driven905

its photoshop cs2

mill$civic

I like HDR, I havent had a chance to do any yet...

93sir

It only makes pictures look cartoonish when they are done improperly you can achieve results that dont look "hdrish" I hate the ones where you can tell they are hdr i like the ones that look real

username

HDR is
High Dynamic Range

It allows you to use 1 RAW image, or 3 (or more) jpg's that you've taken using different exposures. For example, the images that started this thread. One is grossly underexposed, leaving the sky to look like it's properly exposed, then you expose for the middle, a normally exposed image, then you expose for the dark shadows. You can take more photos if you have more middle ground. You can usually achieve this result with 1 RAW image, as you can fine tune the exposure in your favourite raw editor.

You then blend the 3 images together to create your perfectly exposed image.

A good example of the USE for this style is real estate photos. Much more pleasing to the eye. (Not my image)



Often the ones you see as "cartoonish" is because the editor has oversharpened, over saturated, etc. They've over-processed the final image somehow.

szuberi

an HDR DIY has been posted in the resources thread for quiet some time. i am sure gallagher was just messin.....as usual lol

username

Other people were askin' though...

driven905

so did anyone try to HDR Sal's pics in Photoshop CS2?

I get this error when i try to do it:

nsr250

Hey guys, I just picked up a Nikon D40 the other week and been experimenting with taking photos. I'm a total newbie when it comes to photography but my camera doesn't have auto-bracketing so do I just mount the camera on a tripod and take 3 pictures at different shutter speeds? How far apart do they need to be though?

szuberi

the D40 doesnt have AEB? i doubt it

nsr250

I'm almost 99% sure it doesnt, I've read the manual and didn't see anything about that option nor have I've come across it on the actual camera itself.

Łraתce.addicŁ

thats just weird. images are fine. don't use Photoshop.

93sir

the d40 doesnt have aeb but u can easily manually change it in A mode

nsr250

Hey guys, this is my first attempt at hdr, as well i'm really new to the whole photo scene as i just got my d40 less than a week ago. Please give me your feedback and critisms as what I'm doing wrong,ect.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1143/dsc0284jh1.jpg

LEITNER

i like it.

szuberi

there is slight barrel distortion due to the 18mm wide angle (see the tilt in the CN tower....easy fix and i get this all the time with my 17mm) plus...you can try moving the color temperature a bit towards red....see the blue light around the moon as a benchmark...it needs to be whitish..not bluish.

for a first time shot, i really like it. composition is great and well thought out. good job buddy. i cant see the pic with actual pixel size here at work so cant say more.

nsr250

thanks guys, I noticed the tilt in the CN tower and thought my tripod was not level at first but didn't realize its actually called barrel distortion (so its an easy fix but what do I do to adjust it?). I will try adjusting the color temp a bit, i kind of thought the moon looked kinda weird.

szuberi

barrel distortion typically occurs upon subjects closer to the wide angle side of the lens and causes those those subjects to bend inwards. opposite to this is pincushion distortion which occurs upon the subjects in the centre when using a telephoto lens and causes the subject to bend outward. both can be corrected in photoshop. just open your version, and look into the menus.

i have a plug in i use called panorama tools in ps to correct this...but honestly, most of the time i am too lazy to correct this haha

nsr250

great! thanks for the advice, can't wait to get home from work tonight to try it.

username

Nice image!

You live in a condo there?

nsr250

yep, that shot was taken from my balcony, i live on the 35th floor