First HDR attempt ever

CraniumDesigns · Mar 8, 2009

First HDR attempt ever. Shot at a Chevy's restaurant. Attempting to follow Trey Ratcliffe's tutorial at HDR Tutorial | High Dynamic Range Tutorial. Shot at -2, 0, +2. F11. ISO 400.

Thoughts?

Mgw189 · Mar 8, 2009

Awesome use of the HDR and congrats on the tonemapping as well. It has a very realistic look to it. The only downside I would say is that there are blown out highlights which HDR is supposed to help correct.

CraniumDesigns · Mar 8, 2009

yeah, i'm ok with the lights, but the window is blown out. shoulda blocked it with the column. oh wells. not bad for a first attempt, and now i can learn from it. thanks

z06-jim · Mar 8, 2009

Great job with the HDR processing......:thumbup:

Mgw189 · Mar 8, 2009

No no not the lights I was talking mostly of the door and some of the stuff on the wall from the door. This almost looks as though it was a commercial shot. Do you work there? If so consider maybe trying to block the door with something to eliminate the blown areas.

CraniumDesigns · Mar 8, 2009

naw, i dont work there. i have a real job

they just had a big empty seating area and i was there with a big party for lunch, so decided to try my hand at it. they had a lot of random light coming in from windows and doors. indoor HDR's are probably best done at night, or with certain lights blocked.

see how you learn by doing???