HDR G10 shots

[RoelK]

Hello everyone, this is my first post here. I bought a G10 in December and just love it, it's a joy to use, and it has revived my enthusiasm for photography. I have been experimenting with HDR a lot lately, with the G10 set to bracket exposures at +2 and -2 ev. Here is an example, I hope you will find it interesting...

http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=2306394

 

[Terry]

Great shot!! Just got my G-10 last week, still trying to see all there is to this Camera.
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[bricar01]

Nice capture, and good job of keeping the lid on the HDR thing. I much prefer treatment like this over the 1960s-hallucinagenic-poster effect that so many people go for. What HDR software did you use?

The environmentally concerned citizen part of me shouldn't say this, but I l LOVE shots of rusty old industrial sites, I need to find some near me.

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Brian

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[CarFreak8394]

Hello everyone, this is my first post here. I bought a G10 in
December and just love it, it's a joy to use, and it has revived my
enthusiasm for photography. I have been experimenting with HDR a lot
lately, with the G10 set to bracket exposures at +2 and -2 ev. Here
is an example, I hope you will find it interesting...

http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=2306394

Very, very cool shot. HDR can produce some pretty nice photos. These photos inspire me to get out with my G10 and just shoot.
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Tim.
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[RoelK]

Thank you for your comments Brian. I am drawn to funky industrial type settings myself . For the HDR, I use a workflow where the RAW images are first combined into a radiance (hdr) file using the photoshop CS4 merge to HDR function, but not actually converting it in photoshop. I then import the hdr file into Photomatix where it is processed to taste and then converted into to a tiff file. After that I bring the file back into photoshop for a substantial amount of further tweaking of levels and curves, mostly, because the images are flat and compressed looking the way they come out of photomatix.

 

[RoelK]

These photos inspire me to get out with my G10 and just shoot.

Thank you Terry and Tim....

Yes, somehow this camera is good at making you want to just use it. I'm taking it with me almost everywhere these days, it's fun

Roland

 

[G10Rebel]

That's one cool shot.

Here's one of mine:



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[demarren 123]

I have seen alot off HDR pictures and must say,you are the furst thad take an picture in hdr thad I like.

Its an great picture.
Good to put on your wall

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Claus.

 

[RoelK]

--Thank you Claus! I may wind up doing just that

 

[morepix]

Very interestng workflow. I haven't been happy with HDR out of the G10 processed all the way with Photomatix. How did you happen to come up with the combination of PS conversion to 32-bit, then tone mapping with Photomatix? Are there certain images that lend themselves to this workflow, or would you treat all HDRs from the G10 in that way?

Your sample image is terrific. Do you have some more you'd like to show off?
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[morepix]

Do you shoot RAW for your HDRs? And if you do, is there anything special you do in ACR when you convert them, prior to doing the HDR merge? I assume you use the same ACR settings for all 3 images?

OK, while I'm at it, do you always use a 2EV spread, or are there situations where you'd do something different?
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[RoelK]

--Hi morepix, thank you for your interest. I have done them both with jpg's, and with RAW images. As you surmise, I do not mess with the raw settings until after the images have been combined. I basically do use the same workflow for all the HDR images, but varying the settings as required. Here is a link to a very good article that describes it in more detail ....I have modified it a bit, but basically it's the way I do it now. http://www.photosig.com/articles/1631/article

I find that combining initially in photoshop does a better job of aligning the images than Photomatix does, and it makes working with RAW files easier because Photomatix chokes on them for some reason, so converting them to .hdr first avoids that problem. I also find that Photomatix does a better job with the conversion than PS, hence the skipping back and forth, rather than doing it all in PS.

I almost always use the + and - 2 ev, though on a few extreme lighting occasions I have bracketed twice for 6 exposures total, with compensation set to -2 for the first set and +2 for the second set. and then combining 4 or 5 of the images covering the range.

here's a link to another image...to see more you can just click on the 'gingersnap' portfolio link

http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=2310744

 

[morepix]

Wow! I really like a lot of those gingersnap HDR's. As the Photosig article says, some love HDR, some don't. I'm among the former. I get a lot of satisfaction out of Topaz Adjust; e.g., this street in Biot, France:



But it doesn't accomplish the impact you get with HDR. I'm off with my G10 in the next day or two to see what I can do with your PP workflow. Many thanks for your post.
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[RoelK]

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--My pleasure David. I just looked at your gallery, it's impressive, you have a lot of very nice stuff . Have fun playing with this method! I do have to give the credit for it to Melanie, who wrote that article.