Manchester : With HDR

[taipankid]

Just sharing some image from Manchester .. and my 1st attempt on HDR

1) View from the hotel window, rain cloud starting to come in


2) View from the hotel window


3) Inside a small mall

[taipankid]

and some non HDR photo

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[Evilmerlin]

Good shots!

HDR #2 is nice! Looks natural!

[giantcanopy]

Thanks for sharing your shots.

Originally Posted by Evilmerlin HDR #2 is nice! Looks natural!

Giveaway being the waters reflecting a bright sky and the skies are pretty much overcasted instead

Ryan

[ziiz01]

Nice view from #1
HDR can be addictive beware

[taipankid]

Originally Posted by giantcanopy Thanks for sharing your shots. Giveaway being the waters reflecting a bright sky and the skies are pretty much overcasted instead Ryan

Haha yeah .. next time will look out for such tell tale sign and edit it away

Originally Posted by ziiz01 Nice view from #1 HDR can be addictive beware

Wanted to try HDR for a long time .. after my 1st attempt .. enjoying it

[night86mare]

am going to say that for non-hdr, i only like #6

anyways, for hdr, #1 is a much better composition than #2, you don't need the massively boring sky in #2. giantcanopy is right in that the really weird lighting present in the photo, which gives the picture a wrong feel, i.e. that something is wrong but you cannot really tell what unless you know what to look for. other than what he has mentioned, there is also the point that the buildings are giving off a distinct halo, and the light is coming from behind, but they are lit too well. a good hdr should actually look like the 0 ev in this situation (typically camera metering will give you the sky with a bit of shadow detail) with significantly more shadow detail. the lighting ratios on each area should be the same though, i.e. the brightest areas should remain the brightest. the darkest areas should still be the darkest. when they start changing and mutating then something is wrong.

for #3, this is overdone. and much too bright and saturated. have fun with hdr.

[fangyau]

nice pic bro,
is there any guide you can provide for HDR processing?
i google for many site n youtube vids.
i follow the guides but everytime i do HDR in CS3, the color in the image always like fading away.
the color didn't punch out like yours. T_T

[night86mare]

Originally Posted by fangyau nice pic bro, is there any guide you can provide for HDR processing? i google for many site n youtube vids. i follow the guides but everytime i do HDR in CS3, the color in the image always like fading away. the color didn't punch out like yours. T_T

download photomatix. it is obviously used here.

or you can try dynamic photo hdr.

when you find that you like one of these better, buy them. it is a good investment if you are interested in hdr.

[fangyau]

i tried the photomatix trial version.
wht i usually do is start with the "merge with HDR" from CS3 then proceed with photomatix plug-in.
the color is it come from the saturation setting in photomatix?
i use a very high saturation value ard 75, but still the color doesnt punch out.
while in the original image with 0ev, the color are more colorfull.
can give some advice bro?

[taipankid]

Originally Posted by night86mare am going to say that for non-hdr, i only like #6 anyways, for hdr, #1 is a much better composition than #2, you don't need the massively boring sky in #2. giantcanopy is right in that the really weird lighting present in the photo, which gives the picture a wrong feel, i.e. that something is wrong but you cannot really tell what unless you know what to look for. other than what he has mentioned, there is also the point that the buildings are giving off a distinct halo, and the light is coming from behind, but they are lit too well. a good hdr should actually look like the 0 ev in this situation (typically camera metering will give you the sky with a bit of shadow detail) with significantly more shadow detail. the lighting ratios on each area should be the same though, i.e. the brightest areas should remain the brightest. the darkest areas should still be the darkest. when they start changing and mutating then something is wrong. for #3, this is overdone. and much too bright and saturated. have fun with hdr.

Thank you for all the valuable pointers. Didn't know there are so much knowledge into a HDR .. i just took a few shots at different exposure and put that into photomatix to churn our the result.

I have a long way to learn in HDR. Thanks again for pointing them out

[hycool]

Where's Old Trafford?

Great pics by the way!

[taipankid]

Originally Posted by hycool Where's Old Trafford? Great pics by the way!

Haha .. didn't make by way there.

[fude]

sorry guys, what is hdr??
thanks

[taipankid]

Originally Posted by fude sorry guys, what is hdr?? thanks

HDR = High Dynamic Range
You can search on google
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

[fude]

Originally Posted by taipankid HDR = High Dynamic Range You can search on google http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

Thanks for the infor.