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Old 07-13-08, 10:58 PM
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My first HDR pics!

I'm not sure I like the way they turned out. I'd have spent a lot more time editing them but I don't have PS on my computer and pretty much used it for the first time today on my dad's computer which he uses for work, so I only had about 30 minutes to do these two pics plus my sweet new sig!

So let me know what you think, how I can improve them and what I'm doing wrong. all that stuff. That whole thing with the histogram chart and moving the curves TOTALLY lost me, so I just kinda moved em around to something decent. HDR guys, HELP ME OUT! Lol... Let me know whatcha think everyone...



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im lovin that rising sun lol
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HDR is High Dynamic Range. You have to shoot 3 different exposures in exactly the same frame to do this. Usually shooting in RAW format. You then combine them and merge them into a photo processing program.

HDR captures more vivid colors and shows every level of exposure to create a more depth of field to give a crazy kind of look.



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Nice hammock!
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i got a 5.1 megapixel cam from 2004.. so if i take pics on a tripod, take 1 with regular settings, maybe one with timing exposure, and another with a longer exposure, then use photoshop to layer them, i could come up wiht some professional looking pics??

i took this with a time exposure and tripod
http://tunerbase.com/ads/night13.JPG
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Originally Posted by Hypertek
i got a 5.1 megapixel cam from 2004.. so if i take pics on a tripod, take 1 with regular settings, maybe one with timing exposure, and another with a longer exposure, then use photoshop to layer them, i could come up wiht some professional looking pics??

i took this with a time exposure and tripod
http://tunerbase.com/ads/night13.JPG
Pretty much.
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you can do it that way... but merging them in an HDR type compressing option works better. Depending on what photoshop you have, it should have that option already. I just don't know if you can shoot in RAW instead of Jpeg w/ your camera tho.
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Originally Posted by import_tuner
im lovin that rising sun lol
Dude I know. Pretty much the best/only mod on my car! Lol...

Originally Posted by rotarybeat1287
HDR is High Dynamic Range. You have to shoot 3 different exposures in exactly the same frame to do this. Usually shooting in RAW format. You then combine them and merge them into a photo processing program.

HDR captures more vivid colors and shows every level of exposure to create a more depth of field to give a crazy kind of look.
That's what I did! Can't you tell? BTW, that first picture you posted is TOTALLY screwing with my mind...

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Nice hammock!
We got that in the Philippines as well as those hanging lantern thingies. Street Vendors FTW! Lol...

Originally Posted by Hypertek
i got a 5.1 megapixel cam from 2004.. so if i take pics on a tripod, take 1 with regular settings, maybe one with timing exposure, and another with a longer exposure, then use photoshop to layer them, i could come up wiht some professional looking pics??
Basically. I used this as my tutorial: http://backingwinds.blogspot.com/200...dr-images.html

It works a lot better in Photoshop CS2 or 3 because it actually has a "Compress to HDR" function.
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No, I couldn't tell b/c there isn't that much difference and range of color in your picture... that's why I posted.
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Originally Posted by rotarybeat1287
No, I couldn't tell b/c there isn't that much difference and range of color in your picture... that's why I posted.
So what should I change? As far as PS settings go...
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Originally Posted by Saavedro88
Basically. I used this as my tutorial: http://backingwinds.blogspot.com/200...dr-images.html

It works a lot better in Photoshop CS2 or 3 because it actually has a "Compress to HDR" function.

Thanks! ill have to try that.. 2 years ago when i still had my 240sx i messed around with a tripod and snapped like different exposures , i think i still got the pics on my hard drive, will be cool to use em.
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