Playing with HDR (nerd alert)
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Playing with HDR (nerd alert)
Since I had no car I busted out my camera and tripod during the dyno day. I wanted to play with some HDR stuff so here are some results....kinda neat.
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yeah, i could easily make it a little more uniform but these are my first pictures trying out the process....basically you take at least three images with different exposures and then you do a shitload of post-processing to combine them to get the best of all three.
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I'd wager that most of us cheat. Take one image and manipulate the hell out of it with the various color / saturation / contrast controls. My skills pale in comparison, but this image was taken on a very cloudy day, in late afternoon:
Different day, a bit warmer but still late afternoon / early evening. There's something about the distortion in the background in contrast to the detail on the cones and pavement in the foregroudn on this one that I love:
BTW, Brainey- the sky in that last shot of the white car is amazing!
Different day, a bit warmer but still late afternoon / early evening. There's something about the distortion in the background in contrast to the detail on the cones and pavement in the foregroudn on this one that I love:
BTW, Brainey- the sky in that last shot of the white car is amazing!
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HDR doesn't work with moving subjects very well because you have to take multiple exposures.
There are a few how to's for HDR photography (Just search 'HDR Photography How to' in google)
I like to use Photomatix as it gave me prettier results. You just load the 3 or however many bracketed photos you took into Photomatix and select how you want them merged, adjust a curve (That's the hard part), then wallah!
There are a few how to's for HDR photography (Just search 'HDR Photography How to' in google)
I like to use Photomatix as it gave me prettier results. You just load the 3 or however many bracketed photos you took into Photomatix and select how you want them merged, adjust a curve (That's the hard part), then wallah!
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yeah i used photomatix for mine, it's much better than the adobe CS3 HDR automation.
here this will really let you see the difference....check out the shadows and colors in the background, look at the details in the wheels/tires and the asphalt.
here this will really let you see the difference....check out the shadows and colors in the background, look at the details in the wheels/tires and the asphalt.