Very heavy touch, it looks like painting... but thats HDR is all about, not??

HDRi (High Dynamic Range imaging) is a set of techniques that allow a far greater dynamic range of exposures (i.e. a large range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRI is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to the deepest shadows.

See more info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

See many great sample here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/hdr

This post has been edited by philipcs: Jun 23 2007, 10:33 AM

Did you use tripod for your HDR shots?

philipcs, may i know what is HDR photo? HDR stands for? Thanks ya.. geng ah you..... so nice pic with that little monster..

EDIT: ops... you did explain up there.. sorry ya.... sorry...

ReEDIT: philipscs ah.... still don't understand how to make HDR photos from the links laa.. seems complicated, can you briefly share with us how you make ur HDR photos of the Langkawi trips kah? Truely apprecitate..... very tempting..

This post has been edited by MobilePro: Jun 23 2007, 01:16 PM

yes... used tripod for all the HDR shots.

my hand quite shaky so must use tripod

ok.. try my best to describe more here. hope you understand my explaination

1) mount your camera on your tripod

2) make use of your camera self timer because when you press the shutter will contribute shake and caused your photos misalign.

3) take few photos with different exposure ( EV -2, EV -1, EV 0, EV +1 & EV +2 total of 5 shots)

4) use a software called "photomatix" to combine all these photos into HDR photo.

See here for how to use photomatix: http://www.vanilladays.com/hdr-guide/

5) after that, use photoshop to adjust level and color saturation if you want.

That's all

This post has been edited by philipcs: Jun 23 2007, 05:39 PM

hahaha... hey... i laugh banyak kuat whenever i learn something interesting..
Wow... great details yet simple instructions from u....

TQTQ U r the best!

hi philipcs, does this camera has the Exposure bracketting function? where it auto take few pics with different exposure?

don't have leh.... i changed the exposure manually

1. changed exposure to EV -2

2. set 2 sec self timer

3. snap...

4. changed exposure to EV -1

5. set 2 sec self timer

6. snap...

7. repeat the above steps

Some Macro shots taken today

035. under the shade

Exif:
Camera Make: FUJIFILM
Camera Model: FinePix F31fd
Image Date: 2007:06:23 13:50:58
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 8.0mm (35mm equivalent: 177mm)
CCD Width: 1.63mm
Exposure Time: 0.0017 s (1/600)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: 0.33
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: program (Auto)

036. grasshopper

Exif:
Camera Make: FUJIFILM
Camera Model: FinePix F31fd
Image Date: 2007:06:23 13:24:56
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 8.0mm (35mm equivalent: 177mm)
CCD Width: 1.63mm
Exposure Time: 0.0029 s (1/350)
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

037. chrysanthemum

Exif:
Camera Make: FUJIFILM
Camera Model: FinePix F31fd
Image Date: 2007:06:23 13:27:48
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 8.0mm (35mm equivalent: 266mm)
CCD Width: 1.09mm
Exposure Time: 0.0022 s (1/450)
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: 1.00
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: program (Auto)

038. dry leaf

Exif:
Camera Make: FUJIFILM
Camera Model: FinePix F31fd
Image Date: 2007:06:23 14:00:35
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 8.0mm (35mm equivalent: 266mm)
CCD Width: 1.09mm
Exposure Time: 0.0029 s (1/350)
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: -0.67
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: program (Auto)

This post has been edited by philipcs: Jun 26 2007, 12:09 AM

039. reaching sky... taken from Muar, very nice blue sky but the weather very hot

Exif:
Camera Make: FUJIFILM
Camera Model: FinePix F31fd
Image Date: 2007:06:23 14:19:19
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 8.0mm (35mm equivalent: 266mm)
CCD Width: 1.09mm
Exposure Time: 0.0005 s (1/2000)
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: -1.00
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

040. a playful boy another type of macro

Exif:
Camera Make: FUJIFILM
Camera Model: FinePix F31fd
Image Date: 2007:06:23 11:53:34
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 8.0mm (35mm equivalent: 177mm)
CCD Width: 1.63mm
Exposure Time: 0.013 s (1/75)
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO equiv: 1600
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

#39, Singapore reaching antennas. Also simple targets for lightnings. Nice blue gradient but I think too much contrast adjustment.

Wow! All the pics looks sooo nice. I like the grasshopper shot. Didn't it run for its life when you approach it?

Your camera performs very well even at ISO 1600 where you took the Playful Boy picture.

This post has been edited by mengsuan: Jun 26 2007, 02:54 AM

emm... maybe i should change the title to reaching singapore instead. thanks for the idea

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Added on June 26, 2007, 8:49 am

thanks for your compliment. for the grasshopper, even i touched it, it also wouldn't run. In fact this little guy stay at this plant since morning until evening plus many leaves missing (kena makan already )

when see at full size, actually ISO1600 got quite a lot of noise especially at the shadow area.

i think as long as avoid shadows at ISO1600, the photo will look less noisy

This post has been edited by philipcs: Jun 26 2007, 08:51 AM

in my honest opinion, ur pic is an example that the person who takes the pic is more important than the camera itself. ur compo is very great, u have an eye for photography. i wish i had eyes like yours.

the next step for u i think, is to switch to DSLR...

thanks saru. practice make thing works need to get a lot of critique then only can improve more.

my philosophy is simple, go out, shoot, share, improve

by the way, i am already DSLR user, just because of this little monster, my D80 collecting dust now

he already have a DSLR..if not mistaken got more than 1 somemore.

u have a d80? ahaha... that makes me feel even more smaller...


yes, need to shoot more n more, practice makes perfect. thanx for the tips...

This post has been edited by beckzaidan: Jun 26 2007, 09:43 AM

041. Today - 28 June 2007


10 years ago - 28 June 1907
Used photoshop to make this old photo effect

Exif:
Camera Make: FUJIFILM
Camera Model: FinePix F31fd
Image Date: 2007:06:27 21:03:08
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 8.0mm (35mm equivalent: 266mm)
CCD Width: 1.09mm
Exposure Time: 0.014 s (1/70)
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO equiv: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0.33
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

042. Rear Brake Light
Do you know taken from which car?

Exif:
Camera Make: FUJIFILM
Camera Model: FinePix F31fd
Image Date: 2007:06:23 14:11:20
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 8.0mm (35mm equivalent: 158mm)
CCD Width: 1.83mm
Exposure Time: 0.0036 s (1/280)
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: -1.00
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

This post has been edited by philipcs: Jun 30 2007, 10:52 PM

if compare f31fd and f40fd, which want is better?
sorry for the noob question