Any of you Hogs into HDR photography?

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Just started trying it out yesterday.

There are several variations, but i'm REALLY fond of the unrealistic cartoonish HDR pictures, I'm kind of obsessed with them to be honest. Some like them, some don't. Here's what I've been coming up with my first day.

Pictures from three different exposures, some hand held, some tripod.

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Very nice, man... I like those pics a lot. The color is very vivid. :thumbup:

Still, I can't help but thinking... why doesn't that tire have a Busse sticking out of it??? It seems to be just begging for it, sitting there like that.... ;) :D
 
The pictures were taken with a Nikon D5000 DSLR with an 18-55mm lens.

Auto bracketing turned on, ISO 200 with a 7 aperture.

The exposures were combined into a single HDR picture with the program Dynamic Photo-HDR.

Basically, it's three separate exposures of the same picture taken and combined to get the HDR effect.

I've always been a fan of this kind of photography but never had the know how or equipment, now I've got the equipment, and I'm learning. With any luck I'll be pretty good soon.

As far as what kind of camera you need, it has to allow multiple exposures. You can also do fake HDR by shooting in RAW with a single image.
 
resinguy said:
What is HDR?

The effect reminds me a little of Jaxx's images.
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Hey Guy,, HDR stands for "high dynamic range", and refers to a final finished image with a wider dynamic range than a single image can typically produce. Usually it involves 3 or more images at different exposure values combined in post process for a single image. (but as mentioned, sometimes you can "fake" it by using a single RAW file to start with)

Taking the highlights from one, mid tones from another and shadows from another etc. Lost of fun, and really popular in advertising media. I love it for Yosemite landscapes in the winter:thumbup::thumbup:
 
resinguy said:
What is HDR?

The effect reminds me a little of Jaxx's images.
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it's similar to the shadows/highlights adjustment in photoshop, except done with multiple exposures instead of light leveling. By taking an under exposed shot (so the highlight area's are exposed correctly), a normal shot, and an over exposed shot (so the shadows are exposed correctly) you can get complete information for every area, regardless of the level of light reflecting off it.

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besides artistic value, there are several benefits of hdr. When shooting product photography where detail is important, it can gather information in dark area's that are difficult to light, especially when doing in the field work. When working on the beach in bright harsh direct sunlight, it can be nearly impossible to expose both the beach and the person your shooting without a serious set of reflectors or unsightly flash fill, hdr can expose for the beach and the person. When shooting a building where you have pitch black windows or completely highlight/clipped ones you can expose for the building face and window, or the interior building and scene outside.
 
I got a Nikon because it's what people I know shoot. I think that's probably the best reason to shoot one or the other from what I've read/been told. They're both outstanding in the quality department.

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I switched over from Canon to Nikon back in the film days because of the lenses, Nikons lenses were a lot better than Canons. :)
 
Here's my first attempt at HDR, I was inspired by this thread so I thought I'd give it a shot.

This was shot handheld earlier today.

- Shot RAW on my GF1.
- Adjusted white balance in Lightroom 3.
- Process HDR in Photomatix.
- NFC what I was doing, selected "grunge" and played with settings.
- Post processing in Photoshop.

Definitely dislike the results.

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Grimspoon said:
Here's my first attempt at HDR, I was inspired by this thread so I thought I'd give it a shot.

This was shot handheld earlier today.

- Shot RAW on my GF1.
- Adjusted white balance in Lightroom 3.
- Process HDR in Photomatix.
- NFC what I was doing, selected "grunge" and played with settings.
- Post processing in Photoshop.

Definitely dislike the results.

SJHDR.jpg
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Yep I'll take it, :thumbup::D
 
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