Playing with HDR...

[kimberlytm]

I've been playing with HDR a bit!
Before:



After (Looks a bit grainy when scaled down like this):

[richardpsic]

I love it! this is the effect that I can't get in some photos, how you did it? did you use a single image for this HDR?.
good job!

[kimberlytm]

Thank you!!

I actually used a free download program called Dynamic-photo HDR. It uses 3 copies of the same photo, then you can change the exposure on each of them and then program aligns the photos for you and it has a few different effects to choose from. It's fun. I really want to learn to do this myself without the software.

[redthedunns]

Wow that looks great! I love the expression on the little boy's face. Priceless.

[LadyMac]

I really like the way you have bought this one up. Nice work

[sweetpea1981]

Definite improvement on the original! Everything seems clearer (if a little over sharpened) and the colours are great. Only thing I'd nit pick is perhaps you have dirt on your lens or sensor as there seems to be some specks I'd have photoshopped out? Very cute kid though, love his expression...

[krypticide]

I think the HDR adds some added "punch" to the image, so it's definitely well-used here.

[charliere]

Nice job, you can do it with photoshop, but you need to take atleast 3 pictures with different exposure, You have to use the AEB option of your camera, and Raw format, I recomend you use a tripod and a remote control or sefttimer when you take the pictures, after look this tutorial, good look... and great picture.

[AndreaT]

What a difference!! I really like what you did!! It made the colors pop!!

[Murtasma]

That's not really an HDR image. If you just use the exposer adjustment on a single RAW image you actually don't gain any data, detail pixels whatever you want to call it. It just really changes the luminosity values of pixels which dosen't equate to an increase in detail or gives you the ability to recover detail in really blown out or under exposed areas in the image.

Try doing the same thing with a sky that's totally blown out (pure white). You will see what I'm talking about (You won't be able to recover the sky like you would be able to with a properly under exposed image). Nice work however not over done and I think it helped the image.