Thread: Matt's HDRs.

Pretty clever stuff!

Might give it a go.

Went and stayed up at a mates farm over New Years, took some more HDR's... Will post the results over the next few days... but here is the first one. (Click the pic for the larger format.)

Is it multiple or single exposure HDR?

Nice image though!

cool stuff

A few days ago, partly in response to a question from DB and partly from my own natural curiosity, I tried a couple of "quick and dirty" versions of HDR.

The first was just using shadow and highlight recovery on a single image using Paint.net.

The second was using a singe image but changing the brightness to create something like bracketed exposure.
The results are in earlier posts if anyone is interested.

I just tried proper HDR with three exposures +1, 0 and -1 EV.
It will probably come as no surprise that the results are superior.

I used a free program called Qtpfsgui.

This is the original photo.

and this is the HDR version.


I know it's not especially artistic and could do with a little bit of manipulation, but I think it shows a practical application for the increased dynamic range. The detail in the shadows and on the wall behind is much more visible.

It's a pic of a Defender. How much more artisitic can one get?

I really like HDR. Been playing with it for several months and if I had known abou it before I bought my D40x I wouldn't of bought a D40x. For me I just find it to difficult to change the settings as it needs to be done whilst the camera is staying absolutely still on the tripod and all of that sort of business. I look really forward to getting a camera where you just tell it to do it!

I only discovered that there was such a thing as HDR when Matt started this thread and as you can probably tell I am fascinated by it.

The novelty hasn't worn off yet. I justify the amount of time I have spent playing with it by telling myself that I need to learn as much as I can so that of I need to use it I will have some idea what settings to use.

The only software I have used is that free program that I mentioned so I don't know how it compares with others that are available.

My camera (strictly speaking it's my wife's; I still have a 35mm SLR) is a fairly basic Sony S90, so I have to poke around on the back of the camera to change the exposure setting between shots.

The program has the ability to adjust the alignment of the images and it seems to work pretty well. I imagine that other programs would have the same facility, so that should take care of minor movement of the camera between exposures. perhaps you just meant you dislike having to change the setting manually, not that changing the settings spoiled the results.

Originally Posted by discomuzz

Is it multiple or single exposure HDR?

Nice image though!

three exposures