My First HDR (PT Cruiser)

videotape74videotape74 Registered Users Posts: 39 Big grins
edited August 7, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
I was messing around with my camera up at the cottage and thought I'd try an HDR of my car. It is 3 exposures (-1,0,+1). I then used Photoshop to merge the 3 exposures and did some adjustments.

This was shot with my Canon Rebel XS and 18-55mm IS lens.

C & C is welcome, thanks...

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Nikon D200
Nikon 60mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Micro Nikkor
Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF
Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX
Tamron 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 AF

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  • anvilimageanvilimage Registered Users Posts: 154 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2009
    As a functional exercise to dip your foot into the pool of HDR, it turned out well. But I have to wonder at a bracket of -1, 0 and +1, could you have gotten a similar result with only a single image that is properly exposed?

    There is some pretty hard glare on the front left fender, windshield, the edge of the left headlight and the gravel to the left of the tire is pretty blown out. I would think that with a wider bracket (-2,0,+2) you could probably have evened out the tonality a little...

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2009
    videotape74 wrote:
    I was messing around with my camera up at the cottage and thought I'd try an HDR of my car. It is 3 exposures (-1,0,+1). I then used Photoshop to merge the 3 exposures and did some adjustments.

    This was shot with my Canon Rebel XS and 18-55mm IS lens.

    C & C is welcome, thanks...


    Hi there, HDR is something I want to do more of.
    You can have a heap of fun with this type of post processing.

    You should try going -2 0 +2 even -2,-1,0,+1,+2 and open the range up a little more.

    Do a search on HDR on the forum there are some really amazing shots posted here, with info on how they went about capturing the images, and the process they followed to do the editing.

    Photmatix have a great program you can trial for free that is excellent for post processing images for HDR.

    You can get it here ... http://www.hdrsoft.com/

    Good first attempt at HDR clap.gif ..... Skippy :D
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  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2009
    From a purely compositional standpoint its a bit awkward. You have more "room" behind the car than in front of the car, and that makes the shot feel a bit "odd". Move your camera a bit to the left, have the back bumper closer to the edge of the frame than the front bumper, make the car appear to move into the frame rather than out of the frame. I'd probably use a circular polarizer as well, to cut down some of those reflections on the glass.
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  • Gary752Gary752 Registered Users Posts: 934 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2009
    Skippy & Bill has already covered everything I was going to mention. If you have a CP, I'd reshoot the car, using the info that Skippy & Bill provided you, and you will see a HUGE difference.

    GaryB
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  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2009
    Good information already given.

    Ron
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