How about posting your HDR images?

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MrF

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It's one of the dining rooms at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA. The place is beautiful, inside and out. It's also pretty ridiculous that it was built as a private residence.
 
Richard500

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MrF said:
Here's one from my second attempt playing around with HDR:

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D7000 with the DX 35mm f/1.8G combined from three shots taken hand held using the auto bracketing feature. Combined using Luminance HDR.

I like the way that the detail in the arches and lampshade that was either too dark or washed out in the parent images became clear in the HDR.

I don't like the way the detail in the windows in the background is still washed out, even though it was clear in the darkest of the parent images. Based on what I've read, I think combining more images may have helped with this. I'm still pretty new to this though. Regardless, it wouldn't have helped me much here since tripods weren't allowed and the D7000 will only bracket 3 shots.
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Yes, you are right about the number of images. There is a pretty good Photoshop tutorial on Youtube where the outside part of the image is adjusted for exposure and then simply added back in as a Layer... then perhaps you have already done this and knew anyway?
 
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Rick M

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I've found that it's beneficial to reduce the EV spread when shooting into an area of bright light. You will still get some blown out highlights, but the severity is reduced. My normal range for an average shot is +- 1.7, for a scene like this I'd probably reduce to +-1.
 
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TedG954

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Thanks Rick. Without intending, you gave me a valuable tip. I've been bracketing at .3, and while my results haven't been "bad", they have lacked "flare". I moved out to 1.3 and made a test shot. I can easily see the difference through processing and the result. I appreciate the advice.

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Rick M

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Glad I could help Ted!

One other thing on this shot-

If you must shoot a series handheld as above, a narrower EV spread will also help increase shutter speed, particularly important on the 3rd over exposed shot.
 
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MrF

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Thanks for the likes and advice everyone!

Richard: I've seen a technique called dynamic range increase that involves masking out overexposed areas and layering in properly exposed image to fill in the masked areas. Is this what you're talking about? I'll have to look around for that tutorial.

Rick: I shot the three images used in that photo at -2,0,+2EV. Would you recommend lowering all the exposure values (i.e. -3,-2,-1) in conjunction to reducing the EV spread, or would reducing the EV spread work on its own to keep the highlights more in check?

At the time, I felt that I needed the full +2EV to get the detail I needed out of the darkest parts of the ceiling, but after combining the images, I was pretty surprised at how clear the detail was. I may have gotten by just fine with +-1.

Ted: Nice shot! I particularly like the translucence in the flag.
 
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Rick M

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MrF-

I think +1,0-1 would have worked. You would still have blown out highlights from the window, but less severe. The faster shutterspeed as a result would also serve to protect details, as they are sometimes lost to shake.
 
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MrF

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cnyram said:
MrF-

I think +1,0-1 would have worked. You would still have blown out highlights from the window, but less severe. The faster shutterspeed as a result would also serve to protect details, as they are sometimes lost to shake.
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I'll try that next time. Thanks!
 
AC016

AC016

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TedG954 said:
Thanks Rick. Without intending, you gave me a valuable tip. I've been bracketing at .3, and while my results haven't been "bad", they have lacked "flare". I moved out to 1.3 and made a test shot. I can easily see the difference through processing and the result. I appreciate the advice.

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The red and blue are deep and rich. Nice :)
 
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KWJams

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Took some pictures at a M/C hill climb yesterday and during a break snapped 3 handheld bracketed shots. Corel had trouble merging them together without any ghosting but HDR Effex Pro did a pretty good job.

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