How about posting your HDR images?

RockyNH_RIP

RockyNH_RIP

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Lee said:
I like this one a lot better - but I didn't dislike the first one

I find Photomatix seems to really pump up those colors without any tweaking and have started to drop the saturation ever so slightly before exporting to Lightroom to have another look and rather tweak it in there. I still don't feel like I have mastered the program properly but then I guess the learning is part of the fun. I'm like a toddler - learn through play lol
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Lee, thanks for the comments. Meet another "toddler" :)

Pat in NH
 
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Rick M

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Stone Bridge


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Rick M

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Thanks Michael! This is my first Landscape HDR with my sigma 35mm. I'm very pleased considering the shot is cropped about 75%.
 
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JPar

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brads said:
Well, I'm ready for a thumping. This is my first attempt at HDR. (Using Photoshop) Used 7 images and probably overcooked it like crazy in an attempt to get an 'effect'. The sky was incredibly bright and glarey, albeit cloudy and I'm not sure what I could have done about that, apart from using a filter? Cheers, Brad :)

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Fewer images to start helps a lot. I used to do too many images and found that 3 works best for the most part.

As for the sky, you have to get one really low exposure and one high exposure to really bookend the HDR. After that, post processing helps.
 
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JPar said:
Fewer images to start helps a lot. I used to do too many images and found that 3 works best for the most part.

As for the sky, you have to get one really low exposure and one high exposure to really bookend the HDR. After that, post processing helps.
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Thanks JPar. I will do as you suggest. I'll also try for a 'not quite so busy' setting next time. Cheers, Brad :)
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JPar

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brads said:
Thanks JPar. I will do as you suggest. I'll also try for a 'not quite so busy' setting next time. Cheers, Brad :)
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Yea some things are just not very conducive to HDR. You want to stick to images that would benefit from HDR, such as when an interesting looking sky creates a shadow effect on a foreground image. Once the HDR kicks in and you get a good exposure on the shadowed image combined with the sky, it really pops.

I also like HDR with things that have a lot of color variation.
 
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brads

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JPar said:
Yea some things are just not very conducive to HDR. You want to stick to images that would benefit from HDR, such as when an interesting looking sky creates a shadow effect on a foreground image. Once the HDR kicks in and you get a good exposure on the shadowed image combined with the sky, it really pops.

I also like HDR with things that have a lot of color variation.
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Good advice. I'll keep that handy. I have to do manual HDR, so it's when I'm on the tripod. I'm WAY to shaky for handheld to change exposures! Cheers, Brad :)
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RockyNH_RIP

RockyNH_RIP

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Here are a couple HDR images from today at Horseshoe Pond...

First is a 3 image HDR (1.0 bracket) at waters edge....

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This is a 5 shot 1.0 bracket looking across the Pond...

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Pat in NH
 
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