HDR CBR

[CarlosCBR]

Decided to give HDR a go. Have included the original pic and my first EVER go at HDR. Tell me what you think. Also tips would be really helpful.

HDR image
https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee125/carlosamillios/FirstHDR.jpg

Original.
https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee125/carlosamillios/Bike/Photo254.jpg

Thanks
Carl.

[colin1]

I guess its a bit like the first pancake in the pan...
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[jay12329]

Did you just use one source image? HDR done properly is 3 source images to pull out the shadows and highlights of a picture, not just to look like its been processed.

I tried HDR on this image so I could get the sky and building exposed and pull out some of the detail that was lost in the shadows of the building.
Made from 3 Raw files with 2ev.

https://img404.imageshack.us/img404/607/cath1hdr.jpg

HTH
J

[CarlosCBR]

Yes just one image. From i Phone. Dont have a proper digital camera yet to get the three different exposure pics i needed to do it properly.

[jay12329]

Well good on ya for trying, unfortunatly HDR relies on a good source image(s), which you are never going to get from your i-phone. Save up your pennies for a camera, wash your bike and get some good shots out and about!

J

[CarlosCBR]

What sort of camera would i have to be looking at? Hopefully not some mentally priced Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera (get me! lol), just something that can make some fairly good images.

[jay12329]

I picked up a panasonic Lumix for the Mrs not so long ago, I'm very impressed with it, for <200 quid 12x zoom was really good in very low light. Avoid cameras with mega high megapixel counts. 10-12 is fine. Read lots of reviews, something with some manual control will help you as you learn more.

And hope you don't end up like me, 3 cameras and a pile of lenses which cost more than a nice sports bike

J

[loply]

Generally for a High Dynamic Range picture to work, as is implied in the name, you need a high dynamic range...

That is to say, you need bright things and dark things, otherwise you might as well just take a normal picture.

If you're just taking a picture in normal, run of the mill light conditions, where it could be exposed properly in a single shot, then you need to spread your exposures out a lot - eg something like 0, -4 stops, +4 stops. I suspect yours are too close together.
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