I thought about where this thread goes for a bit. In arts and design or in here. Although HDR relies on the photographs as the base material, most of the magic happens in post production, which can change a picture significantly. Oh well, if someone decides to move this thread somewhere else, no matter

Alright, First off, what is HDR?

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You know what, I suck at explaining, I'll point you in the direction of an excellent guide.

The guide.


And I quote..


To make HDR photos, you need a camera which can either shoot RAW pictures (eg; .tiff files) or take bracketed shots (eg; -2ev, 0ev, +2ev). Also, you'll need either Adobe Photoshop or Photomatix for the actual magic to happen. Personally, I prefer photomatix because the colours are alot stronger compared to photoshop. And it's alot easier.

Again, I'm lazy to explain how to do it, the guide tells you all you need to know.

That said, compared with traditional photography, it seems a little bit like cheating, but it's so damn fun.


So, some of my attempts at HDR can be found here;
http://ooity.deviantart.com/

i dont like HDR personally, because it's hard to post process XD

i love HDR because it feel kind of stranger look of photo to me..

anyway i have my deviantart with experimental HDR

check out http://shuttercolour.deviantart.com

(it is not promotion but a sharing)

you fav'ed by piece before, and i also commented on your page before. I'm perverted

nice pics there..

i'm a fans of HDR as well, gonna try to process it soon

oh its you!i remember you well..

so...hows your d40?


i gonna make move to canon someday..but maybe...hehe

big fan of HDR here, here's some of my works


the tools i used is Photomatix and LucisArt photoshop plug-in.

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Apr 26 2007, 08:15 AM

Very nice, Radical. Personally, I think pictures with cloudy skies benefit most from HDR techniques. I've tried making HDR's without the sky, but that mostly turned out pretty awful for some reason.

ehem...very nice HDR blend...
so..what LucisArt photoshop plug-in functioning in making a HDR photo R a D ! c 4 L?

Thanks man!

yeah same here, it really does wonders on the skies, and architecture photography, it brings out those details in buildings but sometimes details distracts the eye, so must play safe in those cases


Thanks!

Hmm, i use it to enchance the skies's detail, make it look more "3D" like. Like the 1st pic in my previous post.

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Apr 26 2007, 10:06 PM

but do u think sometime looking on HDR picture especially those architecture will make u dizzy?

perhaps because it too/over detail?
or because of the colour?

for me HDR its a great technic...but as you said..sometimes it become so over and dizzy(perhaps?)..

whatever is it..HDR still my favourite technic..

hey guys .. i've read about HDR and wanted to try creating 1 ... so i went out and took some RAW files today ... i've read somewhere that RAW files has more dynamic range of exposure or something like tat ... not too sure ... problem is ... doesnt seem like i can open the RAW file in photoshop .. how to do it ? I transfer my pic from my D40 from PictureProject ... can some1 help me ?

Problem on opening NEF file? Try get the RAW plugin for D40. Link here http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3584 if u are using CS2

else use Photomatix, easier

This post has been edited by Gadget_Freak: Jul 11 2007, 04:10 PM

Tried photomatix ... get the HDR d .. in .hdr file ? To convert go to the automate there n convert iz it ? but come out have tat big AUTOMATIX TRIAL word or something .. damn gay

you need something else for photomatix

Check ur pm soon

me leh?

i just started love this section.....try to learn now....

Looks like HDR is a hot topic again. Tedious work, but good results.....

Got your package?

Good good more HDR Kaki


Yeah man. Was really comfusing at 1st haha... Luckily there's tutorials online.