Post your HDR pictures here

[BowerR64]

Cool program just got it not sure how to use it fully but it seems kinda neat.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/BowerR64/Camera/edit/BowerByard1106.jpg

[Legion]

http://static.flickr.com/96/215343845_4ea30e1aa2_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrianrbarnes/sets/72157594237025481/)
Made with Photomatix (http://www.hdrsoft.com/).

[BowerR64]

This is with the A610, i just took 3 different pictures -1 ev, 0 and +1 ev

Wich looks better? the S2 (top) is 5mp and the A610 (down) is 5mp

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/BowerR64/Camera/edit/A610_IMG_5349.jpg

[PhotoluluGuy]

My after-Thanksgiving dinner sunset...
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/photolulu/Canon%20Powershot%20S3%20IS%20Photos%202006/IMG_7849_50_51.jpg
I think if I've been there earlier...I might have gotten a better sunset shot.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/photolulu/Canon%20Powershot%20S3%20IS%20Photos%202006/IMG_7882_3_4.jpg

[PhotoluluGuy]

This is with the A610, i just took 3 different pictures -1 ev, 0 and +1 ev

Wich looks better? the S2 (top) is 5mp and the A610 (down) is 5mp

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/BowerR64/Camera/edit/A610_IMG_5349.jpg

This one looks much better :)

[PhotoluluGuy]

http://static.flickr.com/96/215343845_4ea30e1aa2_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrianrbarnes/sets/72157594237025481/)
Made with Photomatix (http://www.hdrsoft.com/).

Great shot :)

[BowerR64]

This one looks much better :)


Its the A610 :eek: I put it on an tripod and set it to +1 took a shot, then set it to 0 took a shot then set it at -1 ev and took a shot. Should be similar to "bracketing" like on the S2/S3 then i just used photomatix to combine them.

[SMK]

Here's a practice shot of HDR. I did it with photoshop. It's not great but I'm getting better...

[PhotoluluGuy]

Went hiking again along the Halona coastline...
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/photolulu/HDR%20Images/IMG_8425_3_4hdr.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/photolulu/HDR%20Images/IMG_8469_7_8hdr.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/photolulu/HDR%20Images/IMG_8348_49_50hdr.jpg

I had to take a quick shot before the water gushes into the lave tube...
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/photolulu/HDR%20Images/IMG_8295_6hdr.jpg

From the outside...you can see a couple in the tube.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/photolulu/HDR%20Images/IMG_8371_69_70mhdr.jpg

[PhotoluluGuy]

Today's sunset
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/photolulu/HDR%20Images/IMG_9263_4_5hdr.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n37/photolulu/HDR%20Images/IMG_9254_5_6hdr.jpg

[FLiPMaRC]

This is mine. I haven't played around with Photomatix for a while.

http://www.pbase.com/flipmarc/image/70975882.jpg

I did make a thread about Digital Blending. (http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23926&highlight=flipmarc)

[PhotoluluGuy]

FLiPMaRC - Nice shot :)

[FLiPMaRC]

FLiPMaRC - Nice shot :)
:eek: Thanks! Especially coming from you :)

I started playing around with AEB, digital blending, and HDR back in September, but I haven't been playing around with it since.

I love the vibrant colors of your HDR images :cool:

[amimaija]

Thanx PhotoluluGuy


Great shots sunsets/ocean .etc are always good

[AaronBBrown]

Here's my contribution...my first successful HDR.
Made from 11 shots, taken in 1 stop increments at f/4.5 from 1/60 to 15 secs. Merged with Photomatix and edited in PS CS2.

http://www.soggydiving.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/10from_IMG_6918.jpg

[FLiPMaRC]

Here's my contribution...my first successful HDR.
Made from 11 shots, taken in 1 stop increments at f/4.5 from 1/60 to 15 secs. Merged with Photomatix and edited in PS CS2.
:eek: :eek: Wow!!! 11 shots!!! Awesome job AaronBBrown :cool: :cool: :cool:

[AaronBBrown]

:eek: :eek: Wow!!! 11 shots!!! Awesome job AaronBBrown :cool: :cool: :cool:

I needed them in order to capture the detail in the clock face, which was backlit with fluorescent light. I probably should have added a 1/125 shot, too, which would have brought out the numbers a bit more.

[GaryS]

Excellent Aaron! very good picture...

[AaronBBrown]

Here's the 1/30 and 15" images, to show the range required. I lied, it was 10 pictures starting at 1/30.

