Thread: Matt's HDRs.

Originally Posted by discomuzz

Can't really see any difference.

I use 3-5 images to generate HDR and usually a similar amount for panos.

By the way, have you tried producing panos. on-board, so to speak, your image device without any post production.

Makes lining up frames just that little more of a challenge.

I usually stitch 10 to 20 shots for a panorama. My DSLR doesn't give me any options to stitch "on-board". The key issue with aligning shots is to use a tripod or level surface, keep the camera level and overlap by about 50%. I did a how to on pano's in this section the other week.

The HDR's don't end up nearly as big as the pano files as they flatten out once created. They are bigger than one of the originals though.

This is a 360 degree practice shot in the park across the road.

Everything was done on-board my phone.



The original image was resized. Tripod mounted but I made the mistake of using Auto settings for exposure which really makes the stitches stand out.

Now that you have me inspired again I might have a bit of fun this arvo. and post the results if you are interested.

Edit: As you can imagine, the image is heavily distorted

jesus what sort of phone are you taking these pics on?

do you not have a camera DM?

Originally Posted by dullbird

jesus what sort of phone are you taking these pics on?

do you not have a camera DM?

DM?

The phone is a Nokia N95 using Panoman software.

Pretty clever huh?

Edit: DM! Got it. I have a Nikon F801 and D60. But I like to play with the phone as I have that on me all of the time.

very impressed with the pics coming out of that phone for a phone of course

HDR has some practical applications as well as artistic possibilities.

This isn't true HDR, but is a very quick, easy, free method of achieving some of the same effect.


Compare the detail in the shadow like the throttle linkages to the left of the AC compressor.


HDR (imitation) on the left. It's not just a case of making the photo lighter. In fact there is more detail in both the highlights and the shadows which is part of the point of HDR.

This was done with just one version of each image instead of multiple images like proper HDR.

Here's another one.




It's done with the free Paint.net program I mentioned in another post.

If anyone is vaguely interested, I'll give you more details.

Originally Posted by dullbird

... for a phone of course

Yeah limited, but not bad for point-and-shoot stuff.