The Rocking Rockies - VI - Another first for me - fake HDR

[atulsc]

Here is a fake HDR I created using single JPG,
though it does not look anything like a HDR image
the details however are amazingly enhanced using these techniques..
this was my first attempt, so HDR experts please excuse me :-D for calling it so...

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Before...


Cooked some fresh one's in my kitchen, i can't really say which one i like better..



slightly overdone.... could not stop experimenting... the detail that comes out is simply amazing.



Here are older threads from this series...

http://digital-photography-school.co...rama-shot.html

http://digital-photography-school.co...ird-shots.html

http://digital-photography-school.co...ke-louise.html

http://digital-photography-school.co...ooms-snow.html

http://digital-photography-school.co...-moutains.html

[bradzo66]

I dont know that I'm an expert but I do get the exact same effect from one , three or five bracketed exposures ( check out my Flickr) adding more contrast and shadow in post will help to give the depth you need to get good HDR'ish effects . This is a cool shot and no excusing is neccessary , we all do our own thing with the tools available and call it art , no problem there . Cheers .

[jack russell]

what did you use Ac? it's a great piece of work!

[VegasMike]

AC, I think this looks pretty good. It definitely brought out the color and highlights in the trees when compared to the original. I believe true HDR for most of us is not viewable with the monitors most of us have any way.

[atulsc]

Originally Posted by bradzo66

I dont know that I'm an expert but I do get the exact same effect from one , three or five bracketed exposures ( check out my Flickr) adding more contrast and shadow in post will help to give the depth you need to get good HDR'ish effects . This is a cool shot and no excusing is neccessary , we all do our own thing with the tools available and call it art , no problem there . Cheers .

Thanks Brad, ill check it and try to learn from your work.

Originally Posted by jack russell

what did you use Ac? it's a great piece of work!

In very few words this is what i did

Software:

Photomatix Pro 3.2 Trial version
- To play with all the HDR sliders
- Opened 2 copies of the same image (JPG shot with my D60)

Photoshop CS4 Trial
- For Some more enhacements and corrections
- Combined the original and result of Photomatix HDR as told by the stuck in customs tutorial
- Made some correction in Camera Raw mode
- Made the people disappear - forgot to remove the girl from the original image
- Did some cheating and removed the watermarks put by Photomatix trial version


Tutorial:

For most part I used

HDR Tutorial | High Dynamic Range Tutorial

then i could not follow every instruction in this tutorial so i looked up as many tutorials as i could find to make sense of what i'm supposed to do. Worked through it only with one jpg image

Originally Posted by VegasMike

AC, I think this looks pretty good. It definitely brought out the color and highlights in the trees when compared to the original. I believe true HDR for most of us is not viewable with the monitors most of us have any way.

Thanks Mike. That's probably true, at the end its better picture than before

[leonaashlee]

It's Wonderful work...and a beautiful photo too

[Fred flyfisher]

Well, you got some good results AC, beautiful work buddy.

[tycooder]

This is very good really enhanced the colors and doesn't look anywhere near as harsh as most HDRs

[atulsc]

Originally Posted by leonaashlee

It's Wonderful work...and a beautiful photo too

Thanks Leona.

Originally Posted by Fred flyfisher

Well, you got some good results AC, beautiful work buddy.

Thanks Fred

Originally Posted by tycooder

This is very good really enhanced the colors and doesn't look anywhere near as harsh as most HDRs

Thanks tycooder, i tried to make it look like other HDR images, but i just could not get it.. However looking at the result it was worth the effort and i was happy to learn new tricks.

[bradzo66]

Just as a small side note , look into the Topaz Filter plugins for PS , they are amazing for HDR post work.