Thanks for all the positive comments!

http://img17.imagevenue.com/loc416/th_02613_IMG_6927_122_416lo.jpg (http://img17.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=02613_IMG_6927_122_416lo.jpg)http://img151.imagevenue.com/loc364/th_02622_IMG_6922_122_364lo.jpg (http://img151.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=02622_IMG_6922_122_364lo.jpg)

[Chem]

I like photomatix too, but I almost only use it for tone mapping single jpg's and hardly ever for making HDR's. This is an HDR I made from 3 pictures of my car's dashboard. I don't like it so much, it enhances the camera's flaws like color fringing and adds noise too. Maybe I should have taken more than just 3 pictures.

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/8458/dashboardkl5.jpg

[FLiPMaRC]

Flickr page of HDR of someone I know at another Forum :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgserrano/sets/72157594408928840

[Elisha]

how do you guys save it as jpeg? i do not have that option once i edit the HDR in CS2.

[Scott6]

how do you guys save it as jpeg? i do not have that option once i edit the HDR in CS2.

Chances are you still in 16-bit... change it to 8-bit to save to jpg...

BTW: thats the downside to JPG

[Elisha]

thanks....is there a way to set auto AE Bracketing on the A710 rather than having to change it manually after each shot?

i know that with my R707 i can set it to auto so that it will take 3 pics with different exposures.

[BowerR64]

When you set your camera for bracketing what is the camera doing to the images? What exactly is going on when you bump the EV levels?

Like say you take a shot normal, then you set the ev to +1 to me it seems like the contrast and brightness has been adjust up a level.

So what if you take a normal shot, then adjust the brightness and contrast up save it as a new image, then go back to the first shot again and adjust the brightness and contrast down and save it as a new image. Then combine those 3 in HDR as if they were taken on the camera as 3 seperate shots.

[Elisha]

Like say you take a shot normal, then you set the ev to +1 to me it seems like the contrast and brightness has been adjust up a level.

So what if you take a normal shot, then adjust the brightness and contrast up save it as a new image, then go back to the first shot again and adjust the brightness and contrast down and save it as a new image. Then combine those 3 in HDR as if they were taken on the camera as 3 seperate shots.


i tried that is CS2....increased the Exposure to +1 and -1 and well as increased and decreased the brightness and contrast but when i try to merge to HDR with the 3 files it says not enough Dynamic range.
is there something else i can do other than retaking the pic 3 times with different exposures??

[AaronBBrown]

is there something else i can do other than retaking the pic 3 times with different exposures??

No, that's the whole principal behind HDR (multiple images with varying exposures). With RAW files, since you are dealing with information straight from the sensor, you can adjust the exposure in post processing, but it won't work too well with JPGs.

The whole idea of HDR is to get detail in both the shadows and the highlights without having anything blown out, thus getting more dynamic range than the camera can get in a single exposure.

[Elisha]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/elishajesudason/UntitledHDR02.jpg

[Elisha]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/elishajesudason/UntitledHDR01.jpg

[Elisha]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/elishajesudason/IMG_0619.jpg

[FLiPMaRC]

When you set your camera for bracketing what is the camera doing to the images? What exactly is going on when you bump the EV levels?

Like say you take a shot normal, then you set the ev to +1 to me it seems like the contrast and brightness has been adjust up a level.

Well, with the S3, you can only use AEB with Av mode. You set what aperature value you want to take the shot with. Then you set how many stops range you want the camera will take the 3 shots. So each shot will have the same aperature, but each with a different shutter speed which creates the different EV levels.

So what if you take a normal shot, then adjust the brightness and contrast up save it as a new image, then go back to the first shot again and adjust the brightness and contrast down and save it as a new image. Then combine those 3 in HDR as if they were taken on the camera as 3 seperate shots.Yes ... you can do that too. It works if you use Photomatix Pro. It will actually look better if your pics have moving objects in them since it's the same picture with different EV levels combined together to make an HDR image. It will align better than 3 different pictures taken at 3 different times.

[FLiPMaRC]

i tried that is CS2....increased the Exposure to +1 and -1 and well as increased and decreased the brightness and contrast but when i try to merge to HDR with the 3 files it says not enough Dynamic range.
is there something else i can do other than retaking the pic 3 times with different exposures??

I use Photomatix Pro to create my HDR images. It will allow you to create an HDR image using the same picture, adjusted with different EV levels. :)

[Elisha]

Well, with the S3, you can only use AEB with Av mode. You set what aperature value you want to take the shot with. Then you set how many stops range you want the camera will take the 3 shots. So each shot will have the same aperature, but each with a different shutter speed which creates the different EV levels.


yes the AEB is what i was asking about. it was available in my HP R707 but it does not seem to be on the A710is. i have to change it manually and retake the shot. can anyone confirm that it is not on the A710 as well pls and only on the S3.

