Very subtle HDR

mmrodenmmroden Registered Users Posts: 472 Major grins
edited February 19, 2007 in Holy Macro
Only just now got around to merging this image I took last year.

It's actually a group of three images, shot at sunrise at a bridge on Hatteras Island. The clouds moved a bit, and I didn't have a tripod (sacrilege!), so it's not perfect, but it's a merge of three frames. The high gets the bridge itself and the grass, the low gets the clouds, and the middle joins the two together. Over -5/3 stops to 5/3 stops, three frames, raw conversion, d70. Trying to do this from a single frame just, well, doesn't work so well.

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C&C appreciated :)
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2007
    Nice job. That's a natural looking HDR image, not so common. thumb.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2007
    mmroden wrote:
    Only just now got around to merging this image I took last year.

    It's actually a group of three images, shot at sunrise at a bridge on Hatteras Island. The clouds moved a bit, and I didn't have a tripod (sacrilege!), so it's not perfect, but it's a merge of three frames. The high gets the bridge itself and the grass, the low gets the clouds, and the middle joins the two together. Over -5/3 stops to 5/3 stops, three frames, raw conversion, d70. Trying to do this from a single frame just, well, doesn't work so well.
    C&C appreciated :)

    A very nice shot too thumb.gif it looks very natural .... thanks for sharing.
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2007
    Good job Mark
    Yes, balanced....not over the top. We likes it clap.gif
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  • mmrodenmmroden Registered Users Posts: 472 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2007
    Glad everyone digs it :) Especially since I seem to recall a thread not too long ago, something about how HDR isn't so hot... :D
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2007
    The point of that discussion...
    mmroden wrote:
    Glad everyone digs it :) Especially since I seem to recall a thread not too long ago, something about how HDR isn't so hot... :D

    was because most are overdone, unrealistic and look unreal. This shot is subtle, hence the comments.
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  • livefreenskilivefreenski Registered Users Posts: 163 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    love this HDR well done
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  • Van IsleVan Isle Registered Users Posts: 384 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2007
    very nicely done, especially considering you had no tripod? Wow. BTW, I really like some of those HDR shots that some folks consider "overdone." Sometimes makes it kinda edgy. But this shot is a stand alone excellent image. clap.gif
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  • mmrodenmmroden Registered Users Posts: 472 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2007
    again, thanks for the kudos :)

    I've found that the trick, when not using a tripod, is to use a combination of bracketing and rapid shots. I knew this scene would require HDR, so I tried maybe 7 or 8 times before I got a series that looked like there wasn't too much shift between frames. It also helps to be very, very still.
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  • Van IsleVan Isle Registered Users Posts: 384 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2007
    mmroden wrote:
    again, thanks for the kudos :)

    I've found that the trick, when not using a tripod, is to use a combination of bracketing and rapid shots.

    Great Tip!

    It also helps to be very, very still.
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  • mmrodenmmroden Registered Users Posts: 472 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2007
    yes, I realize it's a blazing display of the obvious :)

    But one way of being very very still is to lie down in the ground so that your hand is resting on the ground and holding the camera, for instance (which is what I did here), or hanging the camera down so that gravity pulls it into place for you.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,941 moderator
    edited February 19, 2007
    Yes. The HDR thing does occassionally get carried away. However, with this
    example; I think you've used the technique to demonstrate how it might
    be better used.
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