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05-07-2008, 05:51 PM
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Here are a few new pictures from when I went shooting yesterday and a few of my buddy's pickup truck. I think the ones of the truck turned out decent so I thought I would post em up 
05-07-2008, 06:12 PM
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Good pics everyone!!
You can really see the imperfections that Photomatix create in the last truck pic. The difference in brightness on each side of the antenna.
The grip of that gun doesn't cast a shadow on the table which makes it look like that part of the gun was superimposed.
You can really see the imperfections that Photomatix create in the last truck pic. The difference in brightness on each side of the antenna.
The grip of that gun doesn't cast a shadow on the table which makes it look like that part of the gun was superimposed.
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05-07-2008, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by vphotography
Woohoo for HDR! I have been messing with this just recently too. This is one of my favies 
Let me know what ya think
~Angela~
Let me know what ya think ~Angela~
Great shots!! You may have been able to avoid a washed out sky on the first pic if you could've take added some really low exposure pics to that series.
I love the black & white Z's shot. It's almost looks like yin & yang. A battle between good & evil. The universe in perfect, harmonious balance. So on & so forth.
05-07-2008, 06:28 PM
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Ok Im new to HDR so new flaming please. First off is HDR a special ind of pic you need to get a special HDR camera or is it a software where I could HDR any image? Im still a bit confused.
05-07-2008, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jmcmorante
Ok Im new to HDR so new flaming please. First off is HDR a special ind of pic you need to get a special HDR camera or is it a software where I could HDR any image? Im still a bit confused.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging
Most users here are using a program called Photomatix Pro. It blends the images & tone maps them for you to produce the HDRI's. Some purists will create an HDRI in Photoshop.
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05-08-2008, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ZR_Yancy
Great shots!! You may have been able to avoid a washed out sky on the first pic if you could've take added some really low exposure pics to that series.
I love the black & white Z's shot. It's almost looks like yin & yang. A battle between good & evil. The universe in perfect, harmonious balance. So on & so forth.
I love the black & white Z's shot. It's almost looks like yin & yang. A battle between good & evil. The universe in perfect, harmonious balance. So on & so forth.
Thanks for the love on my pics!
Makes me warm inside hahaha. Anywho yeah i was thinking about the sky in that first one and im prolly gonna go back and get a dark exposure for the sky I shoot all these in raws so i can go back and change them all the time Gotta love those RAW files I love black and white cars together too its the ultimate in contrast perfect balance.
05-08-2008, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ZR_Yancy
For some reason or another, white Z's are turned grey when used in HDR pictures. Maybe lowering the HDR strength will decrease this affect.
It is weird how they cant seem to stay the actual white that they are i have done this car in many different backgrounds HDR of course and it has turned all different kins of colors. I think it fits very well in this one though
just my opinion
05-08-2008, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by jaaf
my first HDR/photography attempts, any tips?? am i doing anything wrong here???
05-08-2008, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by DaytonaRoadster
cant find the bracket mode for my nikon d50, anyone got one, halp?
First select the "Detailed" mode under Menu > Setup (wrench) Menu > CSM menu, otherwise you'll only to get the first few items!
12: BKT Set: This controls bracketing, which are multiple shots made at different guesses of exposure or white balance.
05-08-2008, 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by DaytonaRoadster
cant find the bracket mode for my nikon d50, anyone got one, halp?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tr6O6Nx0P8M
05-08-2008, 08:47 AM
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Will taking multiple exposure shots come out better than 1 RAW & creating duplicate images with different exposures in CS2 or CS3 & then blending them in Photomatix? I know it's more time consuming but will the quality be the same. I just figured that method can be used in high action shots when opportunities for a great shot is not so abundant.
05-08-2008, 09:05 AM
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Anybody using Macs try Bracketeer?
Bracketeer is a front-end GUI for Enfuse. Enfuse is a command-line freeware utility which uses multiple exposures of a scene (bracketed exposures) and merges them together to form a uniformly lit scene. It is similar to tonemapping with an HDR image except that no HDR image is ever created, and there is no ghosting. It works with any kind of bracketed image set, not just panoramic equirectangular images. Bracketeer can even auto-align hand-held shots! The results are almost always much better than anything that can be achieved with Photoshop's HDR Tone Mapping.
http://www.pangeasoft.net/pano/bracketeer/index.html
I'm wondering if the software will produce images without the haloing effects that are created in Photomatix HDRI's.
Bracketeer is a front-end GUI for Enfuse. Enfuse is a command-line freeware utility which uses multiple exposures of a scene (bracketed exposures) and merges them together to form a uniformly lit scene. It is similar to tonemapping with an HDR image except that no HDR image is ever created, and there is no ghosting. It works with any kind of bracketed image set, not just panoramic equirectangular images. Bracketeer can even auto-align hand-held shots! The results are almost always much better than anything that can be achieved with Photoshop's HDR Tone Mapping.
http://www.pangeasoft.net/pano/bracketeer/index.html
I'm wondering if the software will produce images without the haloing effects that are created in Photomatix HDRI's.