A new way of taking pictures...

Am I the only one who LIKES the first of both those pictures? Perhaps its your camera or program, but I think the bottom pictures look over saturated in color, and fake...Granted they are supposed to be like that but still. :P
 
Here's my attempt:P

Original:
DSC02103.jpg


HDR:
DSC02105_7_3.jpg
 
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Hmm..., with that pic, it looks like the one on top was taken a few hours after the other one, and that's about it (just a little bit brighter on the second one...)
 
I noticed that the HDR images seem to severly loose contrast, which makes it look washed out to me. On the plus side, look at the tires. You can clearly see the treads in the HDR photo, so it does show that the HDR is doing its job.
 
kobaj said:
Am I the only one who LIKES the first of both those pictures?
Click to expand...

Gimme some time :rolleyes: There are some settings to play with, and I know my examples aren't the best... I mean, check this out;

800px-New_York_City_at_night_HDR.jpg


I'm sure with better software(or better tweaking on my end :rolleyes: ) the pics could be quite realistic...
 
I gotta tell you, that's one of the coolest thing's i've ever seen.

Is there a high-def. scan of that? I'd love to use that for wallpaper.
 
You taking two (or more) pictures.
For example sun sets behind the buildings.
To take the first picture you take mesurements from the bright part of the scene (sky), which makes the buildings really dark and without any details.
The second picture you taking with the measurements from the dark part of the scene (which makes buildings looks ok but the sky is over exposed).
Then you combine these two pictures, so both, dark and bright parts of the scene are visible (no under or over exposure).
Like in the night city landscape here.
You are able to see roof tops, window lights, some clouds...
With just one picture (with measurements taken from the sky) you would be able to see clouds, but building lights will be over exposed (really bright and merging into one blurry ligth in some part of the picture).
In the end you get the effect which is close to what human eye can see.

At least I think that this is all about :)
 
It looks good!

Can you explain me exactly how to make those? I did not quite understand :S
 
Simply take some pictures of the same scene with different exposure settings and combine them in that software The_Other_One posted link to.

I'm saying "simply" without actually knowing it really is "simply" as I never tried that :D

I'm not even sure you do that the way I said :D
 
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Psh, so I thought I would try it myself except I used photoshop and something like 16 pictures with this tutorial. I tried a scene with lots of contrasting colors and darks and lights. :D (And It was hungry and thats what was out. :P)

Original,
000_0794.jpg


HDR,
final.jpg


I like the color still in my original, but I can see what that HDR did with the details in the ice cream (in the tin roof tub). But I dont think Ill be doing this again, Setting up the tripod and spending an hour combining just aint worth it, maybe for outside shots...What do you think?

I have a huge 4megapixle 32bit .pbm, and all the original .jpgs, and pretty much any other file if anyone wants them Ill find a way to upload... :)
 
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OK, imagine you're taking a picture inside. You have someone sitting on a couch and a window behind them(in view of course...) It's a nice sunny day outside. A fast exposure would capture only the window, leaving the rest of the inside too dark. A longer exposure would cause the window to be white, but the rest of the "correct". With the correct software, you combine these two picture and make one properly exposed picture. More how the human eye would see it...
 
I am such a retard, I uploaded the wrong image. Both I had up there were post production HDR images. I have uploaded the REAL original.

For all those wondering no, I did not "just turn the lights on". There is a windows behind where I was shooting this image, and the corner of the room has no lamps. Therefor one gets the dark, light contrast.

And If you still dont beleive me, Ill take a freaking picture OF it in the dark... :/
 
I took some pictures today and did that HDR...

This is the original picture (with auto exposure):

IMG_4128.jpg


and this is HDR:

Picture.jpg


The HDR is a little "ghostly" because it was windy today (and my camera was a little shaky) :)
I also sharpen the sky a little in CS2.
 
Alrighty then, So Ive tried again.

Original,
2.jpg

Plus,
3.jpg


Equals HDR,
UntitledHDR00.jpg


I kinda think the first looks better without my neighbors barn :P.
 
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it honestly looks better when you actuall cut the background and foreground and manually combine the frames, which is an old trick

It seems like HDR is just a shortcut

the HDR is cool for shots like the buildings, tho, and that cityscape shot, where it would take 5-10 exposures to capture every field, which would be nearly impossible to combine manually

but it seems like there must be a trick to using the HDR, because a lot of your attempts end up looking a LOT more washed out than the original :(
 
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