Creating HDR photos

[mahyarajdari]

<p>Hi All,<br>

actually I 've tried to make HDR photos with photmatrix , but the result was terrible .<br>

I would like to ask you give me some advises about this matter , is there any better software or any tutorial to make this kind of photos.</p>

<p>so many thanks,<br>

Mahyar Ajdari</p>

[ann_clancy6]

<p>this is considered to be the top software. It might be helpful for you to post your results to get some help.</p>

<p>Did you take it into another piece of software to tweak, including adding contrast which HDR tends to need.?</p>

[garrison_k.]

<p>how many shots and at what bracketing did you do?</p>

[mahyarajdari]

<p>I take 3 shots , -2 , 0 , +2 .<br>

When I merge shots together with photomatrix , the resualt is awful , I can't show them here :D<br>

is there any visual tutorial on the net ?</p>

[ann_clancy6]

<p>check out rick sammon, dan burkholder, ben willmore, tony sleep as a few who make interesting images using the same software.</p>

 

[szrimaging]

<p>It is all about how you do the tone mapping. Myself, I actually do multiple tone-mapping and then use them as different layers in photoshop. It is really just practice and playing around until you find the methods that get the results you want.</p><div></div>

[jack_landry]

<p>Here are top video tutorials on hdr photography:<br>

1-High Dynamic Range Mastery by Ben Willmore<br /> <a href="http://www.quebecphotos.ca/qpgoto.php?url=http://training.xtrain.com/serial/show/30-ben-willmore-high-dynamic-range-hdr-mastery" target="_blank">http://training.xtrain.com/serial/sh...ge-hdr-mastery</a><br /> <br /> 2-Real World HDR (Kelby Training) by Matt Kloskowski<br /> <a href="http://www.quebecphotos.ca/qpgoto.php?url=http://www.kelbytraining.com/product/adobe-photoshop-cs4-real-world-hdr.html" target="_blank">http://www.kelbytraining.com/product...world-hdr.html</a><br /> <br /> 3-Photoshop Cafe-HDR and Photoshop by Colin Smith <br /> <a href="http://www.quebecphotos.ca/qpgoto.php?url=http://www.photoshopcafe.com/video/HDR.htm" target="_blank">http://www.photoshopcafe.com/video/HDR.htm</a><br /> <br /> 4-VTC-Masterclass Adobe Photoshop CS4 HDR by Robert Correl<br /> <a href="http://www.quebecphotos.ca/qpgoto.php?url=http://www.vtc.com/products/MasterClass%21-Photoshop-HDRI-Tutorials.htm" target="_blank">http://www.vtc.com/products/MasterCl...-Tutorials.htm</a></p>

<p>There are also some interesting books on this subject such as:<br>

http://www.amazon.co.uk/HDR-Photography-Workshop-Pete-Carr/dp/0470412992</p>

 

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[garrison_k.]

<p>I do a min of 7 shots, <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=5972566">Mahyar</a>.</p>

<p>Great link above. Just to add, there's some great flickr groups too.</p>

[mahyarajdari]

<p>Thank you all for your helps,<br>

actually I took my shot with RAW format , but , as I 've seen somewhere that it is better to take jpeg format for HDR photos .In phomatrix it isn't support the RAW format.</p>

[garrison_k.]

<p>My version of Photomatix imports raw files.</p>

[szrimaging]

<p>Always use RAW. Raw contains more data and will give you a higher quality 32-bit image than jpeg.</p>

[r_johnston]

<p>You might check out Dynamic HDR, I Prefer to use it.</p>

[jerryrock]

<p>Photoshop CS5 in addition to HDR Pro features HDR toning for single images giving that HDR effect through the use of presets or manual control. </p>

[garrison_k.]

<p>Just great. Now we're going to see even more sad examples of hdr.</p>

[doubleconvex]

<p>Mahyar<br>

I've been working on HDR for a wee bit now, and recently put together <a href="http://www.doubleconvexphotography.com/photo/tutorials/hdr-workflow-video">a series of video tutorials that display my workflow</a>. I presented this recently at the Melbourne Camera Club, and while its not the right way or even the best way to create HDR photographs, maybe it might lend you some insight into how to achieve the effect that you may be looking for in HDR photography. The link is http://www.doubleconvexphotography.com/photo/tutorials/hdr-workflow-video.<br>

In case you're interested in the kind of effects that I achieve, visit my website at http://www.doubleconvex.com</p>