I wanna learn some new tricks...

[MLeeK]

I want to play with a little tone mapping. Can you guys point me to the best tutorials you have found? I am headed over to surf around Adobe TV at this point, but...
I have no sound on this damn computer so I am hoping for something I can read?
thanks guys!

 

[zombiemann]

Honestly In my not so humble ( ) opinion the best way to learn is to take some exposures and play around with them. I've tried a variety of HDR/Tone Mapping software but I keep coming back to Photomatix. I've never really been happy with the built in HDR functionality of PS.

 

[cgipson1]

I want to play with a little tone mapping. Can you guys point me to the best tutorials you have found? I am headed over to surf around Adobe TV at this point, but...
I have no sound on this damn computer so I am hoping for something I can read?
thanks guys!

OK... if you MUST! At least you will probably keep it tasteful!

 

[MLeeK]

OK... but I have no clue where to begin other than multiple exposures.

 

[cgipson1]

OK... but I have no clue where to begin other than multiple exposures.

GO here... download trial: HDR photography software & plugin for Lightroom, Aperture & Photoshop - Tone Mapping, Exposure Fusion & High Dynamic Range Imaging for photography

Take enough shots of something to cover the entire dynamic range and process them.

You can also tonemap single images... without doing the multiple exposures, if you just want to play with that.

Practice.. play.. have fun!

 

[macpro88]

Some what on topic... took some bracketed pics last night of the complex I live in:

How do we know what exposures to use when bracketing? Just blindly bracket and hope for the best? Or is there a method to this madness?

 

[Bynx]

Set your aperture to f8. Then reduce your shutter speed until the blinkies are gone from the highlights. Then just increase your shutter speed 1fstop for each shot after that. (Turn the wheel that changes the shutter speed 3 clicks = 1fstop). Do this until the darker areas have some details.

 

[cgipson1]

Some what on topic... took some bracketed pics last night of the complex I live in:

How do we know what exposures to use when bracketing? Just blindly bracket and hope for the best? Or is there a method to this madness?

Night time shots are a whole different story! If your meter can't read the scene.. then you have to. Try to pick a neutral, and expose for that on both sides(+4+3,+2, +1, 0, -1,-2,-3,-4,)...

or pick a light, and expose for that (your meter will probably work on a light... take a reading for that... shoot something like this +3,+2, +1, 0, -1,-2,-3,-4,-5,-6) My theory here is that exposing for the light, the camera will set that exposure to 18% gray (or 12%).. but still gray. So you will need to overexpose that 2 to 3 stops to get a accurate exposure on the light. Then get multiple exposures to cover all of the other side. Make sense?

 

[CaboWabo]

Kindly read here http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/hdr-discussions/285190-beginners-guide-hdr.html

 

[MLeeK]

Kindly read here http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/hdr-discussions/285190-beginners-guide-hdr.html

THANK YOU!
(I really should have thought to actually SEARCH here... Not my best day here!)

 

[macpro88]

Kindly read here http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/hdr-discussions/285190-beginners-guide-hdr.html

THANK YOU!
(I really should have thought to actually SEARCH here... Not my best day here!)

forums' search function hardly works, search for "hdr guide" and you get nothing and not even that link that we just posted above!

use goodle, like this: "tpf hdr guide" and you instantly get the guide above in the first result. I did at least. Let me google that for you

 

[cgipson1]

Kindly read here http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/hdr-discussions/285190-beginners-guide-hdr.html

THANK YOU!
(I really should have thought to actually SEARCH here... Not my best day here!)

forums' search function hardly works, search for "hdr guide" and you get nothing and not even that link that we just posted above!

use goodle, like this: "tpf hdr guide" and you instantly get the guide above in the first result. I did at least. Let me google that for you

Shhhh.. you are telling the "Secret"!!!

 

[macpro88]

THANK YOU!
(I really should have thought to actually SEARCH here... Not my best day here!)

forums' search function hardly works, search for "hdr guide" and you get nothing and not even that link that we just posted above!

use goodle, like this: "tpf hdr guide" and you instantly get the guide above in the first result. I did at least. Let me google that for you

Shhhh.. you are telling the "Secret"!!!

haha, well someone has got to tell the how to search lol, may or may not stop the need for multiple threads on the same question lmao