Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Lynda took the photos, I did the post processing using the HDR technique.[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/2958813831_0a0ab291b0.jpg[/img][img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2958813857_a5c9de73d9.jpg[/img][img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2958813863_44ff930d9a.jpg[/img][img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2958813867_cd083d5ae7.jpg[/img][img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2958813871_68c1097f2c.jpg[/img][img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2958813881_f9cea06b95.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Wow they look amazing. HDR can produce remarkable results. What was the range of your F stops? Did you take a series of photos, or have you extracted the range from single photos?I've never tried HDR, but I'd like to give it a go.www.johnbradleyphotography.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 Many thanks.You'll be able to get the data direct from my flickr.They were each taken from 3 separate photos one step up and down using the AEB on my wifes Powershot G3. At the time, we'd never heard of HDR and it was amazing that Lynda had discovered this AEB technique to get 3 different exposures out of 3 shots and just a few days later, discovering HDR.We are absolutely amazed at the results, and these are my first attempts at HDR. It's great fun, and exactly what chateaus have been built for [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 A nice set of images and not too obviously HDR'ed perhaps with the exception of #4. What did you use? Photomatix?"What was the range of your F stops?"You don't vary your aperture for HDR, you vary your shutter speed as you need to keep the depth of field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 Yep, Photomatix.Number 4 was the first attempt, hence the heavy HDR influence. Well, it's a new toy, isn't it. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 It's good fun isn't it. Have you tried doing a pseudo HDR taking just one raw image and doing 2 or 3 conversions using different exposure settings. Then doing the "Merge to HDR" with them... then the Tonemapping as usual?Also it can sometimes be effective to take a single image and just apply ToneMapping to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Wow, they are luscious!I'd never heard of HDR, but am off to google it right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Cat. Have a look at the Photomatix site. You can get a free trial download - the trial will watermark your images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Thanks Derek [:)] Now I know why I like Ansel Adams photos so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 You're very welcome Cat.There's a lot of varying views on HDR. Some people don't like the effect at all.It is fairly easy to make very dramatic images using HDR but these won't necessarily appeal to everyone. Personally, some work for me, some don't.The harder thing to do is to make the images look "natural" whilst benefitting from the wide dynamic range that HDR gives you. This all comes down to the adjustments you use as part of the HDR process.One thing to look out for is a haloeing effect which can often be seen around the top of trees and other objects against the sky.One quite effective thing to do is make a very dramatic HDR image and then convert it to Black and White.Just my two penneth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Derek, Fstops - doh, now you mention it . I would have had some very poor results bracketing my F stops!Didn't Ansell Adams spend hours in his dark room mucking about with the light and dark areas of his photos? I seem to recall something about him using a system of 9 squares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 I believe it's quite an old technique in the darkroom that's recently been introduced in the digital world, but it is fun.On my chateau set, I wanted them to not look too real and more like fantasy castle. Hence a lot of time was spent on photoshop getting rid of anything 20th century like tv aerials.Derek, I haven't tried with a RAW image yet, but I plan to do a "chateau crawl" this weekend with my camera and Lynda's. I have a 1gb card in my camera at present and it can only store up to 25 RAW images on it, so am waiting for an 8gb card to arrive this week to give me greater capacity. Once it arrives, I'll be saying good ridance to taking pictures in jpeg format forever!And I know what you mean about that halo. Took some shots of Mont St Michel last week and applied HDR to it and got the halo you talked about. It didn't look right, but I think if this halo is to exist, then it has to be made like it's supposed to be there. In the end I gave up on this shot as it wasn't particularly inspiring anyway. As you say, sometimes HDR is good, others, it is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 [quote user="John Martin BRADLEY"]Didn't Ansell Adams spend hours in his dark room mucking about with the light and dark areas of his photos? I seem to recall something about him using a system of 9 squares.[/quote]Hi John[:D]Yes, he used the Zone System... quite a good write up of it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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