First Attempt At HDR

[mgst]

January 30, 2007 at 9:51 am

Used Photomatix to convert images and then ajusted contrast and saturation in CS2

C&C welcome

Mick

[Ali]

January 31, 2007 at 11:43 am

Very interesting shot Mick, love the colours and great mood. I think a selective sharpen on the immediate foreground would set it off nicely.
A few niggly things – there seems to be a halo around the building on the left (could be a result of pushing the saturation ?) and the horizon is slightly off. For a first attempt, this is super. Look forward to seeing more.

[mgst]

January 31, 2007 at 3:46 pm

Hi Ali

Thanks for the comments not sure about how the halo got there guess i will just have to keep trying on closer inspection the horizon is off.

Mick

[stcstc]

January 31, 2007 at 3:48 pm

is the halo to do with the HDR, is it made from two actual seperate exposures???

maybe they are not quite lined up, I have see HDRsoft do that when it lines them up

[mgst]

January 31, 2007 at 3:59 pm

Hi Steve

It is made up of 4 exposures so you could be right and its not lined up i will have to have another go and see how it works out.

Mick

[mgst]

January 31, 2007 at 5:55 pm

Second attempt at HDR using only 2 images and the highlight and shadows options photomatix, i used the first and last exposure of a set of 8
fixed the horizon and some sharpening in the foreground as suggested by Ali. Contrast levels and curves done in PS CS 2

C&C welcome

Mick