My first go at HDR, plus playing with Calculations

PardonTheWait · 27 Jan 2008 at 19:12

I had my first bash at HDR today:

Then I decided to have a play with Calculations in PS, after a guy who comes into work and me had a really long chat about photography and he showed me a load of stuff, including using Calculations to make saucy B&W shots.

C&C welcome

PardonTheWait · 27 Jan 2008 at 19:56

I obviously did it in an entirely legitimate way but yes, from what I hear from rapscallions, cads and bounders, there's another way.

PardonTheWait · 27 Jan 2008 at 20:55

The tower actually does get considerably darker higher up which is a pain

I have one of it in landscape, I shall try it again. This was basically my first play with HDR/Calculations and I'm pleased with it for that though, served its purpose

PardonTheWait · 27 Jan 2008 at 21:00

Calculations basically can produce a big load of different B&W images from colour images, by 'adding/subtracting' the colour channels from each other, alongside blending modes and so on. He did explain properly how it worked but it was a bit deep so I just sort of glazed over, but playing with it makes some really nice effects. It's under Image in PS, try it

PardonTheWait · 27 Jan 2008 at 22:31

robmiller said:
You can probably do this more effectively by making a new channel mixer layer.

He showed me stuff that was new to me with that too, you can get great things out of both.