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My Full HDR Tutorial
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This method seems to be the best I seen yet in adjusting a HDR photo. Very nice!
Thanks for the compliment Robert. I'm glad the tutorial was helpful for you.
I understood the masking concept, but your tips helped clarify the process a lot. Thanks for the video!
yeah,.. intresting stuff....intense time spent on detail, phew!,...how would you deal with an HDR of a forest or woodland situation with all the leaves etc i wonder ?
Hi Paul,
To handle the issue with moving leaves, I'd probably mask in the underexposed version of the leaves because they'd likely appear frozen in it because of the fast shutter speed.
First off i would like to thank you for this tutorial! i helped me realize what and where i was doing wrong with my HDR... (my HDRs looked more painterly style and i wanted a more natural and sharp image now i see how to get it)
As Tim Stanley said above i too understood the masking concept but wasn't exactly sure what i was looking for. This helped me to see what I should want to achieve!
Again Thank you very much! :)
Great tutorial Scott - thanks for sharing. Now I have a much better understanding of how to do the post PhotoMaxrix processing and will try to make a run at some of my earlier HDRs again.
Hi Scott,
I bookmarked this tutorial some time ago, but just had a chance to watch it today. You did a great job with it. This is the tutorial I always expected Trey Ratcliff would publish on his site. At 1 hour and 16 minutes, this is a long tutorial, but I'm glad you didn't cut the time down on this. Your tutorial gives perspective on all the steps, effort and the amount of work it takes to do this, and I've learned some new techniques as well.
I hope you will continue to publish additional tutorials as time permits. You can view some of my HDR work at the URL below, feel free to leave any comments (positive or negative) as the feedback is always appreciated.
http://mitchellsacks.smugmug.com/Vacation/Florence-Italy-2010
just a little technical issue i have. when i have gone through the stages, and come to 'merge visible' i then import another image to paint through,...around the edges i seem to get the 'mask' coming through, which means i have to crop the image down at the end to remove the edges, because if i load the picture into say flickr, i have what looks like a really awful rough border around the image,..any ideas?
Hi Scott, thanks for the informative tutorial.
I do have a couple questions with regards to shooting your photos. The example here is a moving shot, yet you managed to get three photos (at -2, 0 and +2). Does your camera have a built-in HDR option, or did you set the EV in post-processing?
My Nikon D60 doesn't have that prior option, so when I go to take HDR photos I find I have to take shots of places that have minimal movement because of the time clicking between exposure values. Is there any advice to taking HDR photos using a camera without this function?
Hi Christopher, my camera has a mode called "AEB", which stands for Automatic-Exposure-Bracketing. Most DSLR's have this feature. In fact, my prior SLR was a Canon Rebel 2000 and it had that feature. I just looked up the specs on the D60 and unfortunately it doesn't have that feature. You can do the bracketing manually, but I wouldn't recommend it because you'll end up shaking your camera when changing the settings and your end results will be slightly blurred. Time to upgrade your camera! :)
I cannot thank you enough for this tutorial. I know there is much more to learn, but you have given us a fantastic start at making a very comprehensive adjustment to an HDR photo.