Thoughts 22 Aug 2008 09:35 am
HDRi
My first HDRi.
- Aperture prefered f/11
- ev .7
- 7 frames
- Jpeg fine
Converted with Photomatix Pro 3
Photomatix will align the frames by matching features or by correcting horizontal and vertical shifts.
You then do tone mapping to create a TIFF file. The software gives you a number of options including white point, black point and gamma with tabs for smoothing and micro contrast.
It was about 11am and the sun was pretty much overhead. In the mornings or evenings the effect is much more dramatic.
I do like the ghost pigeon flying through the top picture. That bird must really have been moving, because the camera was shooting at high speed which is about 7 fps and seems to be about 5 fps bracketed.
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The back of Sam’s Town about sundown
Samples to show the exposure range.
on 26 Aug 2008 at 9:23 am 1.J said …
Great start, I love the bird in the first one.
2nd has the halo thing going a bit, but I like the halos personally.
The last one feel like you needed to start 2 F stops higher so the objects would have a bit more detail.
on 26 Aug 2008 at 6:07 pm 2.rich said …
These were just test shots because I’m just getting the software figured out and I’m still rediscovering the difference between what my mind sees and what the camera sees.
The second shot was edited for a bit more drama otherwise it was a typical park shot; incredibly boring.
I tweaked the last picture to get rid of the some of the details of my neighbor’s roof and I guess I got carried away.