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I'm pretty sure that you can get programs that will make HDR images out of JPEGs, so it's pretty feasible that you could do it with a P&S.
my tipod is broken so at the moment no im not, but as long as you take the pictures fairly quickly (as for exambe in not letting the clouds move too much by taking the 3 exposures as fas as you can)photomatix pro will work since it aligns pis fairly well.
my main grip with photoshop is it creates artifacts in the clouds more often, and you get a lot less options till you go to levels and 16 bit mode
i recomend to start with a single raw file with 3 different exposures whatever you try since it wotn have ghosting and you can experiment with the settings a bit
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Nice man!
I am excited for spring. Capturing planet life sprouting up always has a fresh look.
I am excited for spring. Capturing planet life sprouting up always has a fresh look.
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You don't necessarily need a tripod to take a HDR shot. If you have any old stable surface it'lls work just fine ofcourse, but i guess you know that
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These shots i took free hand.
If you can't get a tripod you could always try the "Piece of string" strategy.
A simple method as looping the string around your foot and the other end around the lens can do the job. It's not perfect ofcourse...
There are lots of tutorials online to "fake" HDR using a single well exposed photo but as long as you have control over the aperture or an equivalent you can probably do it... but only on very still, well-lit subjects i'd imagine.(Not that it's every great for anything that moves)
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I think HDR is sort of cliche. It can be a cool way to get a load of detail or a dreamy/surreal feel and such, but it almost seems sometimes people to use it because the photo wouldn't look interesting without it. You see a lot of high school amateurs intentionally blowing it out of proportion and making their pictures look almost as lame as overexposed shots.
I love detail and image fidelity, but sometime it just makes the image too distracting and chaotic too. Maybe I'm just biased, being a huge fan of abstract and simplicity and all.
I love detail and image fidelity, but sometime it just makes the image too distracting and chaotic too. Maybe I'm just biased, being a huge fan of abstract and simplicity and all.
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I've never been a big fan of HDR, tbh I think it's dumb. Maybe it's because like NRG says, it's cliched now and you see the internet spewed with HDR pics, most are terrible and completely uninteresting. Just because it's HDR doesn't mean that it's any good.
I dunno.
I dunno.
shadow_dragon
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I rarely see anyone that claims to be a big fan of HDR in truth.
I've given up on it myself tbh. I'm no good at the post-processing of HDR(which is required) I always overcook it so it looks as you describe.
that said the really good HDR images are the ones where you can't tell it's HDR... but then similarly an image that's well exposed in the first place is usually the best bet.
HDR has it's place I think but I've not taken oa bracketed shot in about 6 months i think. That said i think it's a technique that should be tried before judged, as with all techniques.
I've given up on it myself tbh. I'm no good at the post-processing of HDR(which is required) I always overcook it so it looks as you describe.
that said the really good HDR images are the ones where you can't tell it's HDR... but then similarly an image that's well exposed in the first place is usually the best bet.
HDR has it's place I think but I've not taken oa bracketed shot in about 6 months i think. That said i think it's a technique that should be tried before judged, as with all techniques.
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HDR will probably go out of fashion eventually. I've never bothered with it as it just seems like one of those 'I'm not very skilled so I'll process the **** out of my photo's things. It can be good if it isn't overdone though like in El JuaKo's photos. It actually looks good there because it isn't over exaggerated and looks fairly natural.
I like how HDR in photography reduces bloom and increases detail but HDR in games increases bloom and reduces detail.