Acceptable HDR image?

[Canonman13]

I began HDR and I really like it. I try to do it every other day if not every day to practice. Is this an acceptable HDR image?
This is the picture I took, It is my photostream.
Thanks!

[Colin Southern]

Hi Canonman13 (what's your first name by the way?),

We can't see your photo - the properties of the placeholder appear to point to a folder, not an image.

To show, images need to end in "filename.jpg"

[Canonman13]

Hi Canonman13 (what's your first name by the way?),

We can't see your photo - the properties of the placeholder appear to point to a folder, not an image.

To show, images need to end in "filename.jpg"

Fixed it.

[Colin Southern]

As it stands it has great potential, but it's totally flat (no blacks).

I achieved most of this by simply raising the black clipping point ...


(Note: My version still needs a bit of fine tuning).

I'm curious as to why you needed to use HDR techniques to capture this scene in the first place though - it doesn't look like the dynamic range was particularly great.

[ktuli]

I have to agree with Colin here. The first image felt like a scene out of Shrek. Great detail, but everything was washed out.

- Bill

[Canonman13]

As it stands it has great potential, but it's totally flat (no blacks).

I achieved most of this by simply raising the black clipping point ...


(Note: My version still needs a bit of fine tuning).

I'm curious as to why you needed to use HDR techniques to capture this scene in the first place though - it doesn't look like the dynamic range was particularly great.

As you see my first image, the original image that I took is not that great. I just like HDR because it resembles of what you see when you are there. I may have accidently shot in jpg instead of raw.

[g3ck0]

This is a good start.

HDR is used to bring out more tones in an image, especially the shadows and highlights to create an almost 3D image. What software are you using to process your iamges?

here are some of my attempts that i think bring out the highlights in the image-

[Canonman13]

This is a good start.

HDR is used to bring out more tones in an image, especially the shadows and highlights to create an almost 3D image. What software are you using to process your iamges?

here are some of my attempts that i think bring out the highlights in the image-

I am using photoshop cs5 with the HDR efex pro plugin.
Great photos by the way!

[g3ck0]

Thank you dude,

Are you using Merge to HDR Pro? If so, have a look at this youtube video, it really helped me-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsaS5vgzlek

[Canonman13]

Thank you dude,

Are you using Merge to HDR Pro? If so, have a look at this youtube video, it really helped me-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsaS5vgzlek

Wow Thanks! That covered it!

[g3ck0]

Glad i could help

Just remember, HDR should be used to highlight images. Give them that extra pop, however it should be what looks good to you and not everyone else!

Have a play around and see what you like!

If you like going all out, go for something like this -



If you like subtle, go for this -



That's the joy of HDR, you can go mental and make it look what some might say OTT, or you can use it to bring out the tones/highlights in pictures.