Show us your HDR! Random HDR photo Thread.

[RobWatson]

Single shot of a dark hallway.



Same Hallway but HDR +2,+1,0



Same Hallway with HDR +2,+1,0 with frame stacking 9, 4 and 1 frame respectively.



The HDRX image (frame stacked HDR) has ~ 10% less noise in the moderately darker areas than the HDR image and ~20% less noise than the single shot image. There is a very big improvement in going from single shot to HDR and not so great in going to HDRX. The benefits for even more extreme brackets will be more than this example which is pretty mild HDR.

If you pull down the images and adjust the white level to be ~38 counts the differences between the three images are visually obvious.

No processing applied besides simple HDR or HDRX. E-P1 ISO 200 NR off Noise Filter Off Nikon 28mm F2.8 Shutter times 1/2 sec, 1 sec and 2 sec.

[s0nus]

Some of you may have seen these shots as I've shared them in other threads.

These 3 images are from Kings Canyon National Park. They all represent my first attempt at HDR. I like the technique, and I try to keep the resulting images true to reality. I believe all of these are from 3 exposures, auto bracketed +/- 1 stop.

In hindsight, I wish I would have exposed for the sky a bit better for this first one:

[RobWatson]

I found this freeware.

"Normal HDR"



HDRX (frame stacking) exact same settings



I did the frame stacking first by averaging the images together then used the frame stacked noise reduced images for the Luminance HDR process.

[Mellow]

Originally Posted by ripleys baby

The potato harvester threw a conveyor belt (web) so i shot this scene while waiting for the farmer to fix it.
G3 with 50mm f1.8 Zuiko . Single raw file. HDR made from 4 versions

-2ev, -1ev. as shot, and +o.5ev

P1040115 (4) by Fungal infection, on Flickr

Wow, this one is spectacular! I have to admit, I don't like the heavy HDR look; I prefer images like . . . this!

[RobWatson]

A little more realistic effort. A cropped (200x zoom) version from out the back door. White level radically adjusted to bring up the fairly dark tree bark. Look closely at the level of detail visible in the HDRX version compared to the HDR version. Noise obscured spatial details as well as tonal variations. When looking for the widest tonal range and the highest spatial resolution HDRX might be worth the effort.

I used EasyHDR with the same settings for both images. I collected a set +4,+3,+2,+1,0 EV with sets of 25, 16, 9 ,4 and 1 frame for each respectively.

[LovinTheEP2]

Interesting foliage outcome. I thought it would be more dramatic but seeing a full image vs. a crop would good to compare.

I'm gonna see if I can find some time tomorrow and setup an architecture shot as well as a park setting (hopefully a calm no wind day to get motionless pics) and low light alleyway then try out some stacking software. For this shoot, I"m going to just work with JPEG images understanding that for best results, it would be best to shoot RAW and process all images with the same set of parameteres.

[IIGQ4U]

Originally Posted by s0nus

Some of you may have seen these shots as I've shared them in other threads.

These 3 images are from Kings Canyon National Park. They all represent my first attempt at HDR. I like the technique, and I try to keep the resulting images true to reality. I believe all of these are from 3 exposures, auto bracketed +/- 1 stop.

In hindsight, I wish I would have exposed for the sky a bit better for this first one:

I really like these! Very nice!

Here are a few of mine:


IMGP2856 by IIGQ4U, on Flickr


Tranquility by IIGQ4U, on Flickr


San Diego Temple Main View Portrait by IIGQ4U, on Flickr

[MrDoug]

Testing HDR in Nik Software..I lost focus on this one.. face finder was off.. LOL

[wildcat]

A couple of my recent HDR efforts:

[AmstelBright]

Here's my first serious HDR effort, shot using a PEN E-PL1 with Pentacon 135mm lens on a tripod and constructed from -2/3, +2/3 and neutral exposures. I did come close to mimic this result with curves and tonemapping on the neutral exposure, but the HDR version offered a more dramatic view of the rain curtains in the background.


Rembrandt tower in Amsterdam by AmstelBright, on Flickr