I have fallen in love with HDR processing. Even though I have found out recently that I may not be doing it correctly, I have noticed I have 6 out of 7 post this week that are HDR. Show me your HDR for the week of June 18 ~ 25.
Here are a few of mine
THE HILL HOMESTEAD
SPLENDER IN THE GRASS
DESERT STORM
LONE WINDMILL
WHEEL ON THE WHARF
@cheribug Thanks, I just found out I have been donig the bracketing and exposure stops wrong, so maybe my work will continue to improve now that I have the correct info for the processing. I got osme great advice from one of our fellow 365r's @jwlynn64 John Lynn. ;) This communityis the best and I have learned so much here.
@shirljess how are you doing it wrong? I use light room and make 3 or 5 shots of the same pic at different exposure levels. -2, -1, 0, +1, and +2 - save them then go into Photmatix and get all 5 and go from there.. :-) no way could I take 3 or 5 pics of the same thing without moving.. LOL.. But yours look good. Love the Green car the best!
@cheribug Well, because I am an idiot for one... ha ha ha! I thought someone had told me (most likely I misunderstood) that since I have the D3100 and no auto bracketing that I would need to 1) set to auto and get the correct exposure and f/stop, then 2) I would have to click twice to get the next exposure so on and so on.. come to find out that has not been giving me the doubled values that I need for the correct exposures. Keep in mind I just got my DSLR for Christmas of 2012 and had never had one before, so am just learning and wasn't quit sure that I understand the stops for exposures, but now with Johns help I think I am on the right track. I have always done 9 exposures, John only does 3 and I see you do 5. However, as John pointed out I was ending up with wrong exposure stops and only getting maybe two under and 6 overexposed at the wrong value to boot... soooo, like I mentioned starting here going forward I hope my images improve. ;) Oh, and yes am using Photomatix pro. Also, I ma shooting hand held at the site and like I said just clicking off 9 shots at what I thought ws the right exposures. WRONG, oh well learn something new everyday.
I love that HDR pulls out all the colours - although I'm very conscious of over-doing it. Most of my shots from June 18 - 25 were HDR - I've only included a couple here...
Beautiful pictures. Now I have a "dumb" question. How do you do or process an HDR resolution. I think this means High Definition Resolution? Is that correct?
@henrir - Henri, HDR means High Dynamic Range. It's an attempt to make a picture appear more like what the eye would see. The eye can see a much larger dynamic range than any camera's sensor can. So, the idea is to take a series of bracketed images and then process them so the best parts of each one makes an image that is closer to what your eye sees.
It can be a bit of a slippery slope, however, in that it can be overdone and look really unnatural. Some seem to like that look, some don't. I strive to make mine look more natural so you can't tell it's been HDR processed.
ETA, I use HDRExpress.
HTH.
@orangecrush OMG, I did not notice those at the first glance. Ha Ha. Was this taken at an airplane museum? I went to one in Palm Springs and they had tons inside as well as outside.
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It can be a bit of a slippery slope, however, in that it can be overdone and look really unnatural. Some seem to like that look, some don't. I strive to make mine look more natural so you can't tell it's been HDR processed.
ETA, I use HDRExpress.
HTH.
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