Comments on: My First HDR Shot http://nslog.com/2008/02/20/my_first_hdr_shot The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:04:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: teddY http://nslog.com/2008/02/20/my_first_hdr_shot#comment-46167 teddY Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:04:56 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/02/20/my_first_hdr_shot#comment-46167 Hey there :) dropping by via Technorati after searching for HDR over there. A very awesome debut HDR for you, mine was a complete disaster, heh. I think what makes some HDR too far away from the real thing (thus unable to evoke actual memory of the scene) is because the creator did not use extensive light smoothing to make transitions between light and dark areas less obvious, thus the very weird effect of having halos around dark objects. I've tried Photomatix for my first HDR, and I got so impressed by the results (as compared to that of Photoshop CS2), I immediately purchased the software :mrgreen: seriously, Photomatix is definitely one of the best programmes available to merge photos into HDRs. Thanks for sharing the links, anyway! Hey there :) dropping by via Technorati after searching for HDR over there. A very awesome debut HDR for you, mine was a complete disaster, heh. I think what makes some HDR too far away from the real thing (thus unable to evoke actual memory of the scene) is because the creator did not use extensive light smoothing to make transitions between light and dark areas less obvious, thus the very weird effect of having halos around dark objects.

I've tried Photomatix for my first HDR, and I got so impressed by the results (as compared to that of Photoshop CS2), I immediately purchased the software :mrgreen: seriously, Photomatix is definitely one of the best programmes available to merge photos into HDRs.

Thanks for sharing the links, anyway!

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2008/02/20/my_first_hdr_shot#comment-46142 Erik J. Barzeski Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:34:36 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/02/20/my_first_hdr_shot#comment-46142 [quote comment="46140"]This was the product I was looking in to: http://creaceed.com/hydra/[/quote] I gave that a try with the same shots used above and I'm unimpressed. Not only is the UI and control worse than Photomatix (which itself doesn't have the greatest UI, but which at least doesn't show you some bizarre 3D view of your image) but the final result is nowhere near as good. For the live action stuff, if you shoot RAW (as I think almost every semi-serious photographer should), you can process a single RAW file two times - one for highlights and another for shadows - within Photomatix and pull out a semi-HDR image. Worth a shot. Kevin Hillabolt said on February 22, 2008:

This was the product I was looking in to: http://creaceed.com/hydra/

I gave that a try with the same shots used above and I'm unimpressed. Not only is the UI and control worse than Photomatix (which itself doesn't have the greatest UI, but which at least doesn't show you some bizarre 3D view of your image) but the final result is nowhere near as good.

For the live action stuff, if you shoot RAW (as I think almost every semi-serious photographer should), you can process a single RAW file two times - one for highlights and another for shadows - within Photomatix and pull out a semi-HDR image. Worth a shot.

]]> By: Kevin Hillabolt http://nslog.com/2008/02/20/my_first_hdr_shot#comment-46140 Kevin Hillabolt Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:06:56 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/02/20/my_first_hdr_shot#comment-46140 I've been looking in to taking HDR photos myself. But as I like taking "live action" shots (mostly of the kiddos), I haven't quite figured out how to take three (or more) different pictures of the same scene. This was the product I was looking in to: http://creaceed.com/hydra/ Funny how the price was much lower, until getting a mention on TUAW... I've been looking in to taking HDR photos myself. But as I like taking "live action" shots (mostly of the kiddos), I haven't quite figured out how to take three (or more) different pictures of the same scene.

This was the product I was looking in to: http://creaceed.com/hydra/

Funny how the price was much lower, until getting a mention on TUAW...

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