HDR: Techniques, Tips, Tricks, and the photos.... all HERE!

[scotty74]

G'day all


thanks for the images BTAYLOR but i must ask as i have tried a few hdr's and they look nothing like yours i think i may be doing something wrong......could you please post your 5-7 images so that i can see if i am taking the base shots right to start with????? as i am thinking this is where i am going wrong but i have not been able to figure it out yet?????? thanks

[btaylor]

G'day all


thanks for the images BTAYLOR but i must ask as i have tried a few hdr's and they look nothing like yours i think i may be doing something wrong......could you please post your 5-7 images so that i can see if i am taking the base shots right to start with????? as i am thinking this is where i am going wrong but i have not been able to figure it out yet?????? thanks

Hey Scotty, I don't have the original images on mebut the basic idea I use is to look at the scene and figure out how you want each area exposed. So for a sunset shot you want the nice deep saturated yellows of the sun while maintaining foreground exposure and getting nice colours in the sky etc.


I don't really bracket my shots when I'm using a tripod, I just adjust the shutter speed to get the exposures I want. Some might be 7 stops underexposed if Ihave a particularly bright area in the shot, others might be 7 stops overexposed if there's particularly dark areas.


It's all trial and error and experimentation. I'll see if I can drag up the original files and post them up.