Hdr

[JackinthePan]

Hello, this is my first HDR



I thought it was a good subject to try it on. Done it with Photoshop and nothing else, is this good enough? Have I done it right?

Any comments would be appreciated

Cheers,

[jbm1991]

Pretty good HDR But it's a little bright for my tastes.You could try darkening it a bit on photoshop which might help a little.
When i make HDRs i use "qtpfsgui" to make the HDR touch up the photo in photoshop. Qtpfsgui is a free program to download, and is really good to have a play around with. "Mantiuk" is a particular favorite blending mode of mine on it
Also, you may be interested in this Flickr group: Flickr: My First HDR - beginners group


Best wishes
John

[edbayani]

as jbm 1991 says, it is too bright and just a liitle soft.
you can try pressing ctrl J to duplicate the layer and change the the blend mode to multiply.
if you find the rocks on top still light, you can just select it with a lasso tool and press ctrll J again to darken it some more and sharpen a little the rock layer with unsharp mask.

[jbm1991]

JackinthePan, would it be possible for you to post, or link to the images on flickr or somewhere. Then myself and others could have a try making an HDR and if it's one you like we can tell you how we did it.

Best wishes
John

[Edsport]

Did you use 3 or more bracketed shots for the hdr?

[JackinthePan]

Hey, i will definately try that program out, jbm1991.

I used 3 shots for this. I do really like this shot, I like the glow from it. And great tip, edbayani, I played about with this a bit but got nothing I liked as much, just sometimes feel I'm over processing, might be something I will start from scratch.
Don't know if I fully understand what HDR is yet?? I'm seeing a lot of fantasy-like images which I am not sure I like as much. Is my pic really HDR?

Would I benefit from something like Photomatix?