guys went back to the war memorial with a friend yesterday to experiment with some hdr. here one of em.

http://static.flickr.com/73/224287112_92ab61bc65.jpg

Great work here Carlo!!!
Was this taken with the 18-70? :)

Nice. Did you use cs2 or another program? Tone mapped?

Im guessing photomatix pro :)
If this was done with photoshop. I'll be extremely impressed :)

Great work here Carlo!!!
Was this taken with the 18-70? :)

sigma 10-20. wish that were possible with the 18-70

Nice. Did you use cs2 or another program? Tone mapped?

actually i tried two methods, pure cs2 and photomatix+cs2. the latter yielded the better image. hdr in photomatix then tone mapping in cs2

If this was done with photoshop. I'll be extremely impressed

me and my friend found a way :) you can do hdr with one image just make 3 separate copies of the same image and change the exposure values in the raw file. then you can merge to hd3 in cs2

Im guessing photomatix pro :)
If this was done with photoshop. I'll be extremely impressed :)
That's what I was thinking too. Never could get the cs2 hdr to come out right. But had to ask since I'm just now beginning to explore cs2 functions.

Yep, I'm aware of that method but I never really tried it hehe. This is amazing work man! I have to go back there to shoot haha. Getting my IR filter from dindin this tuesday :).

Yep, I'm aware of that method but I never really tried it hehe. This is amazing work man! I have to go back there to shoot haha. Getting my IR filter from dindin this tuesday :).

getting mine tom:) lets experiment with some ir- hdr if thats even possible hehe:)

sigma 10-20. wish that were possible with the 18-70



actually i tried two methods, pure cs2 and photomatix+cs2. the latter yielded the better image. hdr in photomatix then tone mapping in cs2



me and my friend found a way :) you can do hdr with one image just make 3 separate copies of the same image and change the exposure values in the raw file. then you can merge to hd3 in cs2

I never knew you could do photomatix +cs2. Gonna have to give that a try. Thanks for the info, spoon. As for the different exposure value of the same raw, that's what I've been doing lately with photomatix. Turns out great.

I never knew you could do photomatix +cs2.

Gio the pasaway ex of moonie from sb? anyway you save the hdr image in photomatix and then tone map it in cs2. but youl need the tone-mapping plugin.

Carlo, can you direct me to the tone-mapping plug-in please? :)

Gio the pasaway ex of moonie from sb? anyway you save the hdr image in photomatix and then tone map it in cs2. but youl need the tone-mapping plugin.
Yep, it's me. Caloy sent me a link to this forum. Where did you get the plug-in? I'm using the photomatix now and they do tone mapping (they also sell a tone mapping plug-in for cs2 which my stupid a$$ forgot to get).

Here's an example of a tone-mapped using 3 different ev of a single raw file using photomatix.

http://static.flickr.com/59/222833499_acdfa6204a_m.jpg

Carlo, can you direct me to the tone-mapping plug-in please? :)

you can download it for free in the hdrsoft website once in your desktop, transfer it to cs2 plugins.

Yep, it's me. Caloy sent me a link to this forum. Where did you get the plug-in? I'm using the photomatix now and they do tone mapping (they also sell a tone mapping plug-in for cs2 which my stupid a$$ forgot to get).

welcome bro! anyway i downloaded the free plugin from hdrsoft. check it out i cant beleive you missed that freebie? its free bro

Done. Now to take test shots :D Ty carlo.

what all thses "hdr" thing about. sounds interesting. anybody wants to give us some overview? sorry for my kawalang-alam.

what all thses "hdr" thing about. sounds interesting. anybody wants to give us some overview? sorry for my kawalang-alam.

high dynamic range sir. check out http://hdrsoft.com

heres another example
http://static.flickr.com/64/223564173_6555de42f5_o.jpg

Carlo, check out hdrsoft.com. they have a new version in Beta! More options to tinker with :D

sir dave,

as concisely as i could get. HDR means high dynamic range. ever tried shooting a sunset but couldnt get to expose everything properly (either the sky is burned out or the foreground is dark)? HDR solves that by providing a way to increase your sensor's dynamic range by using two or more different exposures of the same scene.

in the beach sunset scene, basically just do an exposure of the sky and an exposure of the foreground. CS2 and photomatix will then merge these exposures as one HDR image (must find a way to frame the scene exactly, this is where the EV compensation comes in handy)...voila...not burned out sky and all the detail in the foreground. the possibilities are endless... try shooting an interior with a window...its now possible to shoot the scene where both the interior and what's outside the window are visible.

tone-mapping is where all the fun begins. it gives all that cool cgi look. use photomatix for tone mapping.

try it sir. googling it around or the link provided above will get you started. just dont overdo it kasi it tends to be very artificial if pushed too hard, if you know what i mean. overkill, well, kills!

Carlo, check out hdrsoft.com. they have a new version in Beta! More options to tinker with :D

i did i actually preferred the reg version but thats just me

Yep, it's me. Caloy sent me a link to this forum. Where did you get the plug-in? I'm using the photomatix now and they do tone mapping (they also sell a tone mapping plug-in for cs2 which my stupid a$$ forgot to get).

Here's an example of a tone-mapped using 3 different ev of a single raw file using photomatix.


i'm assuming the pic was fairly flat(flat i mean everything was within 1.5 to 2 stops apart right? i mean if it was very contrasty to begin with, i doubt if you can get the same results...love the final pic though.

@Carlo

Who's this friend you went to shoot this with?

Downloading. thanks for the links guys. Can't wait to try this. :)

A good website for HDR recommended by a friend would be http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/cambridge-gallery.htm :)

By the way, what exactly is the difference between HDR and combining exposures? The Pro version lets you combine multiple images while the Basic version only allows two images for exposure-combination. Both allow HDR though.

i'm assuming the pic was fairly flat(flat i mean everything was within 1.5 to 2 stops apart right? i mean if it was very contrasty to begin with, i doubt if you can get the same results...love the final pic though.

@Carlo

Who's this friend you went to shoot this with?

my friend terrence from cebu. know him?

great image carlo! congratulations.

i was wondering, would you be so kind as to put in the steps you did for CS2? im curious to try out HDR but dont know how.
thanks a bunch

Anybody know where I can get a tone mapping plug in for mac? :) I tried searching for torrents of the plugin but only found for windows :)

Anybody know where I can get a tone mapping plug in for mac? :) I tried searching for torrents of the plugin but only found for windows :)

marton iam using a mac:) download the tome mapping in the http://www.hdrsoft.com website. there is one for mac