HDR from single raw

domromer · Jan 27, 2008

Usually I'll shoot multiple exposures but this time I thought from a single raw and see what works.

kidchill · Jan 27, 2008

Not too shabby. What program did you use for that? I was trying some HDR composites with photomatix and also in CS3, but it didn't seem to come out right. Maybe I can try with 1 raw file instead...

domromer · Jan 27, 2008

kidchill said:
Not too shabby. What program did you use for that? I was trying some HDR composites with photomatix and also in CS3, but it didn't seem to come out right. Maybe I can try with 1 raw file instead...

These were both photomatix.

Alpha · Jan 27, 2008

Hate to burst your bubble but this is not HDR. It's simple tone-mapping.

domromer · Jan 27, 2008

MaxBloom said:
Hate to burst your bubble but this is not HDR. It's simple tone-mapping.

End result is all that matters.

Alpha · Jan 27, 2008

Be testy if you like, but don't go around contributing to the misinformation mess on the web by incorrectly describing your techniques.

RKW3 · Jan 27, 2008

Yeah Max is right, technically you should call this "tonemapping".

Doesn't mean you can't achieve the same effect of an HDR though. Of course you can't bring back blown highlights or anything, that's why this shouldn't be called an HDR.

domromer · Jan 27, 2008

I stand corrected. I'm sorry I offended you by calling it HDR, when it should actually be called tone mapping.

Better tell these people as well.

http://flickr.com/groups/raw2hdr/

Alpha · Jan 27, 2008

domromer said:
I stand corrected. I'm sorry I offended you by calling it HDR, when it should actually be called tone mapping.

Better tell these people as well.

http://flickr.com/groups/raw2hdr/

You didn't offend me. People like that Flickr group offend me...who don't even understand what exactly it is that they're doing yet go around posting tutorials and pretending to speak with authority.

domromer · Jan 27, 2008

MaxBloom said:
You didn't offend me. People like that Flickr group offend me...who don't even understand what exactly it is that they're doing yet go around posting tutorials and pretending to speak with authority.

Either way I didn't mean to come off like an ass. I didn't know I wasn't using the correct nomenclature. Next time I do something similar I'll say HDR effect achieved through tone mapping.

Then everybody will be happy.

domromer · Jan 27, 2008

Here are 2 I was just working on. One is true hdr, another is tone mapping. Can you tell which is which.

By dsrphotography

Patrice · Jan 28, 2008

I'll guess the first is HDR.

Arch · Jan 28, 2008

yup its the fist one no question

Helen B · Jan 28, 2008

Despite what Max says, there is nothing to stop a single exposure, whether digital or chemical, from being an HDR image if the entire brightness range of the scene is within the native dynamic range of the sensitive medium. That is, in many ways, preferable to multi-exposure HDR.

Best,
Helen