Che'_Moderator Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Its what people who do not know how to use a camera use to make their shots looks acceptable.Car looks good. :tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Yuck Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Photomatix is definitelyFixed. So the explanation makes sense, but how does one do this with a regular digicam? How about a step-by-step? HDR Tutorial written by me. I wrote a better one for my technical writing class last quarter but haven't put it up on my site yet.Its what people who do not know how to use a camera use to make their shots looks acceptable. My Flickr album has lots of HDR in it.Drin, now that you can do HDR, get out there to some locations and give it a shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINN Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Those look like next gen video game graphics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPTDoh Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Cool shots.. they just need a black border now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaitz Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Car looks good but why the unrealistic hdr?http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials...namic-range.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonT5-R Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 How do you purposely underexpose and overexpose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoBeano Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 hdr stands for high dynamic range. basically you meter a picture really underexposed and then underexposed and then over exposed and then really overexposed and you combine them with a program like photoshop or photomatix to give the picture a great range of light so you get the extreme darks and the extreme lights.someone who knows more feel free to chime ingreat job tho they all look great i love the one looking at the back drivers side wheelThat's basically it. What you are basically doing is taking at least three pics, and then having the computer analyze and combine all of the best values of the photos.People usually decide to go really abstract and surreal with the range or keep it really natural and sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 How do you purposely underexpose and overexpose?Its called bracketing. Not singling you out but its sad full auto cameras have dumbed us down this much. Most cameras will bracket for you in burst. If not you can do it yourself by shooting AV mode. But again with digital its even easier. You just shoot raw and do ev0, ev1, ev-1.Car looks good but why the unrealistic hdr?http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials...namic-range.htmDing I remember when HDR became mainstream in ~1993 1994 and though to myself "great. there goes proper metering". HDR is only meant as a way to digital CCDs to keep up with analog in zones. It was not meant to blow your image lowlights until it looked like a cartoon. Do not get me wrong. Its a cool effect. Every so often its really cool. But it is way over used to salvage a poor image.That's basically it. What you are basically doing is taking at least three pics, and then having the computer analyze and combine all of the best values of the photos.Thats not what its doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livvakt Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Roomie did some HDR shots of our cars on Saturday around sunset... hopefully he'll get off his arse and square 'em away so I can post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoBeano Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 I said best values but I really meant highest and lowest ranges. When you take a regularly exposed photo you get a set of ranges, over exposed gives you a higher set and under exposed a lower. Combine them to get the most range. Then you have to tone map to get them to actually be able to display on a monitor.Better or am I still off? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 I said best values but I really meant highest and lowest ranges. When you take a regularly exposed photo you get a set of ranges, over exposed gives you a higher set and under exposed a lower. Combine them to get the most range. Then you have to tone map to get them to actually be able to display on a monitor.Better or am I still off? Better but still off. When you take a photo you can get all 9 zones with no need for HDR. Its just most people are too lazy. HDR was meant as a way for digital to better reproduce film originally. Now people just bastardize it. Again as n effect its cool. But its applications at the extremes are limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoBeano Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Makes sense. Thanks for the clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisonfire Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Beat me to the punch, I was planning to take some HDR's this weekend. Looks good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60t5 Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 hi all, well those pictures are real nice...will try to do some of it someday.cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAREASS Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 These pictures look amazing. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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