[kilasting]

Just a quick question. Since the S3 does not have raw mode. Can jpegs be used for HDR images?

[AaronBBrown]

Just a quick question. Since the S3 does not have raw mode. Can jpegs be used for HDR images?

Yes...see my clock tower picture above. That was made from 10 jpgs from an S2. The only thing is, you have to actually take separate exposures on a tripod, whereas with RAW you can fudge a little by making multiple exposures from a single RAW file.

[kilasting]

AaronBBrown.. your clocktower pictures is pure awesome! That is why I want to venture into this and see how hard it is to do HDR images. I just got my S3 camera. Still learning to use it and reading alot about HDR and alot of tutorials. Any tips? Thanks!

[XaiLo]

I've done it using only a single jpg image. This is HDR even though I posted it in the "Some S3 Pics" thread.

http://www.designsbyxailo.com/uploads/dec06/rtree7.jpg

[AaronBBrown]

Thanks for the compliment!


Any tips? Thanks!

Don't underestimate the dynamic range of the image you are trying to capture. Make sure that you have versions that are nearly all black all the way to nearly all white.

Keep the tripod steady

Keep the f/stop and ISO the same...only change shutter speed and/or EV.

[Elisha]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/elishajesudason/2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/elishajesudason/3-1.jpg

[jonalta]

Here some HDRs I took today. Canon S3is with DCR-6600pro.
1st pict used 4 shots (manual settings), 2nd using 2 shots (AEB).
Used Photomatix and Photoshop CS2 to blend

[XaiLo]

good shots jonalta. ;)

[jonalta]

Thanks Xailo, just sharing my bit in this great thread. As i have mentioned in S3 thread, the tree silhouette is great!

You guys here have such great HDR skills. Most, Ive already admired in the S3 thread.

Aaron, you are indeed a pro. the patience of taking 11 shots??? you got very gentle hands there not even shaking the S2 after 10 setting changes. whew!

[jonalta]

Another HDR i made today. Just created my own different exposures in PhotoShop and blended these..

[Yomny]

I would really appreciate any help or critique on these pics as i'm new to EV blending and hdr images.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/IS250.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/HDR.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/Picture003_1_2.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/HDR2.jpg

[nelman]

Great HDRs everyone! I hope you guys won't mind if I share one of mine :)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/143913167_26525317a1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelman/143913167/)

[p.du.v]

I personally use more of a combination of Orton + HDR layering with some of my pics, as demonstrated here:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/372043780_9c751c92d5.jpg
Flickr link to all sizes. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pduv/372043780/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/372043784_0876320bcd.jpg
Flickr link to all sizes. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pduv/372043784/)

and (probably my fav so far)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/370019244_bfa9b174fc.jpg
Flickr link to all sizes. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pduv/370019244/)

Though now I mainly just use Orton'esque techniques, such as:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/382932251_41c6bf585e.jpg
Flickr link to all sizes. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pduv/382932251/)

So yeah, that's my life story. What's yours? Haha.

[Yomny]

Quick question guys, is there a way to intensify only one color in a picture? I use PS 7 and Digital image suite to modify pictures. I just wanted to sometimes increase the green of the grass without adjusting the saturation. Thank you
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/everglades.jpg

[p.du.v]

Quick question guys, is there a way to intensify only one color in a picture? I use PS 7 and Digital image suite to modify pictures. I just wanted to sometimes increase the green of the grass without adjusting the saturation. Thank you

Heya Yomny,

Nice picture man, like it a lot. A very different take on the usual landscape style, very cool.

I have CS2, not sure if it's different to PS 7 in this way, but you can check it:

* Select the layer of the picture (if you have multiple layers).
* Duplicate it and use this new duplicated layer (so that you always have the original layer to go back to).
* go to Image -> Adjustments -> Color Balance.
* Down the bottom, choose Shadows, Midtones or Highlights, and slide the 'Magenta - Green' slider to the right very gradually.
You may need to play with yellows too, as the grass is not a distinct 'green grass' colour.

This will slowly highlight the green more. It may take a fair amount of tweaking, and lowering/raising of the other sliders to get the balance you want.
Seeing as you created a new layer to do this with, you can also lower the transparency of the Color Balanced layer to lessen the effect, if you find it's too intense after you Ok'ed the changes.

