^ Nice pic.

 

Agreed. Nice shot Phil

Here are a few recent HDR's I have shot..

 

that first shot is really nice. almost perfect exposure wise, i dont care for the crop as much though

 

Man, this HDR stuff is confusing...!

i downloaded photomatix 3 for mac.

i also downloaded Aperture 2 and CS4 for mac.

I have this one RAW picture on my computer with one type of exposure and setting, so i guess maybe i did it the wrong way and didnt do the bracket exposure on my camera.

so here's what i did..i took the RAW pic from my computer and adjust the exposure to -2,-1,0,+1,+2 in aperture 2 program.

and use the photomatix to merge all the duplicate RAW with the exposure settings, as said above.

and i fiddled around with HDR (i have no clue what im doing with it)..so i was looking at the preview screen..and kinda like the adjustment.

so i processed it...

lo and behold, the output was nothing like the desired effect i chose!

oh man..i dunno what to do..im gonna have to learn more about this photomatix and HDR..

 

^Desi, you have to take different exposures on your camera in raw. You can't adjust just one pictures and combine, well you can, but the effects are different.
This might help,
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/hdr.shtml


My buddy's dub,


6 or so images.
HDR merge in PS CS3.
Some blending, layering, dodging and burning.
Also desaturating of some colors, yellow parking lines. Also cleaned car of any unwanted reflections, i.e., parking lines and other surrounding light sources.
And to add some reflections, finished off with a touch of Topaz.

 

hmm! thanks for the tutorial ..im gonna try this out for sure and follow the tutorial!

 

anybody here using a d40? im having problems with pixels in my hdr shots. tried different ways: shooting manually different exposures on the camera, and also taking one shot off my computer and manually adjusting exposure. both look the same, im having problems with pixels showing up. any help anybody?
EXAMPLE: i know the pic sux but it was just a fast exposure setting, -4,-3,-2,-1,0,+1,+2,+3,+4

 

post an unedited picture.

 

heres an unedited one:
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HDR from yesterdays meet.

 

Seriously these are some of the best HDR's i've seen. HDR done right. Looks so ****in sick. Idk if I missed it but what camera are you using and were these shot in raw? Did you only use photomatix or a combo of photomatix/lightroom/photoshop? Great job

 

Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it. I was using a Canon 40D with 17-85mm lens, yes they were shot in RAW, and I used a combination of Photomatix and Adobe Lightroom to edit them.

 

bastid! u and ur hdr...ugh..i need to find time to take pics...

 

Haha

 

those 3 pictures, and phils last picture, what kind of cameras you guys are using, which lens and how many shots did you take to produce those hdrs? thanks in advance, trying to fix my pc to upload my attempts at hdr

Take care guys

 

did you bracket or just make different exposures post process in raw?

 

Took these today.

 

beautiful shots ^, same question goes for you, how many pictures did you take inorder to produce these? thanks

 

Anywhere between 3-6.

 

Check Which program do you process it with? i have photomatix and it isnt that great imo... but if thats what you use, ill just suck it up and get used to it