Newfoundland Pano

[Newfie]

This is a panorama of a sunset over the harbour in St. John's earlier this summer. It's not the best picture but I like the colours and I'm partial to the location.

[windrider86]

Altho its a beautiful sunset the ground seems to dark for my taste or maybe too much?

[drrlam]

. . . a great candidate for HDR.

I imagine it would work very well, even though it is a panorama.

[Newfie]

Sorry folks. Still trying to keep track of the acronyms...what is HDR?

[burntpixel]

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. Which in turn means blending 2 or more exposures. A good way of achieving this is to bracket your shot two stops +2....-2 Be sure though that your first shot is properly exposed. Then you will take these 3 images into a program such as photomatix where the 3 images become one. I use this quite a bit on my virtual tours, always have issues with the sun blowing out my windows. It will also be beneficial to use a tri-pod for exposure times can be long.
Just shot this tour this morning, see how you can see out the windows while the rest of the room is properly exposed? HDR/ High Dynamic Range Don't mind the tripod on the floor or the black square in the ceiling, did not have time to clone them out before heading to work.

Hope this helped,
bp

[drrlam]

Here are a few links that might help. I know that PS CS2 and CS3 both have HDR capabilities, but they aren't as polished as that offered by Photomatix (although still quite useable!!!)

Here are the links:
VanillaDays - Amazing photos!
Before the Coffee

I hope you have fun! I do. I still haven't got the permutations quite right yet. My photos come out looking very plasticky. . . . I keep trying!

[Newfie]

I looked into it and it sure can produce some stunning pics. Here's my weak attempt. The hills are still a bit too dark I think. I used Photoshop to simulate a couple of different exposures and Photomatrix to bring them together.

[shepdc]

wow! that looks great. brining out the foreground really made a difference!

[drrlam]

Its hard unless you make the +2ev and -2ev exposures whilst you're there. I know it is possible using the single shot (another reason to shoot RAW), but the results obviously aren't as good as those done with the 3 exposures. I do think it does help though - your saturation has definitly improved!

Also using a tripod for the 3 exposures helps too!!

[jollence]

Not bad, look much nicer after the foreground reveal