1st HDR Panorma

My first try at an HDR panorama and I think I might have chosen an easier target what with the waves and moving birds.

Made from 12 stacks of -2, 0 and +2 EV exposures, ie 36 in all.

I first tried making panoramas of each exposure level with Hugin [which worked well] then blending them in Photomatix, but both my computers complained of a lack of memory in Photomatix - both currently have 2Gb. I therefore made each individual HDR and brought the 12 of them into Hugin then out to Elements for tweaking of levels/cloning etc.

Here's my edit : decreased brightness and increased contrast.....halos around the trees can be fixed using Burn Tool.

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noob question. how did you make 12 stacks? i would like to try this also. i only have 3 shots when i shoot with exposure bracketing

I think he means 12 seperate stacks of three. it took 12 shots to make up the pano frame. 12 at -2, 12 at 0 and 12 at +2. - that gets you 36

Spot on Ghostfly.

Thanks Megadima, just a bit too much for my tastes but each to their own, somewhere between my original and your edit would be good IMHO.