Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 16 September 2007 in Transportation and Portfolio.
One of the objections I often hear voiced about hdr is that it destroys the shadows, or the play of light and dark. Here is an hdr image with both deep shadows and a "play" of shadows, or light and dark. Of course, this particular version is just one choice in how to render this particular image, and how the shadows should look, and the highlights, and the rest of the image.
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Man you are really excelling HDR. Do you process them in Photoshop (merge to HDR) or standalone Photomatrix? I love to know how you make such wonderful shots. I love the look of this old American Chevy in HDR.
16 Sep 2007 5:01pm
@Amir: Thank you. I was using Photomatix exclusively. On images where I didn't have bracketed exposures I was creating a "shadow" and "highlight" version in Nikon Capture NX and then using Photomatix. Recently I discovered that these extra steps are unnecessary if I use the Photoshop Photomatix hdr plug-in; so now I'm using Photomatix mostly when I have in-camera bracketed exposures and Photoshop when I have only a single exposure. I also think that for most of these hdr images another step is necessary to reintroduce "punch" or midtone contrast, though I haven't explored it scientifically to determine if this is the correct interpretation. In any case, I find it necessary to use Photoshop to add another layer set to "multiply" and then do some additional tweaking with an adjustment layer.
No the RR in my photoblog, it's not my car!!! ;( Faëlle
2 Dec 2008 9:57am
@Faëlle: You have a Maserati
how do you know it? ;)
3 Dec 2008 6:58pm
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