Tractor HDR

[sparkie1263]

Here is my attempt at HDR again.

Frank

[DonSchap]

I have to admit, Frank ... I am seeing things in this image I just would not have "normally" seen in the original. LOL Blue tires?

Welcome back to the early seventies, eh? Just like the stock market is going.

[sparkie1263]

LOL I give up. I am going to send you a link that says you can do a HDR from a single RAW file but I cannot get it to work. If you have time maybe you can tell me where I am going wrong.
Thanks
Frank

http://jakob.montrasio.net/2007/03/2...-hdr-tutorial/

[sparkie1263]

I took the RAW file and processed it +2.00 and -2.00. They used Photomatrix and got this.

[Visual Reality]

Looks like that image was much better off being left as a single capture, before this "HDR" butchering.

If you want to do HDR the right way, you need to take at least 3 shots.

[sparkie1263]

I know I butchered that HDR however I tried to work with the original image and I was not happy with that either.
Thanks Frank

[dr4gon]

Try going back at around sunset or sunrise when it's dim out. You gotta have a dynamic range to make it look good, otherwise a standard exposure looks best. HDR isn't quite the end all of the ideal exposure.

[Visual Reality]

Try going back at around sunset or sunrise when it's dim out. You gotta have a dynamic range to make it look good, otherwise a standard exposure looks best. HDR isn't quite the end all of the ideal exposure.

Depends on your processing.

Hell if I could design a camera to take 3-5 pictures with every click, I would. Somehow having that many sensors doesn't seem practical though so I'll stick with bracketing.

[TenD]

How does the base image look? I would bet it's similar to what you got here, with blown out highlights in the background. You can get a decent HDR from a single exposure, but that first exposure needs to have a neutral exposure with equally blown out highlights and black darks.

The first thing I would have done with this one is PP the original file: Set my WB(remove the blue tires and blue tinges in the grass). Set my Exposure compensation for about -1.5, and sharpen as needed. At that point I would have used that as my base exposure and processed for +/- EC at that point. Then I would have finally loaded the 3 exposures into photomatix. Do you have an original to post or a link to an original, I would like to give it a wack, this will improve my skills.

[TenD]

Looks like that image was much better off being left as a single capture, before this "HDR" butchering.

If you want to do HDR the right way, you need to take at least 3 shots.

While I agree the best way to do HDR is with a tripod and multiple exposures, HDR can be done quite nicely from a single RAW exposure. Check out Delobbo's stuff in the "Picture of the Day" threads, a lot of it is very nicely done HDR using a single RAW exposure.