HDR Shootout #16: Show me the money!

[480sparky]

Bored tonight, so I took these on a lark. It's pocket change a friend brought back from working in The Sandbox. I just threw it out on the kitchen counter, did a little rearranging, and used a diffused SB-600 for lighting.

Sample EV0:

Download the full-size jpegs here:

EV -2
EV 0
EV +2

These were taken in Manual mode, so even though metadata is attached, you may need to enter the EVs individually with your HDR software. Although I used a tripod, the camera may have moved a bit when I changed the flash output.

Bon appétite!

 

[Provo]

Here's my 1st edit with some artsy fartsy touchup

Edit 2 O El Natural

Workflow: Lightroom 3.3 touchup to the original files Export it directly from within Lightroom and staight into Photomatix 4 ala Plugin for Lightroom 3.3
Merge align all that crap double bell curved tonemapped then processed it which will bring the end result right back into lightroom along with the originals export all 4 images into Photoshop CS5
used Topaz adjust on original layer then merged with a duplicate layer of the photomatix one.
Then used Nik tools Color Efex on another layer and merged down with the new layer.
Used Noiseware pro,Nik Dfine,and (OnOne tools Primarily for the 1st Image)

 

[tommytinkroom]

Used Photomatix 4 and CS5.

 

[480sparky]

Luminance HDR.
Profile1
Pre-Gamma 1.000
Mantuik ‘06
Contrast Factor0.500
Saturation Factor 2.000
Detail Factor 10

Adjusted brightness, saturation and contrast in GIMP.

 

[mindfloodz]

Nice work Provo, I like the o El natural the best!