Aurora HDR Ghosting and Strangeness

[MidnightMovie]

Hi everyone,

I'm newer to the hdr world and I just recently purchased Aurora hdr and I'm confused as to if the problem below is the software or is it just a common problem with all HDR softwares. As you can see below, once the picture is imported, the sky has this weird-ghosting- cartoonish- turquoise stripe in it that was not originally in the picture. This happens with every hdr effect I apply to it, even the most subtle hdr filters. The sky also changes colors. Is this fixable? Am I doing something wrong?

Here's the mid range picture.

Here's the hdr version:

Any help would be beyond greatly appreciated. Thanks you

 

[KmH]

That is called banding or posterization and you have 3 band distinct colors magenta, turquoise, and purple.
What was the bit depth of the photographs you merged using that HDR application?

• Understanding Bit Depth

The scene you shot has insufficient dynamic range to justify using the HDR technique.

 

[pixmedic]

was it actual HDR, using multiple exposures?
or one picture tone mapped?

 

[MidnightMovie]

Yes. It was 3 exposures using the hdr function on the Mark iii. I have no idea what bit depth is. I guess I should look into it. Is bitdepth a function I need to adjust in the camera before shooting? Thanks so much for helping by the way.

 

[MidnightMovie]

The software says the photos are 32 bit.