HDR Pic - El Capitan

This is my first play with HDR, so a bit of an experiment.

[WRX_Paul]

Pure quality mate, as usual

[Skullfudge]

Great image
Is that similar to "Raw" Worzel ??

Cheers guys

Clive, RAW files are files that are exactly what the camera see's when you expose the sensor. These files record all details / highlights / shadows etc. These are bigger files to store on a memory card, so lots of people don't bother with them in favour of the good old compressed J-pegs.

J-pegs are a good go between, but do not give you the same control as a raw file when it comes to editing. When shooting raw files you can convert lots of things before you even send it to photoshop, for example if it is under exposed you can increase the exposure, same with white balance.

This picture is a combination of 4 raw files with different exposure settings. 1 set at good exposure, then 1 at +2/3, then 1 at - 2/3 and another at - 1 & 1/3EV. The files are then exported into a programme called Photomatix Pro, an HDR (High Dynamic Range) Processing package and the pictures are combined. As the title suggests, what this gives you is a depth in dynamic range, so that all of the highlights / shadows etc are combined. It gives you a sometimes unreal effect but something slightly different.

For the best results, you really need a static scene or subject. The pictures should be taken on a tripod so that you take the same picture and you should be in full manual mode, including focusing. Ideally you want to fire off 3 / 5 or 7 shots to cover the range, mine works ok with 4 though, but could have been better.

HDR is one of the things I have lined up for the photoshoot we have spoken about. for your P1.

Hope that hasn't bored you too much.

[SUBARMAN]

You are indeed a scientist Steve! You lost me in para 3 !!

[Chunk]

Cracking pic & colours

out of interest, how much did your camera cost?

Cheers again guys.

Lee, the camera body alone was £1300.00. I dread to think what it would be if I added all up

[Steve_PPP]

never tried HDR pics - not even tried working with RAW files yet, might have to give it a go

[Steve_PPP]

Originally Posted by worzel

I dread to think what it would be if I added all up

i'm sure you've said that before

[Skullfudge]

So HDR is really a process of multi layering the same image with each image edited differently? and RAW is basically a large negative?

Love it mate, looks like a shot out of Avitar

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

i'm sure you've said that before

Very much so, why is life so fookin expensive.

Raw files are so much easier to work with for sure.

You do need bigger memory cards to cope with them, as a raw file is about 25mb each, where as an unprocessed j-peg is about 6-7 mb.

Steve, give raws a try. Set the camera to Raw & J-pegs to be safe to begin with, once you have got your head around processing raw files you won't look back. You can then save as J-pegs.

Clive, not really like negatives, but only becasue you can do so much more with them. They are totally uncompressed files which are basically what you see.

[Chunk]

Originally Posted by worzel

Cheers again guys.

Lee, the camera body alone was £1300.00. I dread to think what it would be if I added all up

I'll stick with my £100 special

[Claire_PPP]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

never tried HDR pics - not even tried working with RAW files yet, might have to give it a go

Reckon we'll have to get hold of a hokey copy of LightRoom and learn together (ahhhh).

Fab pic MrW! Ever had a go at tilt shift photography? A pic of a crowd of scoobs taken from somewhere high would look fab like that! Apparently there's a way of faking it in Photoshop but haven't tried it yet.

Not tried tilt shift, looks very interesting though.

I have not long bought a lens baby composer lens, which gives you an almost identical effect to to tilt shift at a fraction of the cost.

We need to set something up for that for sure.

I can feel a photography day coming on sometime soon.

[Paddybrown23]

That picture looks amazing, top bombing!

[SeanMcKnetic]

This photo is amazing and is currently the desktop wallpaper on my Toshiba laptop!

[tbtstt]

Stunning picture, perfect use of the HDR effect without taking it to far. from me!

Originally Posted by Chunk

I'll stick with my £100 special

You can still do HDR with a less-expensive camera, you just need a tripod (or a steady knee!) to rest the camera on while you adjust the settings!

Cheers again guys, much appreciated.