Vancouver HDR Tests (56k :( )

thumper · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:03

just returned from 3 weeks in vancouver - which was nice

hopefully took a fair few keepers, but have just had a play with some hdr ideas i had ... might well have overcooked the processing on the 2nd but thought id see what y'all thought ...

both shot with 350d and sigma 10-20mm - hand held (which kind of ruin them when hdr is applied - ghosting etc - any advice) - HDR & Tone Mapping in photomatix...

critique comments gratefully received

thx for looking

edit: apologies - sizes adjusted

steveo · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:05

first one is amazing well done, the only reason for hdr pics

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:11

I think they look good mate. I cant really ctric the use of HDR as It really doesnt appeal to me at the moment. It may grow on me with time and more expereience.

cyKey · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:12

Holy cow at the first. Thats stunning. Wow. I'd say its a little big at 1024, 800x600 would fit into the forum nicely. Link to the larger version though as its well worth seeing.

Sic · 13 Aug 2006 at 21:16

they're both awesome, but i'd have cropped the beach bit out of the front of the second.

really good job

themask70 · 13 Aug 2006 at 21:17

They look great, especialy the first one, a great use of hdr

alexakasloth · 13 Aug 2006 at 21:30

I love them both! The first one looks like a high detail sim game ^-^ The beach in the second one looks stunning

whitecrook · 13 Aug 2006 at 22:04

Really nice shot...

Could you post the picture of the first one at 'correct' exposure so we can see the difference please?

Psilonaught · 13 Aug 2006 at 22:37

i love the first and the second is also good but like photomatrix tends to do, the buildings in that shot look almots painted on.

This below is one of mine and it has the same weird painted feel - not sure if i like it when it does that, it doesn't look real

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 14 Aug 2006 at 00:07

a lot of people made HDRs which feature no shadow detail at all reverting parts of the image back to its grey which leaves the image looking un natural. HDR is an effect that should be done lightly

Mint_Sauce · 14 Aug 2006 at 13:10

I really like them all, what software did you use?

thumper · 14 Aug 2006 at 13:34

glad you all seem to like them

always good to hear - have a few more i've yet to process including a big HDR panoramic from stanley park that the 2nd is a single slice from ....
i do agree that HDR has its time and place
as for software used mint_sauce it was photomatix

thanks for all the comments guys - much appreciated

Clown · 14 Aug 2006 at 13:36

I need to learn how to do this. That first one looks wicked. Do you have the originals of what they looked like before?

Boycie · 14 Aug 2006 at 13:51

whats HDR? :confused:

Sp00n · 14 Aug 2006 at 13:52

Boycie said:
whats HDR?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_rendering

I love that first shot, i fancy doing some of these myself!

Boycie · 14 Aug 2006 at 13:55

Thanks, i just found cykeys' HDr tutorial as well

thumper · 14 Aug 2006 at 13:58

am at work at the moment - but when i'm home ill root them out - although might sleep first - jet lag is a wounder at the moment

TerraS · 14 Aug 2006 at 14:09

The 2nd one is definitely meant to be a landscape shot, not portrait IMO. This would mean having less of the beach.

The 1st one is amazing! Looks like an artists impression for a future cityscape.

What settings did you use in Photomatrix to do that?

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 14 Aug 2006 at 15:43

Boycie said:
Thanks, i just found cykeys' HDr tutorial as well

Did you google it! hahahah

TerraS · 15 Aug 2006 at 20:16

You should know I've made that first one my windows background in work.