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GeoJerry · 05-07-2012, 09:02 PM

Originally posted by joe.penn

Here's a high contrast hdr shot:

Great shot, but hard to tell it's HDR. That can be the best HDR of all. :-)

ruggiex · 05-07-2012, 10:31 PM

I need to be less lazy and use a tripod for HDR but this one still turned out pretty decent I think.

**blackcloudbrew** · 05-08-2012, 05:45 AM

It's a very nice effort. I particularly like how you froze the two waterfowl in the image, well done.

Tripods and HDR do go hand in hand but since I've had a K5 I've been able to do 3 image HDR +/- 1ev hand held very easily. It also helps if the initial shutter speed is on the higher end and the light level is not too low.

GeoJerry · 05-08-2012, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by blackcloudbrew

Well, here's the right place for this. I was out this past Saturday morning doing some shooting and a got these two images:...

Both of these were shot with a K5 and a DA*55 lens on a tripod at about the same distance and both are 5 image HDR series tonemapped with Photomatix. The difference is the bracketing order. Number 1 is the way I almost always do it with the camera in Av mode an the speed bracketed by the camera. Number 2 is with the camera set in Tv mode and the camera bracketed the f-stop. The difference between the two is in number 2 the tonemapped depth of field is soft but not fuzzy as in number 1. I actually kinda like the look of number 2. I hadn't really realized that the K5 was capable of doing this as I learned HDR on my K10d and have almost always shot in Av mode when bracketing.

Anyway, comment welcome and I hope this is a new concept to some as it was for me (you'd think after doing HDR for the past 4 years that I'da experimented with this before).

Wow, this is the best tip I've come across in months. Why didn't I ever think about this? Thanks! This is one of the reasons I really like this site.

**17dew** · 05-08-2012, 06:21 PM - **1 Like**

Pentax K20D 5 shot HDR

**blackcloudbrew** · 05-08-2012, 06:44 PM

Here are a couple from last Friday night's almost the supermoon .

Moon over San Francisco Bay

Another Moon (shot)

**blackcloudbrew** · 05-08-2012, 06:45 PM

Originally posted by GeoJerry

Wow, this is the best tip I've come across in months. Why didn't I ever think about this? Thanks! This is one of the reasons I really like this site.

Like I said, I never thought of that either. It just kinda happened.

ruggiex · 05-08-2012, 07:35 PM

Just back posting some of my HDR work since I didn't know this thread existed. I've just started doing HDR recently. I used to hate it so much because all I saw were those super surreal shots labeled as HDR photos, so I thought that's all it's capable of. I never knew that HDR can look very natural if it's done right until I started to play with it myself. Apologies if some of you may have seen them in the weekly threads. I know some of these can definitely be better if they were taken with tripod or with a better lens... I'm such a lazy bum

Smilesy · 05-08-2012, 09:15 PM - **1 Like**

Here is my first go at doing an HDR image using photomatix. I've tried using photoshop CS5 a few times but haven't been able to get anything that I'm at all happy with, but photomatix seems to make it much easier to create a realistic looking image.

The Pinnacle HDR | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

GeoJerry · 05-08-2012, 10:09 PM - **2 Likes**

A bog in Yosemite Valley using Photomatix and 3 handheld images, -2, 0, +2 EV.
BTW, I experimented with the above versus using a single RAW image, and then making two duplicates at -2 and +2 EV. The 3 handheld images made a much richer and stronger result. There were a few artifacts with the single RAW version.

**blackcloudbrew** · 05-13-2012, 06:22 AM

I visited the USS Iowa yesterday on the last public weekend to do so before she is towed to Los Angeles to become a museum. I got these (hand held).

Superstructure and Flag

16-Inch

EdwardConde · 05-16-2012, 10:42 PM - **2 Likes**

Hi-Octane Gas Pump...

StevePrime · 05-21-2012, 01:17 PM

That pump is a perfect candidate for HDR. Great shot, Eddie.

EdwardConde · 05-22-2012, 01:11 AM

thanks...

joe.penn · 05-22-2012, 01:26 PM

@GeoJerry - really really nice! That is worthy for a framed piece of wall art...

