First HDR. C&C please.

bevin · Feb 16, 2009

Any c&c is welcome. Thank you

prodigy2k7 · Feb 16, 2009

Not a HDR scene.... Not my style...

bevin · Feb 16, 2009

prodigy2k7 said:
Not a HDR scene.... Not my style...

Could you please be a little more specific? It's okay if it's not your style but what's the point in commenting if you are not prepared to contribute any constructive thoughts?

Also, I didn't realise there were specific "scenes" that were and were not allowed be used for HDR images :er:

somnathroy · Feb 16, 2009

bevin said:
Any c&c is welcome. Thank you

very nice , excelent composition and seen colour harmony i like very much-by

SlimPaul · Feb 16, 2009

Bevin, that's a beautiful landscape! Although I'm not a big HDR fan, I like the natural HDR look you gave to it. Too bad I don't have views like that where I live

Do you mind sharing the data?

Jaszek · Feb 16, 2009

Great shot. The only thing that bothers me is the darkening in the upper corners and around the big cloud. And remember a real HDR is the one you can't tell it was edited, unless that's what you want.

KvnO · Feb 16, 2009

prodigy2k7 said:
Not a HDR scene...

I think what he means by this is that the scene does not really have a huge range of tones requiring HDR processing (though the shadows on the mountain/hill perhaps say otherwise).

Regardless, I like the outcome.

Ecas32 · Feb 16, 2009

i think this scene is great for HDR. there might not be alot of colors, but having a high dynamic range makes it look alot better than a single exposure would.
and i think you did a great job on not over doing it.

DanCanon · Feb 16, 2009

I also like the shot. it'd be nicer if it wasn't dark around the cloud and in the corners but the colors and composition do it for me. Especially for your first, I'm still trying to get a hang of it.

ANDS! · Feb 16, 2009

KvnO said:
I think what he means by this is that the scene does not really have a huge range of tones requiring HDR processing (though the shadows on the mountain/hill perhaps say otherwise).

Regardless, I like the outcome.

That is. . .incredibly absurd. Folks please endeavor to understand what it is your are critiquing, BEFORE you start critiquing.

To the OP, excellent capture. I'd like to know the process that produced such a rich scene free from the evils of HDR'd noise.

prodigy2k7 · Feb 16, 2009

Jaszek said:
Great shot. The only thing that bothers me is the darkening in the upper corners and around the big cloud. And remember a real HDR is the one you can't tell it was edited, unless that's what you want.

I agree.

KvnO said:
I think what he means by this is that the scene does not really have a huge range of tones requiring HDR processing (though the shadows on the mountain/hill perhaps say otherwise).

Regardless, I like the outcome.

1) I agree. It doesn't appear to have a high dynamic range (the scene).

KvnO · Feb 16, 2009

ANDS! said:
That is. . .incredibly absurd. Folks please endeavor to understand what it is your are critiquing, BEFORE you start critiquing.

If I'm missing something, perhaps you could explain it to me.

I was only interpreting someone else's response to the image. I don't think I offered any critique...

DavidElliot · Feb 16, 2009

this photo makes me miss new zealand, great capture

bevin · Feb 17, 2009

Thank you all so much for your comments. I know it's not a photo that really requires HDR style but it looks so so so much better anyway. It really lifts the colour in a way I cannot do in Lightroom (yet?). I did it with Photomatix which is very new to me (like the rest of photography) so I'm still getting the hang of it.

SlimPaul - the settings I used for the original photo were: ISO100 10mm f11 1/250 with the over and under exposed shots at 1/60 and 1/1000 respectively.

Jaszek - yeah that bugs me too. I took this other shot with a tree and have a similar issue where it's lighter along the mountain tops and around the tree. That's something I've got to spend a bit of time figuring out. Or maybe just fix it up by hand in PS?

ANDS! - Thank you

And erm... I clicked the "reduce noise" button in Photomatix...? I dunno really. The photos are all Small RAW so about 10Mb each. Honestly I don't really know what I'm doing so can't really claim any low noise glory!

Everyone else, thank you for the comments, I really appreciate it