Playing with HDR

[Tom Sutherland]

Hi this is one of my fist attempts at HDR, have I included enough contrast or simply HDR'd it for the sake of it in your opinion?

[fletch]

It doesn't look like HDR which is both really good and really pointless.

IMO this picture doesn't need HDR as it looks as though you could expose correctly using on shot. It could probably do with a touch of PP to make it pop though. Maybe some sharpening and a bit of satuartion.

Caviat: Its hard to tell how much the ataching process has degraded the image. For future critiques concider uploading the image to Flickr or something similar prior to posting here.

[arlon]

I like the HDR where you have to ask if is or isn't. I can't imagine being able to get that cloud exposure from a single shot as suggested above. Possible from a single tone mapped RAW file or maybe with a graduated ND filter but then it looks like you used a graduated ND filter. Persnally I like the way the clouds work in this one. Looks good to me for a first try!

I would have gone for more exposure in the shadows at the front of the bike. What was the EV range of your input shots?

[Tom Sutherland]

Originally Posted by arlon

What was the EV range of your input shots?

I would love to tell you but I have no idea what that means! Also, I didn't use a filter.

[PowerPix]

Originally Posted by Tom Sutherland

I would love to tell you but I have no idea what that means! Also, I didn't use a filter.

Exposure Value (EV) range is the number of stops you have between exposures. For example if you took three bracketed shots, one at -2EV (dark), one at 0EV (normal), and one at +2EV (bright), -2EV to +2EV would equal your exposure range.

[plangereis]

I like th processing on this shot, although I agree that the shadows in the foreground need more exposure to bring out the details, and like Fletch said you might want to increase contrast and saturation to give it more punch. Love the way the sky looks! One last thing: The horizon looks like it needs straightening.