Hi, just to share my very first HDR image. Really looking for comments and feedback to help me improve. Would appreciate suggestions and critique from HDR shooters/experts. Feel free to point me to URLs that will illustrate your point and help me to learn better and faster.
CBD skyline, 22nd April
Background info:
4 images HDR merged (used jpegs)
tonemapping done in Photomatix
Shadow & Highlights in PS
Questions:
Will the colour banding in the clouds be resolved if RAW files were used (due to higher bit-depth)?
i think you can dump the top jpg (the most overexposed one)
your highlights are too high, try it and see how it does
there is no color banding issue, it looks like noise problems, probably due to long exposure.. this is one reason why i rarely do night hdr unless the exposure isn't too long. did you turn your noise reduction on when shooting jpg?
otherwise, i like this picture, the main problem here is the highlights being still blown, and the noise in the clouds
Thanks for your feedback. Couldn't do without the overexposed one, but I added a fifth frame which was way underexposed to compensate for the highlights. As for the colours, decided to go for a more natural look in the updated image, as shown here:
This time, RAW files were used.
Questions:
Should I increase the exposure for this image?
What else could be improved in terms of HDR processing and tonemapping?
