Still trying to tone map correctly..

[mrpolitics]

Finally got the latest photomatix, and tried to tone map an HDR shot to something reasonable. This is a shot of a lounge area at Thomas More College in KY. I used 5 shots separated by 2 stops.

Middle Shot (a bit over exposed)




Final tonemapped.

[xxpinballxx]

IM thinking its a great job......came out well on my screen!
I think its real warm but that appears to be the lighting and the walls the light is reflecting off of.....one question...are the stools and tables black or dark brown? I might try a tiny bit of levels adjustment but to me you did a good job here....not too much just the right amount to show what you wanted without going over to the artistic side too far.

[kirbinster]

Looks very good, the only change you might want to try is to lighten up the upper left corner.

[mrpolitics]

The stools are black.

Thanks for the compliments! I'll work on the left upper corner.

[richardpsic]

Wow it looks pretty cool, looks almost like video game graphics .

[jojonac]

Wow great result. I have been thinking about getting photomatrix but Im still unsure about how often I would be using it.

[cochiece]

Originally Posted by jojonac

Wow great result. I have been thinking about getting photomatrix but Im still unsure about how often I would be using it.

I'd definitely recommend Photomatix - you can get both cartoony and realistic HDR-esque results from it. As for the picture above I'm using a terrible monitor with awful color so I'll hold off judgment 'till another day

[prince]

I love light effects like these and you have done a good job with the lights and its effects. The scene looks very dramatic... May be a location for a movie?

[Lurch]

Nice, have you tried playing with the shadow/higlight adjustment in ps after you have tonemapped..?