first attempt at HDR

thumper · 27 Jan 2006 at 01:55

my first go at this - the blend/tone mapping is done using Photomatix ...

from these 3 exporsures 1 stop AEB

to this

cokker · 27 Jan 2006 at 02:01

There sweet man! Very nice, i could do with some skills like that when the wife gets her new camera.

bmwx12 · 27 Jan 2006 at 02:50

Wow that looks very good. Did you just leave the camera on a tripod and set different exposures? The only way I am able to expose correctly for the sky or foreground is to move the camera and half click the shutter. Is there a simpler way to do it, or do you just guess?

Puz · 27 Jan 2006 at 03:05

Stunning shot. Would like to know about how you did the blending though.
Always wondered why my 300D had a -1 0 +1 AEB option. Now I can see

Hequn · 27 Jan 2006 at 03:50

How the bejuses did you do that from them?!

dbmzk1 · 27 Jan 2006 at 04:36

Stunning! Any chance of a 1280*1024 or bigger version, I could use a new wallpaper

VaderDSL · 27 Jan 2006 at 04:42

dbmzk1 said:
Stunning! Any chance of a 1280*1024 or bigger version, I could use a new wallpaper

I'm going to have to ask the same question

looks awesome

glitch · 27 Jan 2006 at 07:15

Looks pretty nice from here, but I think +/- 2 EV would have suited you better. Still, it's a lovely end result. I've never tinkered with HDR so, providing you don't give away any of your secrets, would you mind explaining the process to us?

PS. You've got a bit of vignetting going on in the originals - is that the lens or the filter?

boycee · 27 Jan 2006 at 08:02

wow!

from the first 3 shots, it looks like they OK ish pics, nothing special. But the end result is AMAZING!!!!

morgan · 27 Jan 2006 at 09:17

wow wow wow

great shot

just reading about HDR in Martin Evening's new cs2 book....looks like sunsets are a good test scene. they can look strange for daylight scenes if you dont get the bracketing right, but you've got it spot on.

thumper · 27 Jan 2006 at 09:31

Firstly thanks for the comments guys

now ill try & answer any questions;

bmwx12 said:
Wow that looks very good. Did you just leave the camera on a tripod and set different exposures? The only way I am able to expose correctly for the sky or foreground is to move the camera and half click the shutter. Is there a simpler way to do it, or do you just guess?

yes 10d in Aperture priority on a tripod with the remote release and used the Auto exposure bracketing function set at +1/-1 - you really need to be able to hold the cam still between shots otherwise you might struggle re-combining them... altho i think the new photomatix beta has an 'automatically align' function which would suggest you can hand hold the three shots as long as you minimize any rotation which would lead to distortion in shapes and sizes ....

dbmzk1 said:
Stunning! Any chance of a 1280*1024 or bigger version, I could use a new wallpaper

no probs: http://www.thumperproductions.com/images/hdrbck.jpg

glitch said:
Looks pretty nice from here, but I think +/- 2 EV would have suited you better. Still, it's a lovely end result. I've never tinkered with HDR so, providing you don't give away any of your secrets, would you mind explaining the process to us?
PS. You've got a bit of vignetting going on in the originals - is that the lens or the filter?

the process; i found a link for the photomatix software posted on here by some kind soul - www.HDRsoft.com - i then followed the instructions which were basically input 3 images; select make HDR; then tone map; fiddle with the sliders till it all looks good - very scientific huh?

then into photoshop for some standard levels & USM...

re: vignetting - it was due to the polarizer on the sigma 10-20mm

hope that helps guys

lukechad · 27 Jan 2006 at 09:51

That is awesome, thanks for my latest wallpaper

woodsy2k · 27 Jan 2006 at 09:54

That shot is absolutely stunning mate. very well done imo. Its things like that which make me want to change to digital, but my F80 is still a damn nice camera, and i guess i can do this sorta thing when i get a negative scanner?

Richard T · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:05

lukechad said:
That is awesome, thanks for my latest wallpaper

2nd'd

dod · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:16

very nice indeed

mrgubby · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:20

Been mucking about with Photomatix basic and got some good results by opening RAW images & saving them with +/- 1 exposures then combining them as a HDR. Only problem is the Basic software saves them as .tif files that Elements 3.0 doesn't like

Mohain · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:28

That's an excellent result. Must give it a go ...

aztechnology · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:29

Firstly I'll agree that I think that the image looks stunning, the processing has converted what is essentailly a pretty dull sunset into something quite fantastic, but...

To me these kind of images look a bit "false". I'm not sure whether it's just me seeing a "new" style that's different, or whether it's me looking at an image that is obviously heavily processed to achieve a result.

Do you have any idea what the dynamic range of the final image is? (in stops if possible as I can probably relate to that), and whether the image shown is exceeding the dynamic range of the human eye?

hoodmeister · 27 Jan 2006 at 11:11

Very nice. I've been dabbling with HDR a little lately, but this is really nice. Very dramatic

Gamefreak501 · 27 Jan 2006 at 12:01

Very nice! Good work