HDR imaging

Howitzer

anyone have advice on a good book or tutorial on taking HDR landscape images? I looked around in the tutorial area and didnt see anything.

thanks

HDShooter

http://www.stuckincustoms.com/hdr-tutorial/

Art Scott

1st BOOK

2nd BOOK

3rd BOOK

4th BOOK

anwmn1

I have not used a book to learn HDR. I sat with Kdog for about 20 minutes. He showed me what he knew at that time and I went from there.

I think the first question is do you want to use HDR to get better dynamic range and keep the image looking natural or are you looking to achieve the 'HDR' look?

There are probably hundreds of tutorials online including youtube visual tutorials. There are also several photographers that routinely post HDR images here on dgrin.

kdog

Art Scott wrote:

1st BOOK

2nd BOOK

3rd BOOK

4th BOOK

Art, did you actually read all those? And if so, did you list them in the order which you recommend them?

I'm surprised you missed this one, which I highly recommend: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Dynamic-Digital-Photography/dp/1600591965/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259781235&sr=8-11

That tutorial that HDShooter recommended is a good one.

There are really only a few things that are important in HDR.

1) Capture. Make sure you capture the entire range of the scene. The increment between exposures is not as important as making sure you capture the range. An EV step of 2 stops will usually work fine, and is sometimes better than an EV step of 1 stop which many people insist upon.

2) The job ain't done until you post-process the tone-mapped image in Photoshop. You will never achieve those fantastic looking images you see straight out of the HDR tool.

3) Manual merging with other images. We use HDR tools because they're easier to do than manual merging. However, the very best HDRs you see are often times merged back with an original image or two to make up for shortcomings in the HDR processing.

4) Experiment. There is no cookbook on making HDRs. Every one is different, and you need to develop your own style which also depends on your style of shooting. Experiment. Lots.

Cheers,
-joel

Howitzer

I wasnt doing anything in particular today so I figured I would learn how to do HDR images... ..

I just want to take my pics to a higher level, I am not sure I wanna do the full blown out cartoon-esk HDR images.. but I want to be able to make what my eye sees in to what that camera receives.

thanks for the tutorial link, I am reading it now, just wanted some books because I am a "why" type of person. I went out at lunch today and picked up a few. thanks for the input peeps...

Howitzer.