High Dynamic Range (HDR)
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- chz0
I use a tripod 90% of the time... nothing worse than a great photo with camera shake.
Care to post any of your results?
- Seek0
still havent mastered the concept
- thismanslife0
The tripod isnt to avoid camera shake, it's to make sure your different exposures are all aligned. I used a tripod, but was shooting a person, at night (ie, long exposures!)... and obviously, people don't stay perfectly still! I don't really have anything to share, the results were dire, but I got the jist of how you do it... :)
- rafalski0
there's usually a lot more image information in the dark areas than people think, especially with canon dslr's cmos sensors and even in jpg mode.
since photoshop CS, there is a great tool called shadows/highlights that can greatly help extend the range of a single image.sony ccd sensors are much noisier in those areas and what you pull out of the dark with sony ccd equipped cameras (nikon, minolta, pentax, sony) is sometimes less usable.
- chz0
Anyone else?
- Peter0
A tripod is not for camera shake?
Wow, tell that to all the people not shooting hdr.
- jaylarson0
i have been trying it with mixed results too. mostly bad. i recommend taking pics of non-moving objects. i remember one photo of a lanscape that had the wind blowing the trees in the distance = bad pic.
how about you? any luck?
- jaylarson0
chz
it looks like you live in one of the most beautiful areas in the world... i am sure you have plenty of opportunities for lanscape photography....
- Peter0
Skelly, you merge in cs2 or're you trying out other software?
- skelly0
i use photomatix, and if it still doesn't look right just adjust levels in PS.
- chz0
"A tripod is not for camera shake?
Wow, tell that to all the people not shooting hdr.PeterH
(Oct 10 06, 17:54)"Eh?
Nice skelly!, I haven't tried anything yet... I remember reading about the option to merge being built into CS2 and then forgot about it until I came across this...
- Crouwel0
bump for engage
- Sickman0
merge to hdr is a pain in the ass. it is way easier to just layer up multiple exposures and use a bunch of masks. the effect is the same and the control is more practical
the only time you NEED hdr is for global lighting crap in 3d software.
- ninjasavant0
I don't but my architect friend uses it extensively for his architectural photography.
- chz0
Nice link sickman!
- antoine_1010
I have been getting into this recently. its pretty uncertain how your pics will turn out, but I guess that can be a good and/or bad thing.
DEF need to use tripod for it. dont bother shooting people/animals/stuff that moves. tends to only work with landscapes, well thats the experience I have had anyway.
- antoine_1010
PS, this guy seems to have the technique down patt -