Handheld burst HDR

[night86mare]

how to lose detail while "simulating hdr" tutorial:

1) save HEAVILY COMPRESSED PHOTO:

2) increase contrast by 25

3) dodge the edges a bit to even out the exposure at the edge

4) layer duplicate

5) increase brightness by a lot, i can't remember, maybe 25-40

6) erase to reveal building

7) desaturate by a bit, tweak hue a little with hue/saturation tool

sorry, my burn/dodge anyhow do, but given a bit more effort i can probably end up with a sharper version still.

so i have no idea what you have done to the picture, seems like a lot of effort to destroy detail that can be done with simple steps as detailed above.

for your future reference, thanks. i rest my case.

 

[spheredome]

Thanks, will atttempt on that. Photoshop will be my purchase.

Use PS with the HDR image (from Photomatix) as the background, overlay with a correct exposure on that, mask out the white clouds and adjust your curves (adjustment) and sample the white, grey & dark points.

Hope it helps.