You can do other things like copy the layer and delete/feather out the parts you don't want to highlight the greens in, but that's getting a little advanced; as I'm not sure if you know feathering etc, I don't know whether that would just be too confusing or not...

I'm sure there are probably easier ways too...
* Image -> Adjustments -> Channel Mixer, then select Green in the drop down menu and tweak Green above 100% slowly perhaps.

or even *Image -> Photo Filter -> and choose a Green one, and drop it to 10% or something, see if something that subtle brings out the greens.

Let us know how you go.

[Yomny]

thanks a lot for your help i'm going to try every single step you mentioned and thanks alot for your compliments. I'm new to using HDR so i'm trying to get familiar with photmatix and PS. Thanks again

[p.du.v]

Anytime Yomni.

One process I like to use in PS is what's often referred to as the Orton's style (though I like to use it a lot more subtly than Orton).
I posted a how-to on another thread, but will put a quicky here too.

This is a process to give your photos a dreamy look, soft glows and warm blurs.
I just did a quick one with some image from last night, original on the top, Orton'ed on the bottom:

(Sorry for large pictures. It's very hard to see the detail of the effect when they're half this size).
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/384736112_64efe924a0_o.jpg

And the picture from the other thread:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/381390898_b36b3d985d_o.jpg

Both of these images are quite subtle. You can use higher levels of gaussian blur to make the effect more apparent.

What you need to do, with experimentation of course, is as such-

1) Open the image to work on. Duplicate the background layer and hide the original layer so you retain the original picture.

2) On the new layer, 'Image -> Apply Image', choose Blending 'Screen' (will make the image very bright). Click Ok.

3) Again, duplicate this new bright image layer to create a third layer.

4) On this third layer, go to 'Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur' and choose a number, then Ok it. (The amount of blur will depend on what type of photo you're working on. I use 5.0 for hardly any Orton effect, around 10.0 for portraits as seen recently on my Flickr, 20.0 for heavy Orton effects etc).

5) Go to the Layers palette, still selecting the newly blurred layer you created, go to the Blending Mode drop down (which is to the left of the Opacity, it displays Normal as standard), and choose Multiply.

6) Your image will go quite dark, but you will see deep shadows and the 'glow' around objects. I usually drop the opacity of the blurred Multiplied layer down to 75%, and will sometimes create a copy of the original image layer and put that layer on top at 25%. This can help to bring some of the original sharpness back to the image, while retaining the soft glow effect.

7) If you have trouble with the image staying too dark, try setting the original image layer (the one at 25%) to Blending Mode 'Screen'.
And of course, play around with layer opacity %'s.


This all made sense in my head.. so if it didn't make sense to you (or anyone else), just post as such and I'll clarify where needed.

The reason I posted this in the HDR thread as well is that HDR and this Orton effect go together REALLY well. Pretty much all the HDRs I've posted here used both, and I know a lot of people like to do as such too.

Have a play around with it, and show us how you go :).

[Vio1]

What is HDR stand for?

[danidabi]

Um so in a nutshell is HDR when you take several pics of the same scene using different settings, then blend them to get the elements of each photo into one photo?

I think they look great, just confused as to the principles of making them....

[p.du.v]

What is HDR stand for?
'High Dynamic Range' imaging (Wiki link) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging)

@ Dani - I don't know all the technically specifics, but yes, you can 'bracket' a scene on your S3 (best done on a tripod), which gives you a normal shot, a +2 exposure and a -2 exposure shot.
You then combine these together in Photomatix or Artizen HDR (I use Artizen), and then you tonemap within the program to give the desired results.
You can also do this HDR combine straight in Photoshop I believe but I'm not sure if it's as visually effective.

You can also 'fake' the required bracketing with just one normal jpeg by Image -> Adjustments -> Exposure (think it's there, not got PS open) and manually +2 exposure and save as jpeg, then repeat and manually -2 exposure and save as jpeg (remembing to do the -2 on the original image).

It'd be worthwhile looking at Vedd's pics (link to Flickr) (http://flickr.com/photos/vedd/), who is a very talented HDR enthusiast, to get an idea of how you can use HDR to extremes. I'm sure there are other great HDR artists on there too.

