Palo Duro Canyon HDR

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:45 pm

This HDR image is one I created from four different shots that I took of the visitor center at Palo Duro Canyon, Texas, at sunrise on Oct. 26th.

It's my first attempt at an HDR image, and I think it came out fairly well

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:45 am

looks nice Indy, here are 2 videos on using HDR that really explain it well.

http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/hdr/

http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/hdrpartii/

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:24 pm

Thanks Mark, I'll take a look at those when I get home tonight from work. I've been wanting to play around with HDR for awhile now, and I'm just now starting to wade into the pool a bit with it. Still very much a beginner with it, but I'll get it down soon enough

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:15 pm

Mark wrote:looks nice Indy, here are 2 videos on using HDR that really explain it well.

http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/hdr/

http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/hdrpartii/

Very nice tutorials, thanks for the links

I shot another picture today (still learning some of the mechanics of this particular camera - figured out how to do bracketed exposures)...ran it through photomatix and came up with this:

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:35 am

Awesome!! I saw that sunrise shot on your FB profile and thought "Wow!!". That HDR stuff is pretty awesome.

Looks like another topic I'll have to research!

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:07 pm

mountainman wrote:Awesome!! I saw that sunrise shot on your FB profile and thought "Wow!!". That HDR stuff is pretty awesome.

Looks like another topic I'll have to research!

It's a pretty cool post-processing effect, but sometimes you'll get funky results if you don't tweak it just right:

This image ^^^ since there was a bit of a wind, the trees in the lower left hand corner moved slightly between exposures. So it resulted in a bit of a blur for that spot on the picture. Just one of the things you have to look out for...

This one I got a little experimental with and threw in a b&w exposure into the mix. Ended up getting kind of a chalky feel to the colors as a result...

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:33 pm

Indy wrote:It's a pretty cool post-processing effect, but sometimes you'll get funky results if you don't tweak it just right:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/300 ... f6fc_b.jpg

This image ^^^ since there was a bit of a wind, the trees in the lower left hand corner moved slightly between exposures. So it resulted in a bit of a blur for that spot on the picture. Just one of the things you have to look out for...

you could probably mask out the bad part on that image and keep the other trees from another image.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:37 pm

can you send me a set of images so i can mess with HDR a bit, i have a really old POS digicam and have no access to quality HDR content.

mmaurerATtampabayDOTrrDOTcom

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:33 pm

Mark wrote:can you send me a set of images so i can mess with HDR a bit, i have a really old POS digicam and have no access to quality HDR content.

mmaurerATtampabayDOTrrDOTcom

If you go to http://www.flickr.com/sonicaeronautic, go to collections and select Landscapes, then Palo Duro Canyon. That's where I keep my photos that I used with these particular HDR images

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:43 am

I watched the first video of those two. Wow! I took a full page of notes. Very cool.

I'm just trying to think of something I can use to test this out today.

Indy: Do you do it all in PS or do you use any plug-in's such as the Photomatix he spoke about?

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:17 am

mountainman wrote:I watched the first video of those two. Wow! I took a full page of notes. Very cool.

I'm just trying to think of something I can use to test this out today.

Indy: Do you do it all in PS or do you use any plug-in's such as the Photomatix he spoke about?

I'm using the standalone copy of photomatix to do the processing, then I'll pull it into photoshop for any touch ups. Just seemed a little easier for me to do it that way.

I'll probably go out and do a little bit of shooting myself...there's a presbyterian church up the road that has a bit of a cathedral feel to it that I may swing by to check out...