Motorcycles in HDR - Post Yours Here!

[dave6253]

Originally Posted by Bluesjammer

And then you put them through an HDR process in photomatix?

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Originally Posted by Bluesjammer

Is that the steps or is there more to it. Also you must need a DSLR camera to do the bracketing, and is it done with the F stop or shutter speed? Steve

I think here should be more steps after Photomatix. I always finish processing in Lightroom. The HDR process creates noise. I always do noise reduction, sharpen, adjust color, crop, and any other touch-up needed after Photomatix.

Whether the camera is adjusting aperture, ISO or shutter sheed for the brackets depends on what camera mode you are shooting in. I usually shoot brackets in Aperture Priority and the camera brackets using the shutter speed. Allowing the camera to bracket with the aperture may affect depth of field from one shot to another. That could get interesting, and may cause problems with alignment.

Thanks, Dave

[TxLoneRider]

Originally Posted by TxLoneRider

My other body is a 7D, which is limited to 3 exposures, but, the 7D is a fast camera, and I like the fact the 3 exposures are very close together.

There is a new alpha version of ML for the 7d that has working HDR features. So I am now free to expand to more than 3 exposures. Just in case there is anyone else out there with a 7D, or is thinking of getting one as prices of previously enjoyed units are fairly reasonable.

[Katoom119]

Harley hunting at Deal's Gap

[dave6253]

Nice one buddoggin. Welcome to the forum.

Great job Katoom119!

[kingofZroad]

Originally Posted by Katoom119

Harley hunting at Deal's Gap

Very nice!!!

[BarKnee]

[dave6253]

That's awesome, BarKnee.

[soph9]

nice one

[buddoggin]

[Rapid Dog]

[JimRidesThis]

Originally Posted by dave6253

If you are interested in trying HDR, the camera doesn't matter. Getting the right software and learning to use it is. Once you know you want a camera that can handle auto-brackets I recommend finding a camera that will do at least 5 frames at 2 E/V apart. 3 frames is enough for the majority of shots, but 5 will allow you to point directly into the sun.

I'm also enjoying your HDR photo's Dave, and the thread in general - I've kept dipping into it from time to time. I seem to remember reading somewhere that you can create a number of different exposure values from a single RAW image. Does that sound right? I've just bought a Nikon D5100 and it's the first camera I've had that'll shoot RAW (NEF) images, so I'll have to do some research and experiment from there.
The HDR simulation from my iPhone is, frankly, rubbish. But for those with Photoshop CS5, 5.5. or 6 (I don't know if previous versions have it) there is the HDR Toning feature in the Image > Adjustments menu. It has a number of useful presets (e.g. High Contrast Photorealistic, High Contrast Monochrome, etc.) but these can be adjusted and altered at will.



EDIT/UPDATE: Additional info from http://www.flickr.com/groups/raw2hdr/
"About HDR from a single RAW

To get the best from HDR (High Dynamic Range) images one should really plan ahead and use bracketed exposures right from the camera.

Sometimes however this is not possible, such as in action shots, or perhaps you merely wish to rescue a shot that has under or overexposed areas that can't be corrected by other means. If you shoot in RAW, as I do, you can create bracketed exposures from a single RAW file and use these to produce HDR images. Perhaps not as good as HDRs planned and executed from start to finish but certainly good enough to rescue a shot you like that suffers from exposure problems."

So, as you say Dave, bracketed exposure is the best way to go but it's also possible from a single image too, with some preprocessing to give you 3 or 5 (or whatever) images from a single shot.

[Katoom119]

Those last ones are impressive, the moonlight ride and the MotoShow ones.

[dave6253]

JimRidesThis,

Back around page 13 I posted quite a few examples of single exposures converted to HDR. You do not need to shoot in RAW, although you can recover more detail from RAW. Post 189 is a tutorial on how I convert and process single JPEGs. Have fun!

[JTMETZ54]

Took this one last fall.

[JimRidesThis]

Originally Posted by dave6253

JimRidesThis,

Back around page 13 I posted quite a few examples of single exposures converted to HDR. You do not need to shoot in RAW, although you can recover more detail from RAW. Post 189 is a tutorial on how I convert and process single JPEGs. Have fun!

Thanks Dave, I just had a look now. I'll have a play with an old jpg images in Photomatix - watch this space

Jim