Untitled HDR, My first one

[Greg McCary]

This is my first attempt at an HDR. I guess you can see why I tried one here. This is 11 exposures. What do you think?
Greg

[Didache]

Greg - good job as an HDR! You've got all the tones, inside and out. If anything I would be inclined to darken it just a tad - but good job and the viewpoint is terrific - it's not often you get to see right through a building like that.

Cheers
Mike

[Has He Lost His Mind?]

I think 11 exposures was a bit too much. You just need 3~5, and you even can do a fake tone mapping with 1 RAW.

[swmdrayfan]

I don't know much about HDR Greg, but it works for me. Great view all the way through.

[Tyson L. Sparks]

I think I read somewhere that you can do like 16 for an HDR. I think what you did here is great, the foreground is a bit light but it might be my monitor.

Great job here Greg, I like this one.

[Greg McCary]

I think 11 exposures was a bit too much. You just need 3~5, and you even can do a fake tone mapping with 1 RAW.

If all you do is three to five how far apart do you space the shutter speed? I tried this one at first with eight and it was good but not as good as the eleven. I shouldn't say this is my first, but it is my first serious attempt. The others were just tests. I may go back to he RAW files and see just how close to this I can get without it being an HDR, but I must say I am happy with this and have learned a couple of things.
Greg

[Has He Lost His Mind?]

If all you do is three to five how far apart do you space the shutter speed? I tried this one at first with eight and it was good but not as good as the eleven. I shouldn't say this is my first, but it is my first serious attempt. The others were just tests. I may go back to he RAW files and see just how close to this I can get without it being an HDR, but I must say I am happy with this and have learned a couple of things.
Greg

+- 1 ev. That'll be fine.

[Don Schaeffer]

Just plain elegant if you ask me.

[GB1]

Looking at the result, it does seem surreal. There is some distortion/whatever on the left side of hte entrance arch. Ottherwise, it seems to be a decent first HDR. That's coming from someone who's not done one yet however.

Actually, there's one thing that bothers me here; the picture is slightly rotated CW, bout 1 degree. With geometrics you really have to get this stuff pur-fect........ it just doesn't look right otherwise.

GB

[Seb]

Greg,

This is a bit tilted as GB1 noted and the front of the building seems a bit washed out. There is something odd about the light and the colors in the stairs outside. Other than that, I think that your composition is excellent and I must point out that I have no experience with HDR myself.

Seb

[Orgnoi1]

FINALLY! Someone who makes a proper HDR!!! I dont personally see any tilting and such since if you measure both sides of the image they hold true...

HDR is a tool... like any other tool... whether you do 3 images... or 16 doesnt matter as long as the tool is used properly... and this time it was... nothing looks "fake" in the image whatsoever... color and tone seem to be pretty spot on for what I would assume the shot looks like...

Good job Greg!

[Greg McCary]

Mike, Thanks
Has He Lost His Mind, I will certainly try your tips next time out. I just need to find the right subject again.
John, Tyson,Ross and Don,Thanks.
GB1, Seb, I do see the lean. I am not sure if the steps are unlevel or this is perspective from not shooting dead on. I also see the wash out on the lower left. I shot this in Raw and this maybe from each exposure sharpening slightly when I converted them to jpeg. Maybe I should have shot them all in jpeg. Next time out I will shot both ways. I have saturated this since posting and have also darkened it some. Thanks for your help.

[livin4lax09]

awesome. This is a very appealing type of HDR, one that captures everything in the correct exposure in the scene. Much closer to what the actual eye would see, and isn't that what we are going for with most types of photography?

[Greg McCary]

awesome. This is a very appealing type of HDR, one that captures everything in the correct exposure in the scene. Much closer to what the actual eye would see, and isn't that what we are going for with most types of photography?

Thanks Brent for the compliments.......

[readingr]

Greg,

Don't know I missed this for so long - but I like the attempt. Can you post the edited version with the front toned down please?

I wouldn't rotate this but use the transform tool to get things vertical. Most of it looks like the door is leaning backwards. Just did a tutorial on this which came with a mag here in the UK (Digital Photo). It consists of dragging out the corners of the picture which brings things vertical...

Roger

[Greg McCary]

Greg,

Don't know I missed this for so long - but I like the attempt. Can you post the edited version with the front toned down please?

I wouldn't rotate this but use the transform tool to get things vertical. Most of it looks like the door is leaning backwards. Just did a tutorial on this which came with a mag here in the UK (Digital Photo). It consists of dragging out the corners of the picture which brings things vertical...

Roger

Here is a toned down version.I wonder does the Magazine sell here in the US.

[readingr]

Here is a toned down version.I wonder does the Magazine sell here in the US.

Greg,

You can subscribe world wide but the transform was only a small part of the item I looked at.

I can post a corrected version which takes about 1 minute to complete.

If you do the following:
1. make space around the picture
2. create a duplicate layer
3. go to edit menu - transform - perspective and just grab the top left square and drag it left till the whole thing looks right its about an inch.

You end up with this.

Hope you don't mind me editing the photo.

Roger

[Greg McCary]

Nice edit Roger, Thanks for the info. I will use this on the final version. If I have a problem figuring it all out I will PM you.

[GB1]

The edit is good and I really like how the tilt is fixed. But I also really would like some space around the sides of the arch.

[Mr Yuck]

beautifully realistic tonemapping.

The composition is perfect, and the patterns are good.

I usually just use 3 or 4 exposures for my HDRs, one for the sky, one for the ground, and one or two at what the meter says to do, but if you've got the patience for 11, more power to ya, it looks very even and smooth. Nice work.

[Greg McCary]

Thanks for commenting GB1, I agree it's a bit tight but I had to crop it this way to gwt it even on both sides. If I ever reshoot I will back up a bit more.
Roger, Thanks a million that's one sweet trick. I might have done it in 30sec?
Thank Mr. Yuck I am glad you like it....

[afdlips]

hit up border's for that magazine. the british ones are a lot better than anything ive read from the u.s. I dont know why. its just expensive because its imported.

[readingr]

Thanks for commenting GB1, I agree it's a bit tight but I had to crop it this way to gwt it even on both sides. If I ever reshoot I will back up a bit more.
Roger, Thanks a million that's one sweet trick. I might have done it in 30sec?
Thank Mr. Yuck I am glad you like it....

Greg,

I have an old machine:cryin: and included starting of CS to saving :lol:

They have a web site with some hints and tips you can download at:
http://www.photographymags.co.uk/nav?page=photography

Roger

[starriderrick]

Greg.Impressive work with these images, this is a great thread to learn.
I really like what Brent said.True that. :O)


Rick