Two HDR photos

[robertwsimpson]

I'm not sure why you think I'm denying the halo...

look at post numbers 8 and 10... at no point did I say "there is no halo, my photos are perfect." In post number 8, I said that I didn't see a halo, and in post number 10, I said that I could see the halo. I even explained why it was there, and in post number 11, came up with a solution for next time.

Not sure why you guys think I'm tooting my own horn or whatever...

 

[Bynx]

The scene did does not need to be HDR... you could of just used a single exposure.

You really dont have a clue, do you?

 

[ajkramer87]

You do have a little lens flare in the first picture. Maybe you could try to clone it out. How many exposures did you use?

 

[robertwsimpson]

Yeah, the sun is actually JUST out of the frame... I tried to move around to avoid the flare, but unfortunately, to no avail. I used 3 exposures with +-2EV spacing.

 

[ajkramer87]

Next time try 5 exposures and you might be able to pull a little more out of the shadows. If you need anyone to take your job Id gladly do it. Some beautiful cars you get to deal with on a daily basis.

 

[robertwsimpson]

lol I think I'll keep my job, thank you!

 

[NateS]

What do you mean, "you can't see much hdr in it?"

What that means is that these to not have a High Dynamic Range. Whether you used 2 or 50 shots to create them, the actual dynamic range is not very high on these photos. Maybe tonemapped, but they aren't HDR just because you combine 3 images and tonemap them.

Look at the sky in 1...it is all blown out. There is plenty of detail in the shadows and midtones, but there is not good detail in the highlights. I can achieve that with a single image.....getting detail in the shadows, midtones AND highlights is where you often need to multiple images and create an HDR.

Also, I do not see a halo...you can see clearly on the side of the "halo" that there is still some ever so slightly blue next to the building...wouldn't be there if it was a halo. I think the bottom line is that you overexposed your lowest exposure (the exposure for the highlights). I wouldn't be shocked but what that single exposure could be dropped in post before tonemapping to bring back out the sky...just didn't happen in these edits.

That second shot.....well, I could almost garuntee I could make that same shot with only the middle exposure (the correct exposure).....that said, I like the shot and if you used three shots combined....doesn't really matter...the final shot is nice.