This is my first attempt at an HDR photo. After reading everything I could get my hands on (including buying an e-book giving me step-by-step instructions), I spent a few hours really trying to “grasp the concept.” I’m not sure how correct it is, but I sure tried hard. Practice makes perfect and you gotta start somewhere.
I used 10 exposures with varying shutter speeds:
Finished thumbnail:
Then I converted them with an HDR processor. This is where it’s supposed to get tricky. When I combined all the photos, it didn’t “pop” like it was supposed to. Maybe it was because I had my camera set to A-Depth Perception instead of on Aperature or Program. But next time I’ll tinker with the other settings. So what I did was grab items from the underexposed photos and placed them into the new hdr image and switched overexposed areas so that everything would pop. I’ve been looking at it for a long time and it looks ok, but sometimes it seems the longer I look at it, the more work it needs. I’m not sure. But I’ll post it anyway cause it’s my first one.
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Isabella
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Wow. That is an awesome picture. I like how it turned out.
The black and white pictures REALLY pop, but the rest is having the problem I had, the detail still isn’t making it through.
I think you need more contrast in the lighting to make it work (or mixed light sources).
The bannister on the stairs is looking very interetsing as well.
Definitely better than my first couple of attempts.
yeah I definitely think you’re right… there is so much detail that just isn’t showing up. Maybe next time I can figure out a better and more efficient way to get it (such as the pictures on the right hand side of the wall). I can barely even make them out.
I think your photos are spectacular! What kind of camera do you use? I just got a Digital Rebel XTi, and am still very novice at using it… I think I need to invest in some good books and some fun accessories!