HDR help.

[compleks]

Yesterday was my first attempt at HDR photography.
(Don't hate me, I'm still learning and curious to try it all)

This was my rough guide:
Part 1: High Noon Light Ingo Meckmann Photography – The Blog

I couldn't stick to it exactly as I'm using older software.

So here's my problem.



When I merged my 3 photos using Photomatix, it returned with this green tinted image...?
I'm pretty sure I didn't do anything wrong. My individual images were all well white balanced, and I didn't mess with the photomatix white balance settings at all.

I did my best to reduce the tint before saving the image.
Then once in LightRoom I did what I could to restore the natural colour.



I'm not too disappointed with the result. I'm just not sure how to correct the tinting problem as it has happened with 3 separate attempts (different photos).

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks as usual!

[sarahle]

I think you did a fine job for a first attempt at HDR. I have not attempted it yet, but it appears to me that you have a good grasp of the concept. The one thing that screams out at me(and it is totally fixable) is your horizon appears to be crooked...it looks like your tree is going to fall down. The roof line on the house gives away the problem..if you can fix that, I think you're doing pretty well.

[SaraJean]

I agree with sarahle,
while I'm no expert in HDR and many would tell you my dislike for HDR in general, This one is well done without being to over exaggerated. Again, I can't tell you why it was turned green but you did a great job at restoring the color again!

[compleks]

Thanks for the replies Sara and Sarahle.

I'm generally not a big HDR fan myself, but I've seen some that are done quite well. I'm still fairly new to photography and am keen to try out a bit of everything. So I thought I would give HDR a chance.
I'll have to try a few more shots soon and see if I can solve this green tint issue.

Cheers!

[Eyad]

Hi,

This shouldn't happen if your pics are all sync'd on the same white balance with the same aperture.

Try synchronizing the settings in LR and set the preset in your HDR program to default. This should do the work.

I've done HDRs before so I can say: Nice work you've done, just small notes for you to consider:

1- The horizon the be leveled.
2- The white halos around the trees should be reduced, sometimes it's done manually but you can also do it by playing with the "light smoothing" settings in the HDR program.

Hope this helps.

[sk66]

What software were you using?
In Photomatix there is a box with a few options for the program to "read" the profile curves of the images upon import. You may not have had that option enabled, or a "less suitable" option selected.

[compleks]

Cheers for the pointers!
Much appreciated.

I'll be giving this another shot soon and see if I can correct that annoying tint.

For those of you who shoot HDR, what exposure settings do you use for the under/over exposed shots? (I was shooting at 1.0 either side I think)

Thanks

[Eyad]

Depends on how many brackets, I shoot 5 with -+1EV, sometimes 3 with -+2EV.

Other schools say you should do it manually by measuring the light in brightest and darkest spots and work out the stops to know how many frames.... Anyway, stick to the auto bracketing for now