My First HDR attempts.

I have a long way to go. But let me know what you guys think. As always be very brutal as its the only way to learn! Thanks

seems a bit too bright to me the sun behind the buildings but i really like the sky and just the general scene...
i dont know nyc that well, is that a walkway 'above' the bridge you took that picture from? (i cant imagine you climbing up to the top of the bridge with your camera gear

bfinta wrote in post #9846632
seems a bit too bright to me the sun behind the buildings but i really like the sky and just the general scene...
i dont know nyc that well, is that a walkway 'above' the bridge you took that picture from? (i cant imagine you climbing up to the top of the bridge with your camera gear

Thanks bfinta. The sun is def bright and it was the reason why i went with bracketing on my camera. Didnt even go out with that intention but i wanted to capture as much of what i was seeing as possible. Thats the brooklyn bridge im on looking towards the south side of manhattan. What you dont believe im spider man The pedestrian walkway elevates enough to a point where i was able to raise my camera and make it seem like i was standing on a beam. I love changing the perspective of things which have been photgraphed a million times over.

I would be interested to see the shots you used to create these. I like the fact that they don't look "HDR" or more correctly, look like the tone mapped creations that has become the "normal" HDR shot these days.

F-117HWK wrote in post #9846737
I would be interested to see the shots you used to create these. I like the fact that they don't look "HDR" or more correctly, look like the tone mapped creations that has become the "normal" HDR shot these days.

Yup i was trying to avoid at all cost looking like an over the top toned map image. Nothing wrong with them as i like them myself but with this shot i was trying to go for exactly what i was seeing that day. I will load up the shots i used and post them up for you to see. Three shot were taken at -2, 0, +2 i believe.

i feel htough i could have benifited from more frames. But shooting hand held i was limited to just three. If i had a tri-pod i would have gone for 9 instead. I think it would have given me an even better shot.

vipergts831 wrote in post #9846851
Yup i was trying to avoid at all cost looking like an over the top toned map image. Nothing wrong with them as i like them myself but with this shot i was trying to go for exactly what i was seeing that day. I will load up the shots i used and post them up for you to see. Three shot were taken at -2, 0, +2 i believe.

I still find it amazing that with all the technology we have, the human eye is still the epitome of a "visual recording". Pretty cool if ya ask me.

I'm looking at this on a monitor I don't trust completely, so I may be off here, but the image looks pretty cool to me. Would a little warming be in order?

Gary McDuffie wrote in post #9849248
I'm looking at this on a monitor I don't trust completely, so I may be off here, but the image looks pretty cool to me. Would a little warming be in order?

Your right Gary i went for the cool look as its what it looked like to me. Not much in terms of warm coloring was there outside. Although i could play with it and warm it up a bit for you.

Thought the first was processed ok.. but too much sky.. second is great work.. Keep it up..