First attempt still need to get used to the settings, and all. Very excited to get into photography it's been something I have wanted to do for a while but money restraints wouldn't allow me to get the camera needed.

Tips and tricks welcomed for Nikon D70 Uses

 

Ill be completely honest, if you wouldn't have said HDR in the title, I would never have thought it. What program are you using and what steps did you take?

 

that pic sucks....polaroids take better pics than that!

fail!!!!!!!!!!!!! step back and look at the pic....the color sucks, the definition sucks!

High performance camera, low performance user.

 

Put the camera in BKT setting 2.0, with no tripod (I know but i just got it super excited took this out on lunch) took 3 quick shots, when I looked at the settings I must have done something wrong because the BKT icon was no longer there. Didnt let this stop me from using PhotoShop CS3 to merge into HDR, tweeked some settings framed it, merged it, saved it as a .jpg and here we are.

Like I said though this is my first attempt at something I plan on getting into big time. I know its not the best but considering I came from a Point and Shoot I'm estatic.

 

[QUOTE=zex350z;7509813]that pic sucks....polaroids take better pics than that!

fail!!!!!!!!!!!!! step back and look at the pic....the color sucks, the definition sucks!

High performance camera, low performance user.

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Congratulations your the first A$$HOLE! Go fly a kit off a bridge smuck.

 

1) No tripod, physically impossible to do an HDR without a tripod with the camera in your hand(unless you take one pic and artificially change the exposure, which doens't come out good)

2) Using CS3 to merge HDR, use Photomatix(it's free w/watermark)

3) Make sure camera is in Raw, jpeg works too, but Raw works the best. Start off with 3 exposure's once you get your tripod, one correctly exposed, one over, one under and then merge with photomatix and you should get a nice picture. Goodluck

 

MODS

Havent posted here in a while due to the ever growing amount of a$$holes with nothing constructive to say. They stand behind keyboards and act tough. Please delete this thread I no longer feel like sharing, thanks!

 

Try this next time.

1. Get a tripod.
2. Take 5 different exposures
3. Merge them in Photomatix
4. Open the image in Photoshop and make your final touches.
5. Buy a better lens. The stock lens is not very good. A good low budget lens would be the Nikon 50mm 1.8, great for night pictures and very sharp.

Good luck OP, lots of learning and playing from here.

 

Eh don't give up because of one person. Its all about learning, *******s are everywhere, just not on forums.

 

To those that dont know, this is called constructive criticism!

Thanks for the advise, I actually got a Tripod now, was messing around with the camera, and some online tutorials during my lunch break. I'm no expert and didnt claim to be one hence the title.

Thanks again. I'll try that.

 

Very very true, me and Rob definetly are trying to help you bro. Take another shot at it

 

Thanks for the positive feedback. Got the tripod got the camera just dont got the knowledge yet. Knowledge is power, def excited to get out there and learn! Only reason I posted here is cause of the amount of experts with photography I was looking for help and got it, thanks a lot!

THEOTHERROB - The photo in your avatar is sick, this is what I'm looking to get to with trial and error!

 

^ Thanks.

Now look into finding Photomatix, you should not have any trouble finding it. If you do however, PM me.

 

google it.

or get it from a torrent DL (isohunt.com)

it works magic...there are few tricks you can use like take a really good (and sometimes long exposed picture) which looks perfect to you. goto photoshop change the exposure to +3 and -3 save each one separately, put it in photomatix and blamo you have yourself an hdr pix

 

I think it looks good. Keep trying.

 

Adobe lightroom 2...very nice and decently easy to use program.

Non HDR image Im using a Nikon D80

 

you actually.. technically dont need more than one exposure for a HDR. its just an exposure that is true to life... details in shadows. you can get that from raw processing and a few other ways.

example




that one could of been more drastic but it didnt need it

 

I'd imagine all modern dslrs have a bracketing feature and burst mode.

Technically you do. An HDR, by definition, is multiple exposures. Generating a psudo HDR image from a single file is tone mapping. Your end result has no more dynamic range than the original file.

 

an HDR is tone mapping once you play with shadows and highlights... and that in the end is what helps give it the "hdr look".

so using one exposure versus more and getting almost the same result... doesnt make it any less of an "HDR" really. Still more details in shadows and highlights. I could pull an "HDR" image out of a single exposure...its just a matter of editing.

 

"You're just tone mapping the single image, it's not really HDR since you're still limited to the camera's dynamic range. With true HDR, you overcome the limitations of the camera's dynamic range."