alright HDR fanboys. I give up lol
I will never be able to have dynamic range in any of my photos whatsoever unless I do the multiple exposure route.

 

You should take pictures you want to do HDR in with better scenery and color, they will come out better, the pale blue sky with no clouds doesn't give your picture definition and there is nothing reflecting off your car either, you either need to wax it or have some better surroundings, color is your friend in HDR in my opinion the more colors you have the better the picture will turnout. Drive around town and scout for places that have good surroundings and good lighting, hope this helps. This was my last HDR and I have a point and shoot camera, I also use photoshop CS3



edit, this is a good tutorial on how to use HDR in PS CS3, its how I learned to do it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVuDbcAfN_I

 

wow, uhhh apparently this pic made this tool mad? GTFO he is still learning get off his a$$

 

Okay I tried with a tripod and using photomatix, but for some reason the pic just comes up blurry and nothing like what you guys are posting. I feel like I'm missing something. I'm posting 3 pics of 3 different exposures using the D70.

Did I do something wrong with the camera settings?




Just picked up a polarized lens looking forward to seeing the difference in my outdoor pics.

 

All I see is the three exposures, lets see what you came up with in photomatix.

 

Ok, I tried doing it myself and one of the pics is not the same. Your first pics is off compared to the last two. Even on a tripod the camera can move if you are not very careful. The shutter alone can make a camera move. You need to try again, I tired using the last two images and there is not even range to make it look good. And make sure that the camera is tightened down good on the tripod.

 

In for the learning, about to pick up this as a hobby as well. GL OP

 

Thanks guys! Gonna give it another go after the gym. See if I can cement this tripod down. LOL! Im not sure about taking pics of people since they tend to move to. Will have to find something i can test out with. Thanks for the help.

 

To attain the HDR effect on moving people, you can try shooting in RAW, and doing a single file conversion. Or you can open up one image in PS and manually set the exposure and re save the image a few times.

 

dosent look hdr to me

 

Congrats on getting the new NIKON. Don't let negative comments phase you. You said yo wanted to get 'into photography' yet HDR is only a small part of photography, if any at all. If I were you I would spend my time learning about composition, exposure, aperture, filters, etc.

 

HDRs in the photography world is like a riced out civic

 

Don't necessarily need a tripod for HDRs These pics were shot freehand..





Have my C2 setting on my Canon set with AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) to -1.3, 0, 1.3 and shutter speed to 6FPS.


Mantis, not necessarily. Just depends if you know how to "correctly" post-process it or not.

 

good analogy... so true though cuz its such a recent phenomenon... cant be true HDR like the human eye

 

+1. When more exposures are there to compress, it really draws out the highlights and shadows.

 

Shot some photos of my sons Baseball game. Did this one manually, I think it came out ok. I am trying to understand the lighting aspect of it, but its becoming a fun hobbie.

 

I am still not seeing something that looks like a HDR photo. Are you shooting in RAW? What version of Photomatix are you using?

 

What a douche!

 

As TheOtherRob said, your 3 pictures are not the same... and the last one has a car driving by on the left side. For best results you want all three pictures to be identical, with the exception of the exposure of course.

Also, the better the picture to begin with, the better the resulting HDR. Don't be tricked into thinking you can just take HDR's instead of regular pictures and have breathtaking photos all the time. The better you get at taking normal photos, the better you will be able to create nice HDR images. Learn to walk before you try to run. I suggest playing with the camera and learn a bit more before you get too serious about HDR's.

 

^Thanks, really just toying around with software. The shot of my son pitching was a single shot shot in regular form with a polarized lenses. I then took the picture and saved it with 3 different exposures. I appreciate the kind words and look forward to learning how to "Walk before I run" It's a new hobby for me, and a fun one. Any books you guys may suggest throw them my way. I didnt used Photomatix only cause I havent purchased it and the trial version lays a water mark on the photo. This shot was done in photoshop cs3.