First attempt at an HDR, C&C requested

[techm]

I took some shots last year, as an experiment. The picture book shows
the before and after and if done right can really bring an otherwise
dull image to life.

Here is the link to my HDR picturebook:

http://www.josephferrari.com/HDRImages/general.htm

Joseph

Great images! Did you adjust the colors too? They seem blue-ish.

 

[Atlasman]

I took some shots last year, as an experiment. The picture book shows
the before and after and if done right can really bring an otherwise
dull image to life.

Here is the link to my HDR picturebook:

http://www.josephferrari.com/HDRImages/general.htm

Joseph

Great images! Did you adjust the colors too? They seem blue-ish.

You'll find the process of creating HDR gives the color an over-saturated look, I just pull back on saturation to compensate.

 

[Guy Thornley]

RAW. I developed it 2 over, 1 over, normal and then 1 and 2 under.
I had other shots of the tree, but with the rain and trying it with
and ithout flash, none of them matched up well enough. So I decided
to "clone" one image that way.

You have ended up with the (now infamous) magenta cast images that some RAW developers introduce when pushing exposures from the E410/510. Thats why the colours have ended up so bizarre.

Its like I'm on some crazy acid trip!

 

[James Sherman]

You have ended up with the (now infamous) magenta cast images that
some RAW developers introduce when pushing exposures from the
E410/510. Thats why the colours have ended up so bizarre.

Its like I'm on some crazy acid trip!

You know what? I bet you're right. It was shady and overcast (raining a bit), so things had a blue-ish tinge to them and then the magenta... I did another with the new release of LR and it's pretty normal looking. I'm not sure why, but I like the first attempt better. The second one just looked a bit better HDR-wise, but not nearly as good as some I've seen here. It was my first day shooting in RAW to boot.

Thanks, that's been bugging me.

 

[cjeng]

Perhaps you should have developed all your ORFs normally without compensating the over nor under exposure that you intended during image capture so you end up with images that are -2 stops under exposed to +2 stops over exposed before you bring that into Photomatrix..

RAW. I developed it 2 over, 1 over, normal and then 1 and 2 under.
I had other shots of the tree, but with the rain and trying it with
and ithout flash, none of them matched up well enough. So I decided
to "clone" one image that way.

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[Zalllon]

Also, when it comes to HDR, it has been very disappointing. Using layers and grading filters produces a more natural looking result. This looks like an HDR pic.

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[James Sherman]

I used CS3. The recipe I followed is a few posts higher in this thread.

 

[James Sherman]

It was, but mostly because of the magenta thing. I didn't know about it at the time. My color vision is poor, so I couldn't see it until it built up with the layers. Plus, it was overcast and due to inexperience I didn't compensate for that either. But it's certainly colorful.