HDR Amex Poppy Photo

[sebtucknott]

Just been for a walk near the Amex, wanted a nice photo of the Amex for our Kitchen.

Thought it came out well and thought I'd share!



Possibly the nicest ground location?

 

[Sam Ovett]

That's absolutely amazing. We're so lucky to have it

 

[Hendrax]

stunning

 

[Laridae]

Wow! Great capture!

 

[shingle]

Not sure about the sun in the top left corner, Poppys look nice though.

 

[Hendrax]

Just been for a walk near the Amex, wanted a nice photo of the Amex for our Kitchen.

Thought it came out well and thought I'd share!

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Possibly the nicest ground location?

What camera did you use?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Makes you wonder why anyone ever objected...

 

[sebtucknott]

What camera did you use?

Canon 7D with 18-135mm kit lens

First time I've tried to do an HDR image, the bright sky lent itself to doing one. Probably should have used a tripod though.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Wow! Great use of HDR!

 

[sebtucknott]

Not sure about the sun in the top left corner, Poppys look nice though.

This more to your taste?

 

[7:18]

marvellous scenes!

 

[darters74]

Good work Seb

 

[shingle]

yes, that's better.

How many exposures did you make, and how many stops between each exposure, and what software did you use to blend them.

 

[essbee]

Is that the Amex in the background?

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

It is a stunning picture but what is HDR?

 

[sebtucknott]

yes, that's better.

How many exposures did you make, and how many stops between each exposure, and what software did you use to blend them.

Was lazy and just used bracketing on the camera. Three exposures; f14 ISO 200 @ 1/1250,1/250 & 1/50

Just used Photoshop Merge to Pro HD tool.

Might have to get out and try more!

 

[shingle]

It is a stunning picture but what is HDR?

High Dynamic Range, it's quite popular at the moment......it's a blending of three/five or even seven exposures to make a final image that has a full tonal range, I make five, 0 -2, -4 +2 +4 and use photomatix pro

You have to be careful though, cos it can end up looking ghastly.

 

[sebtucknott]

It is a stunning picture but what is HDR?

You take multiple (three here) photos with different "brightnesses". So for this photos one too bright so the poppies look nice but the sky is too bright, one about right and one too dark so the sky and sun look good but everything else is too dark.

Using a program (photoshop here) it merges the three images and allows you to choose which brightness levels you want from each images giving you a "perfect" image.

HDRs of people look nuts - HDR Portraits

 

[shingle]

Was lazy and just used bracketing on the camera. Three exposures; f14 ISO 200 @ 1/1250,1/250 & 1/50

Just used Photoshop Merge to Pro HD tool.

Might have to get out and try more!

You have to be careful with grain with HDR's, 200 ISO might be to high, you're better off with 100 or even 50, and you're right the tripod would be a good bet....slows things down.

 

[shingle]

You take multiple (three here) photos with different "brightnesses". So for this photos one too bright so the poppies look nice but the sky is too bright, one about right and one too dark so the sky and sun look good but everything else is too dark.

Using a program (photoshop here) it merges the three images and allows you to choose which brightness levels you want from each images giving you a "perfect" image.

HDRs of people look nuts - HDR Portraits

That's what I'm talking about Seb, some of those portraits are ghastly, some work, many don't