Few HDR from the past week

myshkin · Apr 2, 2012

Here's a few shots from the past week. I just got the D800 and have been really enjoying it. All of these are shot with it

1. 5 exp photomatix, Lake Dillon Colorado

2. 5 exp photomatix, Wetlands Frisco, CO

3. 2 exp manual blend, Same shot but this is a 2 exp manual blend not sure which I prefer

4. 2 exp manual blend, Peak 8 base area

5. 2 exp manual blend, Do you think the streaks in the foreground add or take from the photo?

Majeed Badizadegan · Apr 2, 2012

Good stuff! Strong set.

vipgraphx · Apr 2, 2012

WOW love those night shots! Obviously without the red streaks would be ideal but its is not a deal Breaker for me!

The second shot is also very nice. Composition is really good.

Thanks for sharing!

myshkin · Apr 2, 2012

thanks, I waited for the streaks, I like it and think it adds something different to the scene. I really hate the size limits here. How do you post the pics so they link back to flickr?

vipgraphx · Apr 2, 2012

go to your flickr image and click on it and share select grab HTML/BBCode copy and paste that code in your thread text here on the forum and it will link.

You can choose what size you want to display. I choose large, oh yeah and make cure you select the bbcode and not the html.

DiskoJoe · Apr 2, 2012

Nice work. Only suggestion is taht with shots like #1 try to get even closer to the rocks for more detail in the foreground.

RedVixen81 · Apr 2, 2012

Those are, IMO, Beautiful!...

mistermonday · Apr 2, 2012

Really nice set of shots. I like the last two best and don't mind the red light streaks at all. According to my calculations a D800 RAW file should open as a whopping 216MB for a single layer 16 bit image. So I am curious to know what happens to your processing time when you load and merge a set of 5 bracketed shots. Does you HDRs/w choke up or take a non linearly long time to merge the source files?
Regards, Murray

webrotate360 · Apr 2, 2012

The last three are just gorgeous. The streaks only add to the mystery I think.

janok · Apr 2, 2012

Great set - #1 and #2 are my favorites.

BZSPhotography · Apr 4, 2012

They're really nice, just one question, i use photomatix as well, all i have to ask is, how do you take the 5exp? i usually do em at 3 exp...

ann · Apr 4, 2012

One can manual change the exposures as many as needed, or use AEB, you using Canon which limits the number of AEB shots, some cameras allow more; i.e. I can do 9 with my d700.

The number of exposures has to do with the range of light and the camera, the software doesn't care. I have taken photos using up to 13 exposures. Dan Burkholder with his NO book sometimes did 20.

myshkin · Apr 7, 2012

Out of all the programs I have used with the D800 raws photomatix struggles the most. I don;t see a big difference with LR4 or photoshop but photomatix really takes a long time to load the raws. I would say it took maybe a minute before with the D700, but now with the D800 I think it takes over 5 minutes to load the files.

mistermonday said:
Really nice set of shots. I like the last two best and don't mind the red light streaks at all. According to my calculations a D800 RAW file should open as a whopping 216MB for a single layer 16 bit image. So I am curious to know what happens to your processing time when you load and merge a set of 5 bracketed shots. Does you HDRs/w choke up or take a non linearly long time to merge the source files? Regards, Murray

mistermonday · Apr 7, 2012

myshkin said:
Out of all the programs I have used with the D800 raws photomatix struggles the most. I don;t see a big difference with LR4 or photoshop but photomatix really takes a long time to load the raws. I would say it took maybe a minute before with the D700, but now with the D800 I think it takes over 5 minutes to load the files.

mistermonday said:

Really nice set of shots. I like the last two best and don't mind the red light streaks at all. According to my calculations a D800 RAW file should open as a whopping 216MB for a single layer 16 bit image. So I am curious to know what happens to your processing time when you load and merge a set of 5 bracketed shots. Does you HDRs/w choke up or take a non linearly long time to merge the source files? Regards, Murray

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You might want to try Oloneo's PhotoEngine.
Regards, Murray

mistermonday · Apr 7, 2012

myshkin said:
Out of all the programs I have used with the D800 raws photomatix struggles the most. I don;t see a big difference with LR4 or photoshop but photomatix really takes a long time to load the raws. I would say it took maybe a minute before with the D700, but now with the D800 I think it takes over 5 minutes to load the files.

mistermonday said:

Really nice set of shots. I like the last two best and don't mind the red light streaks at all. According to my calculations a D800 RAW file should open as a whopping 216MB for a single layer 16 bit image. So I am curious to know what happens to your processing time when you load and merge a set of 5 bracketed shots. Does you HDRs/w choke up or take a non linearly long time to merge the source files? Regards, Murray

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Mysh, to update you, I got hold of 3 D800 RAW files (approx 45 MB each). They were singles and not from the same bracketed set so I expected the results to look like an ugly mess, but Photoengine loaded and merged them in just under 16 secs.
Regards, Murray