HDR and CS2

I have CS2 and am practicing using HDR to get a better quality image shooting Architectural Interiors mainly using

availible light. I plan on using some fill light (strobes) but hope to maintain a natural feel to the images, and only

balanace the darkest shadows in a room. I have been practicing using HDR, but am having some problems with the

blending techniques... Any quick practical techniques out there?

 

Some if not most of the images may contain natural daylight, but also interior lighting that is most likely tungsten.

Do I attempt to change my White Balance in between shots when I auto Bracket, or do I adjust for color change in

post? Any pointers, especially if you have shot architectural interiors before are appreciated! I am a newbie, and

have a shoot in about a week and a half.

 

One thing to mention I am using a DNR convertor to be able to shoot RAW and then use CS2 to import the RAW

file... takes a bit longer, but enables me to use software I already own.

 

Thanks.

You might really consider getting Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 and trying Timothy Armes ENFUSE plug in for Lightroom. it works very well in my opinion and creates a natural looking result.

HDR functions in CS2 are not the most user friendly, i have recently given up on that and acquired Photomatix for HDR and i find it much more intuitive and easy to use, and the results are definitely much better.

Marc,

 

I signed in just to write a reply. HDR is very hot topic recently.

 

Adobe Photoshop does not contain good tonemappers. I would suggest you try one of the following two:

 

Good natural results: http://www.essentialhdr.com/

 

Fast: http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/