Lightroom plug-in

[andrew_david2]

<p>Hi all,<br /> I've started using a new lightroom plug-in called <a href="http://hdrinstant.com">HDRinstant</a> and I wanted to share my results.<br /> I took these from video footage shot on my Nikon V1. The first one is just an image extracted from the video.</p>

<p><a href="/photo/17654757&size=lg">http://www.photo.net/photo/17654757&size=lg</a></p>

<p>The second has been stacked and tone mapped with the plug-in.</p>

<p><a href="/photo/17654758&size=lg">http://www.photo.net/photo/17654758&size=lg</a></p>

<p>I think the result is pretty good!<br /> Andy</p>

[pge]

<p>For comparison, here is the original image with photoshop adjustments. I simply adjusted levels to make the histogram cover the full spectrum, and I added 35% (the default) to the shadows with the shadows/highlights tool. Obviously you could adjust to taste, but these two adjustments are the most basic ones, and in my mind the result is a bit more realistic. However realistic may not have been the goal.</p><div></div>

[philfx]

<p>Both pretty nice. I think I would go with Phil's version, and add color tone as need be. Andrew, your sample shows a lot of color saturation or tone. Perhaps that's part of the plugin options/settings default?</p>