Minna HDR

[vik]

I'm slowly getting the hang of this technique of creating HDRs but still have some questions on how I can make my image look much more "cleaner". When I see a professional HDR, I notice that the photo is pristine in clarity and quality...almost jumps at you out of the photo. I am not sure if this is because of heavy post processing (photoshop) or because of shooting in RAW. I am not very experienced in shooting with RAW...so please give me some pointers....also let me know how you like this one...

The above is a handheld 3 shots at -1, 0 +1 EV
Shutter speed: 1/60
Post processing with Photomatix and GIMPshop.

[Tito87]

I'm no HDR expert, I'm just learning it as well. So, take this with a grain of salt: for what I understand, the exposures values should be 0EV, +2EV,-2EV; and you're supposed to change exposures with the shutter speed, not with the f/stops. BTW, a tripod is heavily recommended.

[EOBeav]

1. An HDR image should stand on it's own compositionally, same as a single-exposure image.

2. Your boat moved during the sequence (or your hand did), and Photomatix didn't handle it very well. Notice the ghosting at the front of the boat.

3. The colors don't seem real. Start out with 3 images spaced about 2 full stops apart, at -2, 0, and +2 EV, then make sure the white balance is properly adjusted. You can do this in GIMP, but Lightroom is better (I have both).

4. Shooting in RAW is best, but you should be able to get better results than this from jpeg's. Just make sure they look as good as possible SOOC.

[BK553]

Bah, two of the most overused photography gimmicks in the same image (HDR and selective color)