05-08-2012, 10:09 PM - 2 Likes	#85
GeoJerry Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,158	A bog in Yosemite Valley using Photomatix and 3 handheld images, -2, 0, +2 EV. BTW, I experimented with the above versus using a single RAW image, and then making two duplicates at -2 and +2 EV. The 3 handheld images made a much richer and stronger result. There were a few artifacts with the single RAW version. Last edited by GeoJerry; 05-22-2012 at 01:40 PM.

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05-07-2012, 09:02 PM	#76
GeoJerry Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,158	Originally posted by joe.penn Here's a high contrast hdr shot: Great shot, but hard to tell it's HDR. That can be the best HDR of all. :-)

05-07-2012, 10:31 PM	#77
ruggiex Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: East Bay Area Photos: Gallery Posts: 811	I need to be less lazy and use a tripod for HDR but this one still turned out pretty decent I think.

05-08-2012, 05:45 AM	#78
blackcloudbrew Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cotati, California USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,460	It's a very nice effort. I particularly like how you froze the two waterfowl in the image, well done. Tripods and HDR do go hand in hand but since I've had a K5 I've been able to do 3 image HDR +/- 1ev hand held very easily. It also helps if the initial shutter speed is on the higher end and the light level is not too low.

05-08-2012, 02:03 PM	#79
GeoJerry Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,158	Originally posted by blackcloudbrew Well, here's the right place for this. I was out this past Saturday morning doing some shooting and a got these two images:... Both of these were shot with a K5 and a DA*55 lens on a tripod at about the same distance and both are 5 image HDR series tonemapped with Photomatix. The difference is the bracketing order. Number 1 is the way I almost always do it with the camera in Av mode an the speed bracketed by the camera. Number 2 is with the camera set in Tv mode and the camera bracketed the f-stop. The difference between the two is in number 2 the tonemapped depth of field is soft but not fuzzy as in number 1. I actually kinda like the look of number 2. I hadn't really realized that the K5 was capable of doing this as I learned HDR on my K10d and have almost always shot in Av mode when bracketing. Anyway, comment welcome and I hope this is a new concept to some as it was for me (you'd think after doing HDR for the past 4 years that I'da experimented with this before). Wow, this is the best tip I've come across in months. Why didn't I ever think about this? Thanks! This is one of the reasons I really like this site.

05-08-2012, 06:44 PM	#81
blackcloudbrew Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cotati, California USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,460	Here are a couple from last Friday night's almost the supermoon . Moon over San Francisco Bay Another Moon (shot)

05-08-2012, 06:45 PM	#82
blackcloudbrew Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cotati, California USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,460	Originally posted by GeoJerry Wow, this is the best tip I've come across in months. Why didn't I ever think about this? Thanks! This is one of the reasons I really like this site. Like I said, I never thought of that either. It just kinda happened.

05-08-2012, 07:35 PM	#83
ruggiex Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: East Bay Area Photos: Gallery Posts: 811	Just back posting some of my HDR work since I didn't know this thread existed. I've just started doing HDR recently. I used to hate it so much because all I saw were those super surreal shots labeled as HDR photos, so I thought that's all it's capable of. I never knew that HDR can look very natural if it's done right until I started to play with it myself. Apologies if some of you may have seen them in the weekly threads. I know some of these can definitely be better if they were taken with tripod or with a better lens... I'm such a lazy bum

05-08-2012, 09:15 PM - 1 Like	#84
Smilesy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne Posts: 138	Here is my first go at doing an HDR image using photomatix. I've tried using photoshop CS5 a few times but haven't been able to get anything that I'm at all happy with, but photomatix seems to make it much easier to create a realistic looking image. The Pinnacle HDR \| Flickr - Photo Sharing!

05-13-2012, 06:22 AM	#86
blackcloudbrew Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cotati, California USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,460	I visited the USS Iowa yesterday on the last public weekend to do so before she is towed to Los Angeles to become a museum. I got these (hand held). Superstructure and Flag 16-Inch

05-16-2012, 10:42 PM - 2 Likes	#87
EdwardConde Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Los Angeles Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,520	Hi-Octane Gas Pump...

05-21-2012, 01:17 PM	#88
StevePrime Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Upper Arlington, OH Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 82	That pump is a perfect candidate for HDR. Great shot, Eddie.

05-22-2012, 01:11 AM	#89
EdwardConde Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Los Angeles Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,520	thanks...

05-22-2012, 01:26 PM	#90
joe.penn Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maryland (Right Outside Washington DC) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,902	@GeoJerry - really really nice! That is worthy for a framed piece of wall art...