Pseudo Hdr's

[Lepperfish]

Hey guys. If taking shots and you know your going to be taking pseudo HDR images would it be better to shoot them 1 or 2 stops higher exposure to avoid noise when adjusting exposure in photoshop? Or do you need that range of -2 -1 0 1+ 2+

[barraspalding]

as i've mentioned i've never been able to get HDR's to work proper for me...

but I assumed it would be better to have the bracketed shots from the camera, not post

[ZENNON]

What's a pseudo HDR image?

[funkymonkey]

What's a pseudo HDR image?

its the kind of photo that makes me want to bludgeon someone.

[ZENNON]

lol - quickly googled and apparently it just means its a single image HDR

[ZENNON]

Hey guys. If taking shots and you know your going to be taking pseudo HDR images would it be better to shoot them 1 or 2 stops higher exposure to avoid noise when adjusting exposure in photoshop? Or do you need that range of -2 -1 0 1+ 2+

If you are taking a single shot and you know you are going to make a single image HDR out of it yeah a stop or so brighter might be better as there is more info stored in brighter pixels.. little hard to explain but its called shooting to the right (you can read this if you are interested).

But yeah the important thing is the expose it so you capture the detail in the dark and bright areas - and in some cases this will simply not be possible with a single exposure - and then.. you'll have to do a proper HDR!

[MaTBoY]

Why would you take 1 pic for a hdr image? If your intentionally wanting an HDR image and you're already there with your camera... why not take the extra shots?

I guess the only place you'd do it is if you took a pic, and thought it might look good as as afterthought, but if that's the case you're probably not going to get what you're after or had in mind anyway... Seems like a redundant thing to do.

It's hard to make an HDR pic not look flat and boring and lifeless as it is. Sounds like a Pseudo waste of time.

[ZENNON]

Why would you take 1 pic for a hdr image?

Might be a scene with heaps of moving objects and stuff

It's hard to make an HDR pic not look flat and boring and lifeless as it is. Sounds like a Pseudo waste of time.

I don't think so Matt. Due to the nature of a HDR you will loose dark shadows and bright highlights. So to make photo not look flat you have to fix this afterwards. This is not hard to do if you have something like Lightroom. Its simply a matter of opening the tone curve and darkening the shadows - (drag left hand side down a little) and making the highlights a little brighter (drag light hand side a little up)

[ZENNON]

Not personally a fan of over-done clouds but here is an example of a single image HDR for example

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenscrack/2752110614/

[MaTBoY]

hdr in motion! good call

I don't mean they're flat as in just how they're coloured and lit, i meant more in general, I'd prefer a good normal pic to a good hdr 9/10. Occasionally they're awesome and do a great job, but usually it just seems to take away from what ever was the reason you stopped to take a pic. personal preference i guess.

[funkymonkey]

HDR is the 2D version of the 3D television fad.

[ZENNON]

hdr in motion! good call

I don't mean they're flat as in just how they're coloured and lit, i meant more in general, I'd prefer a good normal pic to a good hdr 9/10. Occasionally they're awesome and do a great job, but usually it just seems to take away from what ever was the reason you stopped to take a pic. personal preference i guess.

+1111

IMO a good HDR is one you can't really tell it is a HDR!

[NA_Goodness]

I'm still struggling to get a decent looking HRD, with or without it looking normal!

[ZENNON]

Really? How so?

Here are some of mine

[NA_Goodness]

Dude, they look awesome! Here's my attempt:

Dunno, just doesnt look right to me... Not as awesome as the other ones I see here

[GoldZilla]

Couldn't you just turn on the auto-bracketing feature and the camera would automatically take three images at different exposure levels?

[MRSAMO]

I've tried this (single shot HDR) :

You may have to do some colour correction (I didn't in these pictures). I like HDR but it's not photography anymore, more like another genre of photography art.

[MaTBoY]

Wow, nice work sam! I'm a fan. I wouldn't correct the colours, that would just take the golden glow out, which is one of the reasons they look so good.

[MRSAMO]

Thanks mate.

Here's another one but is it HDR?

[NA_Goodness]

They're awesome, Sam! Exactly what I want to be able to do!