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fz 18 HDR

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no comparison - the Nikon is by far the more competent camera, but I'm liking the fz 18 for situations where the Nikon is impractical - i.e. walks on sunny days with the little dogs - in that situation the Nikon + lens is just too heavy and, frankly, too expensive to risk slipping in mud or stumbling (I'm a clod) - the fz 18 takes great pictures and is very light and easy so the trade off seems worthwhile to me
 
taking a walk with out a dog is just.... going somewhere.... not really a walk. I hope you can get a dog soon!
 
I like it!
Nice shot and great HDR result, welcome to the Panny forum.

Cheers,
Dcuk
 
3 Mini Dachshunds....all spoiled to extremes.

About your photo.....I am trying to get good HDR results with photomatix, but I don't have the plug in.....I have the standalone. I have combined landscape shots where there are very bright yellow tree leaves in forground and bright sky with clouds in background. Generally using exposures of +2for the forground and -2 for the sky...I notice that in the final picture ..... even after using the tone mapping tool in the photomatix software.....the forground is not as bright and vibrant as the origional picture. The yellow tree leaves are darker and muddy(for lack of a better term). See these pics below......downsized due to photobuckets requirements.







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Tom Ki
Old too early.....Smart too late.
 
thanks! I had an fz 20 several years ago and then switched first to the nikon d50 and then the d80, now I'm back where I started (some of the time) and enjoying it
 
Yes, your tweeks have improved the image. I guess I just need to get used to the controls in photomatix. It is a little different from the slider adjustments in Photoshop levels or curves. The effect on the image doesn't change the same way as it does with the usual photoshop controls. Do you tweek each image before performing the HDR function or just work on the resultant combined image? Also....as a general rule...how many images do you combine? I seem to have better luck when just using two images(the highlights and darks) instead of the suggested three to five.
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Tom Ki
Old too early.....Smart too late.
 
yes, just play around with the sliders, I also get better results with two images but I'm not an expert, just trial and error
 
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