Just for fun... HDR beach house shot

dewey · Dec 6, 2006

I'm still working on learning HDR images... I have worked with them in Photoshop CS2 quite a bit but this was my first attempt with using Photomatrix. Anyone else use Photomatrix? Just curious... quite different from good ole Photoshop. Color was a bit off on the sand, but it looked funny when I corrected it, so I'll leave it alone and call this art. (that's what HDR is anyway right?)

Anyway... this was shot at sunset with a D50 and a 50mm 1.8... 3 exposures all F4 ranging from 3 seconds to 15.

SleepingWolf · Dec 6, 2006

art it is...but it is more LDR than HDR...either way very nice shot

dewey · Dec 6, 2006

Thank you... I haven't heard of LDR before... enlighten me :mrgreen:

SleepingWolf · Dec 6, 2006

Low dynamic range...your picture looks great but the tonal range is not that broad

abraxas · Dec 6, 2006

Keep messing with the tone mapping. There's a nice shot in there somewhere.

dewey · Dec 6, 2006

LOL... I guess I could call it CDR for crappy dynamic range. :mrgreen:

I think you made that LDR thing up, but I'll go with it.

It's 2.5 stops over, right on target and 2 stops under... I'll keep experimenting with it.

SleepingWolf · Dec 6, 2006

not at all...it has a miami vice quality to it....pastels....i think it's a keeper

Arch · Dec 7, 2006

I kind of like it... although i would play with the tone mapping alot more... the balance isn't right... i also dont care much for halo's... and there is quite a few going on here....good effort tho.

Tantalus · Dec 7, 2006

This location has a lot of potentials. I like the sky and the sand and the composition as well. However 2 things bother me, the halo around the palm trees and buildings and the tilt of the buildings.

Ab$olut · Dec 7, 2006

Don't like the sort of haze around the palm trees but other than that looks great!

ShootHoops · Dec 7, 2006

Wow. This is an awesome shot.

Puscas · Dec 8, 2006

SleepingWolf said:
not at all...it has a miami vice quality to it....pastels....i think it's a keeper

don't ask me how or why, but I was listening to Jan Hammers' Miami Vice Theme the moment I opened this thread...really! And guess what? It HAS a Miami Vice feeling to it!

(but the halo is not that great, I agree)

pascal