Just came back to browse the forums for a bit and thought I would put these here.

I downloaded photomatix and decided to give HDR a shot.

The first pic is during the day, the rest at night of my car and a buddies bike.

I think they turned out great for the most part, except for one that looks a bit grainy and I cant figure out how to get rid of that.

Anyways, here they are. Let me know what you think!!!

 

How many exposures were used?

 

not really an hdr photo....you could do that with 1 exposure. an HDR is a photo with many exposures to come up with 1. eliminating the shadows and properly exposing everything in the photo.

This is not my photo but this is a prime example of hdr. notice how the building is bright and very well exposed while the clouds are thick and dark. you couldnt do that with 1 exposure so thats where hdr comes into play. I would do some hdr photos but i dont have cs2 to merge my photos.

 

heres a comparison:


your HDR:



My single photo:



could I have taken this in hdr? sure i could have. I would have gotten better definition in the clouds and the darker spots of the car but the 1 photo serves the purpose and looks fantastic. If you have any questions please let me know. also would you mind sending me the photo of the 1st pic? I wanna try and play with the levels. also what camera are you using?

 

The first pic was 3 exposures, the rest of the pics are 5 exposures......using a Canon Digital Rebel XT.

I will PM you the three originals for the first photo so you can play with them from scratch.....

From what I have seen and heard, daytime HDR shots with sunlight are very hard to get looking perfect.....but hey, practice makes perfect right? Never done this before, but I have done lot's of PS work, so this is a bit new....

 

ok played areound with the 1st image set to 0 exposure. and this is what I got. Try when taking a photo get the car into the sun and under expose by 1/2 a stop. you will notice the car will be a bit dark but the sky will be exposed better. You can always lighten up teh car in PS after the fact. What lens are you using? I could have done alot more but it was just a quickie.

Before:


After:

 

waaaaaaaaaaaay too grainy

keep trying

 

heres another...just for fun

 

yea i went a bit too much on the sharpen tool....like i said it was fast...literally took me 4 mins

 

that does not look real, looks like a painting.....hmm....oh well.