Hello every one i am new to these photo things
can some some explain how to shot photo like this ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjo...7602645743970/

is it the shotting skills or ed' by photoshop ?
thanks guys!

 

nice shot

 

hdr?

 

HDR search for it you'll find out how to do it.

 

I think it's more complicated than just HDR.

An analysis of the scene says he used a large aperture lens with short shutter time. The street lights prove this. A small aperture/long shutter would yield starry lights.

But the sharpness of the background and foreground says a small aperture was used.

Perhaps this was a composite of multiple images, then HDR'd.

Looking this shot over, it is a masterful image.

 

Like you said, the detail of the background tells me that a small aperture was used. Not sure about the lights, but I've taken a picture with a small aperture and didn't get the star lights. This was many years ago on an Olympus C-5050Z....lol

 

edit... I'm getting a headache thinking about the pic... too bad he erased the exif. I may just have to ask the dude just to lift my curiosity.

 

Thanks every one for helping !
so basicly HDRI is the out put of some software that combine of 3 photos (+ev & 0 ev & -ev) in order to show all detail of the image in difference Exposure range?

 

not an hdr

 

i think its semi HDR... As i understand HDR is to be taken with 3 pictures with different exposures and blended together.... Since its a night shot it think it was just one pictures and then tweaked in photoshop or lightroom to give it the HDR effect...

I could be wrong

 

Looking at his other pics, and pics I've done in the same way, I'd say at least 2 images were combined.

 

Its HDR ... no question about it...

All HDR images come out different depending on how much you tweak the settings in photomatix and then in photoshop. Most people think HDR always looks fake... FALSE... you can get a true life image usuing HDR or you can have it look like a painting or whatnot.

but that image is Deff HDR. no camera will produce a photo like that with jsut one image. there would be places way under exposed and way over exposed with one image. you have to compromise. with HDR you can take multiple shots at diff shutter speeds. it doesnt have to be 3. i have taken an HDR shot using 9 images. ill post up some examples in a moment

EDIT:

here are some of my HDR images that are not over the top to the point of looking fake.


this was one shot, shot in RAW then changed the exposure and saved like 4 images @ the diff exposures. ran it through photomatix and then through photoshop for post processing


same with this photo


this i think was either 3 or 4 photos.


and this was about 5 i think.


so yes the photo the orig. poster linked, is deff HDR. he just edited it to the point where it has a sort of sureal look, almost fake

 

wow thats such a nice picture!

quick question for the pros:

when i try to create an hdr picture using a .raw format file, the outcome still looks dark in the dark spots and too light in the light spots, resulting in an image that looks similar to the original. how do i correct this?

i tried following this tutorial http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tut...amic-range.htm but the pictures just don't come out right. any pointers you could offer me?

 

you could get a nice pic like the image you posted with a longer shutter speed under low lighting situations above with an exposure compensation of +2 (i think thats what its called) I got some similar shots like the one you posted. I originally bracketed my photos because i was going to hdr them, but after looking at the overexposed shot, i was surprised there was no need for hdr because i got all the detail on the overexposed one.

 

guys, thanks a lot for the kind words about my image you asked about...
it is indeed HDR; -2 0 +2, f3.5, ISO 200

 

thanks chrisjongkind!
Great Photo!

 

Oh my god... You are a very talented photographer. Awesome shots!

 

thanks man.. i really appreciate the kind words...