HDR try - tower bridge london

[lenzz]

ok.. here is the tower bridge :embrass:

 

[giantcanopy]

The second shot looked better, but the dark clouds are still a little more over dramatic. The water surface looks better processed, although there seemed to be some incongruity in the bottom right.

Not sure... i had 5 exposures shot in JPEG -2, -1, 0 +1, +2 exposures
then tone mapped the Dynamic-Photo HDR.. i think i did bit of over-do tone mapping i guess..

But when i talk to some friends here.. they argue the best exposures for HDR is -5, 0 +5 (as in Nikon D90 D300 D700)

The best exposures for HDR or the number of brackets you would want to take depends on the scene that you are taking. Sometimes if you need just abit more subtle details a 2 stop 2 bracketted shot might be all that you need.

It is not about cramping all the available tones with all the bracketting you can capture with the camera of the scene into something visible in HDR, the presence of clipping and contrast can be beautiful. HDR might not even be necessary.

Ryan

 

[Manda]

This has potential, the buildings are good, perhaps rework the sky and water a tad. I like the gloomy feel - sums up London on a wet winters day.

 

[timotheus]

ok apart from how i'd personally feel proud if i did the picture, there are a few pointers to note when shooting a HDR.

we know there's a need to spend time to drop your shutter or raise them to create the negative or positive EV settings for the HDR

but i believe you either need to be a lot quicker in what you're doing, or simply shoot one RAW file to settle the hdr at it's basic portion.

reasons:
-clouds have moved rather drastically. i assume there was a good load of wind there. Now the clouds are foggy and dragged across. Not very ideal
-the boat in the foreground has moved! that's a major nono.
-there's also a little bit of blending problem at the middle of the picture with the tree and the building. something that needs a little correcting.
- and there's also a need to do a bit more pp with burn and dodge and a bit more leveling to get this pic right.

a very good second try point to note, when you start getting really into HDR, don't make the same mistake as I did by going around and HDR-ing EVERYTHING. that quickly became pointless though fun and surreal.

 

[lenzz]

ok apart from how i'd personally feel proud if i did the picture, there are a few pointers to note when shooting a HDR.

we know there's a need to spend time to drop your shutter or raise them to create the negative or positive EV settings for the HDR

but i believe you either need to be a lot quicker in what you're doing, or simply shoot one RAW file to settle the hdr at it's basic portion.

reasons:
-clouds have moved rather drastically. i assume there was a good load of wind there. Now the clouds are foggy and dragged across. Not very ideal
-the boat in the foreground has moved! that's a major nono.
-there's also a little bit of blending problem at the middle of the picture with the tree and the building. something that needs a little correcting.
- and there's also a need to do a bit more pp with burn and dodge and a bit more leveling to get this pic right.

a very good second try point to note, when you start getting really into HDR, don't make the same mistake as I did by going around and HDR-ing EVERYTHING. that quickly became pointless though fun and surreal.

Thanks for all the pointers.. really helpful. I will focus on these points in my next try.