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<blockquote data-quote="ohkphoto" data-source="post: 8986" data-attributes="member: 1573">The photos I used are in my <a href="http://nikonites.com/blogs/ohkphoto/43-bracketed-photos.html" target="_blank">blog</a>.&nbsp;Lightroom requires a plug-in for the software you use for HDR. If you have CS5 installed (and I think LR will point automatically to it in the &quot;edit in&quot;), you simply select the 5 photos (in LR) you want to combine, go to &quot;edit in&quot; and you'll see a selection for &quot;merge to HDR&quot; and then you tweak it to your liking. I don't like the photoshop process as much as I like <a href="http://www.hdrsoft.com/" target="_blank">Photomatix</a>.What is always so cool with lightroom is that the process is non-destructive. Your original raw files remain untouched. HDR program creates a new file from the images (with photomatix it's a TIFF)&nbsp;This is about as close as you will get to that magical moment in the old darkroom when the photo appears! The only way to learn it is to simply jump in and do it.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.niksoftware.com/hdrefexpro/usa/entry.php" target="_blank">NIK Software </a>has just released their HDR software which I plan to check out (since I love all of their other products. I know you can download it for a 15 day trial and actually have a finished product that you can use (I think Photomatix trials leave a watermark on their demo files)&nbsp;I immediately bracket my photos for HDR when I shoot landscapes or any other situations where there is broad range of tonal values.&nbsp;There are others on the forum who are really masters at HDR (Eduard, Anthony) and I'm sure they can explain or demo it better.&nbsp;As you can see from the photos in my blog, the hdr process really made the photo.&nbsp;Best Regards</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ohkphoto, post: 8986, member: 1573"] The photos I used are in my [URL="http://nikonites.com/blogs/ohkphoto/43-bracketed-photos.html"]blog[/URL]. Lightroom requires a plug-in for the software you use for HDR. If you have CS5 installed (and I think LR will point automatically to it in the "edit in"), you simply select the 5 photos (in LR) you want to combine, go to "edit in" and you'll see a selection for "merge to HDR" and then you tweak it to your liking. I don't like the photoshop process as much as I like [URL="http://www.hdrsoft.com/"]Photomatix[/URL]. What is always so cool with lightroom is that the process is non-destructive. Your original raw files remain untouched. HDR program creates a new file from the images (with photomatix it's a TIFF) This is about as close as you will get to that magical moment in the old darkroom when the photo appears! The only way to learn it is to simply jump in and do it. [URL="http://www.niksoftware.com/hdrefexpro/usa/entry.php"]NIK Software [/URL]has just released their HDR software which I plan to check out (since I love all of their other products. I know you can download it for a 15 day trial and actually have a finished product that you can use (I think Photomatix trials leave a watermark on their demo files) I immediately bracket my photos for HDR when I shoot landscapes or any other situations where there is broad range of tonal values. There are others on the forum who are really masters at HDR (Eduard, Anthony) and I'm sure they can explain or demo it better. As you can see from the photos in my blog, the hdr process really made the photo. Best Regards [/QUOTE]

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