Here are a couple of HDR shots I took recently. Let me know if you likey!!

R&S Sharf - Hole 6 at Oakland University


Across a field at Oakland University

 

Is that Oakland U in Michigan?
I went to school not far from there

nice pics, pretty natural looking HDR's

 

The noise in the first one bothers me, as does the lack of contrast, but I really like the second one, I only wish it has a more clearly defined subject out front.

 

Yea, I agree 100%. I have been getting a lot of noise in all my pics lately, even after cleaning the lens. I was thinking it has to be the sensor, but I don't have the tools to clean that yet, or just upgrading glass.

And yes it is OU in Michigan!!

 

Noise is not caused by dirt on the lens or sensor, noise is a side effect of the electronic mechanism used for digital capture of the light.

Photos taken in low light or at high ISO settings will tend to be noisy and HDR processing can sometimes exacerbate noise in an image.

These look fine, they are very low resolution shots for the web so it is nearly impossible to tell if what you are seeing is noise or just digital artifacs as a result of the HDR and jpeg processing.

These shots are nice they are not the typical overdone plastic HDR shots that are so often produced.

Can I ask are they true HDR created from multiple exposures or pseudo HDR using a single image processed in the likes of Photomatix..?

 

These are multiple exposures, taken at ISO 100. The first pic was in pretty low light which may explain the noise.

 

You really didn't need to compose either of those shots in HDR. The tough part about the first one is the movement in the foreground vegetation - the very small differentiation in direction (from multiple images) makes them look blurry.

I'd call these two images experimentation, and there's nothing wrong with that

 

Thanks Poindexter, experimentation is exactly right!! I love HDR so I find myself doing it all the time. I should probably learn how to shoot one exposure first