HDR Anyone?

[GoTakuF1]

LOL, no offense at all buddy Now this is what I'm talkin' 'bout. Getting some great extra definition out of what's normally blown out. Those skylights are killer, I can see why you got stuck on them.

Man, I wish I had a set of those over my tank. Saweet!

They turned out very good? what program were you using? I have been using photomatix trial and photoshopping the watermarks out which is kinda f'ed up, I just dont have the money for it right now

Thanks bud. I'm using Photomatix Pro 3.1. Here are some more from the Yay Area...

A photo of photos on a wall at the California Academy of Sciences:



Rain Forest Biosphere at the California Academy of Sciences, I can stare at this forever:



Two icons in the two-wheels world next to each other in North Beach San Francisco:



A bike splattered in color in one of the many interesting alleys of Chinatown:

[NGN8DOGG]

I didn't mean to put a ? after good. How many exposures are you taking? .. I found hdr's to be VERY addicting.

[GoTakuF1]

I didn't mean to put a ? after good. How many exposures are you taking? .. I found hdr's to be VERY addicting.

For all those shots, I took 3 bracketed exposures by hand (didn't carry a tripod around SF ) varying by 1.3 EV. HDR is a lot of fun and a powerful tool but it can easily be misused as evident by a lot of terrible examples on Flickr

I'd love to see some of yours, please share!

P.S. I'll PM you about Photomatix.

[barometer]

yeah, it can be abused for sure. I really like those last ones. Need a retractable monopod to carry around for that kind of stuff buddy

[GoTakuF1]

yeah, it can be abused for sure. I really like those last ones. Need a retractable monopod to carry around for that kind of stuff buddy

Thanks Photo-Guru, I'm honored!

Hm, I thought I would look like a freak with a tripod riding in the Muni, how do you think the retractable monopod would go over? I didn't want to give these San Franciscans any ideas

[pcon]

Wow Minh! That looks great. I've never heard of HDR before, until this post and did some research. Looks like I have a project in the next few weeks.

[GoTakuF1]

Wow Minh! That looks great. I've never heard of HDR before, until this post and did some research. Looks like I have a project in the next few weeks.

Thanks Philippe, do share your projects with us

[Jessy]

Thanks Photo-Guru, I'm honored!

Hm, I thought I would look like a freak with a tripod riding in the Muni, how do you think the retractable monopod would go over? I didn't want to give these San Franciscans any ideas

HAHA... You should really get the trip pod I have... 2 in 1 with the monopod. And if some Friscans come your way with the monopod out, you still have the legs of the tripod to defend yourself. With you being a ninja and all that really shouldn't be a problem for you.

[pcon]

What tripod did you get Jess?

HAHA... You should really get the trip pod I have... 2 in 1 with the monopod. And if some Friscans come your way with the monopod out, you still have the legs of the tripod to defend yourself. With you being a ninja and all that really shouldn't be a problem for you.

[GoTakuF1]

Fishy HDR is tough:

[barometer]

gotta find a camera that take 3 separate images simultaneously

[GoTakuF1]

gotta find a camera that take 3 separate images simultaneously

Get on it Ed!

[NGN8DOGG]

How did you take the fish one? Did you take a single Raw file and change the exposures

[GoTakuF1]

How did you take the fish one? Did you take a single Raw file and change the exposures

Yep, had to work with one exposure this time. I can't keep up with those darn fast swimming fish! The aperture of the initial shot was wide open so the image had a very shallow depth of field as a result so I had to black out the background. This way Photomatix would have an easier time processing the HDR and tone mapping the image. It didn't turn out exactly how I wanted but it'll have to do for now...until I figure out how to teach these fish to sit, stay and pose

[Jessy]

What tripod did you get Jess?

http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/291660868.htm

something like this that was $60 in the store