any one tried this?

[JOHNSTON]

might be a repost post but found it on another forum
looking to have a new camera after xmas and i will deffo be giving this a try

http://wongablog.co.uk/2006/04/07/hig

here are some efforts from honda tech

[Andy M]

http://petemc.net/hdr-guide

[Rednut05]

Works really well with moody skys.

[poah]

not a huge fan of it TBH.

I've got photomatrix and its not the easiest program to use lol

[petemc]

As AndyM said, read my guide

[poah]

I have done before. still not a fan of the effects.

[Nacnud]

I read that thread and have been giving it a go.
Used with care and discretion I've got stunning results.

However, it did take me a while to get decent looking results and the end result is inly marginally different to how I would have traditionally done it with Photoshop in about the same time.

I think it's going to be worth persisting with though...

[Mr Whippy]

On my D70s you can use Bucket(BKT) shooting (guess you need tripod to keep everything the same for overlaying) and go a stop or so above and below which I guess will make doing these types of shots tons easier!? Need to try them out but had no good reason yet these seem like a good excuse

Did a few of these on my old compact for HDRI envmaps for use in a 3d program, but they use about 10 exposure's and about 100 images (overall) for a 360deg stiched HDRI (I cheated and shot a small chrome ball for a low-res hemisphere )

Dave

Edited by Mr Whippy on Saturday 25th November 00:02

[KB_S1]

1st one looks like a screen grab from Gran turismo 4.

The rest are better though. I do like the TVR shot.

[Mr Whippy]

petemc said:

As AndyM said, read my guide

Very handy, didn't realise the camera would record so much data in the first stop, makes sense but never thought of it like that

I guess if your using RAW at all it makes even more sense to optimise the exposure!

Thanks, that should come in handy...


Some interesting bits and pieces here... www.debevec.org/

HDR images are so powerful when it comes to 3d work, some nice HDR (adjustable) panorama's linked (far left Siggraph 06 link)

Great site, looks like it's just been recently updated too.

Dave

Edited by Mr Whippy on Saturday 25th November 00:54

[viper_larry]

I've managed to waste a few hours playing around with this today! I really need to get some descent shots to try it properly.

Now, I've taken RAW images and converted them to 3 images with -2/0/+2 exposure (RawShooter). How can I convert an existing JPG I have into 3 images with -2/0/+2? I have PSP v8 but can't see any obvious way.

I'm not after quality pics, just want to play around a bit with the effects until I can take some suitable photos.

Any advice appreciated. Thanks

[viper_larry]

Took a couple of shots of the Alfa today - quite pleased with the results:

[graham@reading]

Mr Whippy said:

On my D70s you can use Bucket(BKT) shooting (guess you need tripod to keep everything the same for overlaying) and go a stop or so above and below which I guess will make doing these types of shots tons easier!?

Bracketing - quite an established technique for exposing different parts of a scene differently

'Bucket'

[JOHNSTON]

am diffently going to be giving this a shot when a get my new camera

the alfa pic looks awesome!

[Mr Whippy]

graham@reading said:

Mr Whippy said:

On my D70s you can use Bucket(BKT) shooting (guess you need tripod to keep everything the same for overlaying) and go a stop or so above and below which I guess will make doing these types of shots tons easier!?

Bracketing - quite an established technique for exposing different parts of a scene differently

'Bucket'

Thats from my Mental Ray rendering, render buckets

Sorry, bracketing, will get the lingo soon

Dave

[altrezia]

my attempts..



and a bit 'unreal':

[Mr Whippy]

So weird.

Why do reflections and diffuse from bright things still look bright, but the things that are causing those diffuse blow-outs of light and are being reflected don't look bright!?

I'm not so keen generally because of the above, looks too un-natural. The road is white because of the sky's intensity of white vs the exposure for the road, but then the sky isn't white!? Ummmmmm...


So how many stops above and below are people going for?

Dave

Edited by Mr Whippy on Monday 27th November 17:04