Bored 1st HDR attempts..

[1NonlyAccord]

No work,fall semester starts next month..bored so took a few point n shoot pics...7.2MP Casio EXILIM. No tripod,FTL..
1st time attemptimg HDR so ehh..and also paint problems at the moment.










worst out of all of them...

[Athens_Red_Rexin]

That's pretty cool man! I like it.

[Andy_013]

looks pretty cool

[Sammich]

WHY THE EDITS?

[1NonlyAccord]

appreciate it guys..its my 1st attempt.and just really bored.ha

and ^i just took the shots to make them into 'hdr' format or whatever..so just showing the outcomes..

[Nemesis]

A regular properly exposed photo would have been better.

["ridge"racer]

Not bad, are you using photomatix or photoshop to merge your different exposures?

here is one i did, not that great, shot with a nikon d40

[1NonlyAccord]

ya im using photomatix pro..

["ridge"racer]

ya im using photomatix pro..

I dont have access to my other pics, but try taking a pic, with the exposures two stops apart from each other, take three, or more if you wish, then merge them and play with the settings, should give you what your looking for.

[1NonlyAccord]

im doing it;
Manual- Normal pic..then +2.0EV..thn -2.0EV..photomatix to merge them together..and ya

["ridge"racer]

this one is decent, however it is not my original.

[integra2die4]

Is there someone that could help me with understanding "HDR"?

["ridge"racer]

^^^^this was done with a p&s btw, so the equipment shouldnt be the obstacle

[CRAZY_JAY]

A regular properly exposed photo would have been better.

I agree! HDR is a good solution when you have subject matter that because of lighting issues need different exposures. I am not a fan of the fuzzy dream like HDR. The only time I use it is to give detail to objects that would have been hidden due to a shadow from a single exposure or to compensate for a bright light source that makes the picture blown out (like a indoor shot with a window that is white because it is over exposed).

Even tho I would not have edited the pictures in the same fashion as you have, I still commend you on trying a new post process.

["ridge"racer]

Is there someone that could help me with understanding "HDR"?

high dynamic range photography, basically, your shooting the same photo, with a tripod hopefully, at 3 or more different exposures, then merging the photos into one hdr image. the point is to capture all the highlights and lowlights of the image in one pic.

[1NonlyAccord]

ya mine are completely HDR..i didnt do to much tone editing or anything.. still learning..

["ridge"racer]

keep it man, practice makes perfect, im learning as well!

[1NonlyAccord]

keep it man, practice makes perfect, im learning as well!

in photomatix..do you do the detail enhancers..or Tone Compressor? tab. to do your editing,

[DrAE86Toreno]

thats sooooo cool lookin...

["ridge"racer]

in photomatix..do you do the detail enhancers..or Tone Compressor? tab. to do your editing,

Tone compressor, but ive been using photoshop lately to do it, its a little bit harder but i want to learn the p/s way, photomatix is just for ease of use. you really dont have to make many adjustments imo. but again, im not a pro and still learning like yourself.

["ridge"racer]

thats sooooo cool lookin...

when you gonna let me do some hdr stuff with your car pimpin???

[1NonlyAccord]

when i used photoshop merge..it like makes a X in the pic..like White on one corner..black on the other and light grey on the other..then the rest is the pic merged..

edit: like this..is what it looks like after they merge..?

[DrAE86Toreno]

lol just let me know man...and where those pictures at that??that was taken that one night?>?..

when you gonna let me do some hdr stuff with your car pimpin???

["ridge"racer]

try this link, it helped me

what photoshop are you using?
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutoria..._ps/hdr-ps.htm

["ridge"racer]

lol just let me know man...and where those pictures at that??that was taken that one night?>?..

yeah, you were there when i took that pic, anyways, i would like to shoot your car in the right light, preferably at dusk with a little natural light, ill pm you when its close to a good time to do it homie. cya

[1NonlyAccord]

^i watched youtube videos..and after they merged it didnt look like how mine does..ha so something on my settings causes it to do that^^

and just CS..

[DrAE86Toreno]

roger....dude just let me know!!

[integra2die4]

high dynamic range photography, basically, your shooting the same photo, with a tripod hopefully, at 3 or more different exposures, then merging the photos into one hdr image. the point is to capture all the highlights and lowlights of the image in one pic.

Thanks for that. Now I understand what the objective is. Thanks again