canon 20D.

Best way to maintain sharpness that I've found is to process the HDR images in Photoshop CS3 Extended (not sure if you need the extended part for this). I then save the images before any tone mapping. If I want to tone map in PhotoMatix, I save the images in TIFF format.

Doing the basic HDR photo merging in Photoshop instead of PhotoMatix produces much sharper results whether you are handheld or on a tripod.

yes indeed I watched a tutorial by Bill Willmore on this very topic and plan to get his DVD

Thanks for the posts guys.

Runarut, yes, I only use PS CS3 Extended to combine the images. The loss of sharpness comes from combining 3 images that are shot handheld. Even at 10FPS, there will be SOME movement, so the images aren't perfectly aligned (but very very close). If I used a tripod, mirror lockup, etc etc, I could get utmost sharpness when they are combined, but that's too much work

The images are extremely sharp individually though (and are still very acceptable after merging, but sharpness goes from 10/10 to about 8.5/10)