[Yomny]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/everglades.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/yomnym/jarHDR.jpg

[BowerR64]

Those look good :eek:

[FLiPMaRC]

HDTR (High Dynamic Time Range) :cool:

http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/fun/hdtr/?home

http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/fun/hdtr/img/gallery/fullday-20051209-small.jpg

[Cowpoke98]

HDR, with some selective color desaturation......which kinda defeats the purpose of HDR I guess, but I thought it looked ok

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/422815592_72061b6fe0.jpg

[JTL]

Rather than repost (which is frowned upon), here's a link to one I posted in another thread with some info on what I did...

http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=209820&postcount=14

[Dafer]

I think "I'm feeling lucky " in Picasa pretty much does what HDR is and is a lot easier.. I downloaded some of the originals from the Photomatix site and opened them in Picasa, pressed I'm feeling lucky and they looked pretty much like the HDR samples.. Just my thought.

[wutske]

I think "I'm feeling lucky " in Picasa pretty much does what HDR is and is a lot easier.. I downloaded some of the originals from the Photomatix site and opened them in Picasa, pressed I'm feeling lucky and they looked pretty much like the HDR samples.. Just my thought.

it might look the same, but it's still different.
Say your shooting somewhat into the sunlight, you can shoot 2 different pictures. One with at a high shutter speed, the bright part of photo will contain all the detail you wanted, but the darker parts will be near black and it doesn't realy contain usefull data (you can brighten it up later using PP, but it won't contain much detail). The other shot is at a lower shutter speed, the darker parts from this shot will be detailed, but the brighter part is totaly blown up and PP can be useless.
Now if you'd combine the bright part from the first shot and the dark part from the second shot, you'll have a picture with details in both the dark and bright areas.

[Dafer]

it might look the same, but it's still different.
Say your shooting somewhat into the sunlight, you can shoot 2 different pictures. One with at a high shutter speed, the bright part of photo will contain all the detail you wanted, but the darker parts will be near black and it doesn't realy contain usefull data (you can brighten it up later using PP, but it won't contain much detail). The other shot is at a lower shutter speed, the darker parts from this shot will be detailed, but the brighter part is totaly blown up and PP can be useless.
Now if you'd combine the bright part from the first shot and the dark part from the second shot, you'll have a picture with details in both the dark and bright areas.

Thats true, didn't think of that. Thats why I love this forum. Learn something just about every time I visit..

[BowerR64]

Rather than repost (which is frowned upon), here's a link to one I posted in another thread with some info on what I did...

http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=209820&postcount=14

Thats a sweet shot. HDR almost looks cartoonish the colors and everything seems so snappy.

Reposting is frowned upon only on certin sites it seems. I went to this one site where people got pissed when an old thread was bumped. Insted of making a new post i did a search and added to the topic and still got yelled at. Different groups of people or somthing.

[hokeyguy]

I've put up this link link before, but it's worth putting up again for anyone who missed it. This guy does some crazy good HDR shots and includes a very nice tutorial.

http://stuckincustoms.com/?p=548

[JTL]

Thats a sweet shot. HDR almost looks cartoonish the colors and everything seems so snappy.

Reposting is frowned upon only on certin sites it seems. I went to this one site where people got pissed when an old thread was bumped. Insted of making a new post i did a search and added to the topic and still got yelled at. Different groups of people or somthing.Thank you for your kind words. I always have to resist pushing the contrast too much with the HDR shots...but the effect is so cool I can't control myself sometimes! :D

About forum etiquette...like you, I've seen some sites where if you bring up a subject previously discussed in a different thread, someone gets mad, yet if you post to an old thread on the subject instead, they still get mad. Bottom line: there are a lot of nuts, cranks, malcontents, misanthropes, morons and a-holes on the internet...but...what else is new? ;)

[FLiPMaRC]

:confused: I have never seen reposting pictures on this site being frowned upon.



Bottom line: there are a lot of nuts, cranks, malcontents, misanthropes, morons and a-holes on the internet...but...what else is new? ;) LOL ... Very true :D eThuggin :p

[Chrisku13]

Good, because I have a feeling this one will be going for a while.

How about some more HDR shots? I know there must be some closet HDR creators out there. Here's the first one I tried last night. Sadly, it's made of jpegs, because it was shot with a P&S, and the sky was a little hazy, but I had fun with it. http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o143/Chrisku13/tweakedsunsethdr.jpg

[vedd]

These are my humble HDR attempts on 2 cameras that I owned:

Canon EOS 400D/Rebel XTi:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/245/449372819_47039eadaa.jpg

Canon PowerShot S3 IS:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/352636412_aff7ac0495.jpg

You can view all of my HDR stuff at my Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vedd).
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/vedd

[Vanno]

It turned out ok...nothing like the pros though, but practice makes perfect.

[szammit]

I haven't posted in ages, but here's my latest HDRi pic. I didn't use a tripod, so part of the image didn't line up, but I cropped it out.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/453526611_e89147280f.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/stejfen/453526611/)

[500mL]

These are my humble HDR attempts on 2 cameras that I owned:

Canon EOS 400D/Rebel XTi:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/245/449372819_47039eadaa.jpg

Canon PowerShot S3 IS:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/352636412_aff7ac0495.jpg

You can view all of my HDR stuff at my Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vedd).
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/vedd

Amazing shots vedd,

Any pointers for me? I sure would like to try it sometime. :D Cheers!
Btw, I'll add you as a contact in Flickr if you don't mind. :)

[Cowpoke98]

Pic of the old state capital building in Guthrie OK.


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/241/453666665_661c09b9a0.jpg

[Yatsu]

Got my S3 IS 2 weeks ago and this is my first HDR picture :)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/468653346_5843d41d74.jpg

This is after playing around with photoshop...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/469320034_54155a7a77_o.png

Any C&C is appreciated.

[cindyvortex]

I'm new and I'm just learning. I got my S3is in mid December and have just now really started experimenting with it. Here's one of my shots, although it's not as good as what's here, it's a personal best so far. I'm sure I'll get lots of tips here!

[vedd]

Amazing shots vedd,

Any pointers for me? I sure would like to try it sometime. :D Cheers!
Btw, I'll add you as a contact in Flickr if you don't mind. :)

Hi 500mL,

Sorry for the late response - too tied up with work :)

In my best experience with PowerShot S3 on HDR is that, always use the bracket function of S3/S2 with -2,0 and +2. Using -1 EV will not give you the desired dynamic range. Apart from that, I used Aperture Priority mode and set it almost exclusively on f/5.0 (at most is f/5.6) for day shots and for low lights/night shots, I'm using Shutter Priority mode and adjust the shutter speed to get my aperture at f/5.0 or f/5.6. I get best results when on those settings when playing with HDR.

Another thing on long exposures/night shots is that, I would advise that you use the spot metering and meter on the brightest part of the frame and lock on it. Use the timer function and disable IS completely if you're on tripod.

For HDR processing, I use Photomatix. Photoshop can create HDR as well but I don't fancy PS's HDR a lot. Too cumbersome and details are not as great as Photomatix.

Hope this helps a bit.

[Cowpoke98]

Great shots Ved :-) The "KL Cityscapes Re-visited" is freaking awesome from your flickr page.

Two more of mine. Stadium one looks ok shrunk down, but blown up you can tell it was hand held.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/475293191_649b98b4ab.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7364785@N04/475293191/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/206/475281495_7762dafeaf.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7364785@N04/475281495/)

[GarethP]

Only just got my S3 IS as a progession from my A40...

AM looking to get back into photography as a hobby again and had just started reading up about HDR when this opportunity presented itself. Only lasted a couple of minutes and it's taken from my front door, hand held, only 2 images...

A good starting point??

http://www.northnottshc.net/gp/sunset.jpg

[hokeyguy]

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k16/hokeyguy/IMG_0883sm.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k16/hokeyguy/IMG_0881sm.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k16/hokeyguy/IMG_0882sm.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k16/hokeyguy/HDRBackyard2small.jpg

[jonalta]

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k16/hokeyguy/HDRBackyard2small.jpg

I think this turned out much better than your first post at "Some S3 Picts" with darker clouds. Did you take new shots for this one?

[hokeyguy]

I think this turned out much better than your first post at "Some S3 Picts" with darker clouds. Did you take new shots for this one?
Yes this was done after the clouds broke up a bit.

[toriaj]

I'd never heard of anyone using HDR in a photo of a person. I really wanted to reduce the strength of the shadow in this pic, so I used a trial version of Photomatix with just one RAW file. It was extremely simple, and I am quite satisfied:

Original exposure first, and then HDR exposure.
26604 26605

Any comments or suggestions?

[Optimus Rhyme]

After moving to Vancouver, British Columbia just a month ago I decided I had to buy the Canon S5 IS due to a number of reasons, including easier to do HDR pics. Luckily last night I had a chance for a very nice sunset, so I walked down to English Bay and took a few pics.

A few things to note. I am not a very good photographer at all, and I also am still on the trial version of Photomatix. I liked how some of these turned out, so I will have to purchase it in the near future.

The sunset pics are of English Bay and some have a little ghosting etc of people walking. The other two are of Stanley Park, right next to where I live.

Comments and Critique are more than welcome.