Anybody ever mess with HDR? I need some tips. This is my first attempt at the HDR "look" using Photoshop and Jpegs.

The OG and the After.



Doesn't look so great, lol. I don't shoot in RAW so I didn't have any photos to work with.

 

ehhh idk.
have you tried photomatix???

here is one i did with photomatix
i edited it ALOT though,
just to show the effects.

 

I should defend myself by saying that I followed some dude's tutorial online, lol.

I haven't used photomatix but I'll look into that program right now. Are you able to edit in JPG format?

 

yeah you can make it in JPG

photomatix is very easy,
drag sliders ahaha

 

Wow that program is fun! So many ways your pictures can turn out. Here's a quick one I did of my balcony.

 

It seems like you were able to upload one image and edit it from there. How? It won't let me select less than 3 photos, so I had to take a few with different exposure.

 

i just edited the "exposures" in cs3 using curves, saved them as 3 different pictures

looks good though!

 

hdr is garbage. just a fad

 

definitely, matt is right.

SOME are done nicey, but most... just ehhh..
i've grown out of it

 

Photoshop's HDR merger is pretty much crap. It will do it a little bit but no where near as good as something like Photomatix.

 

i haven't really gotten into photography much, but I still think HDRs look cool, even if they are a fad.

 

IF HDR done correctly..It can produce really nice pictures.

Some thing like this

Yellow Prop Job - Canon Digital Photography Forums

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...&highlight=hdr

 

according to wikipedia (haha) HDR has been around for like 100 years, so although it may be popular now, it sounds like it's here to stay.

 

yeah, it's nice when done right, but now it's so easy to do, everyone does it and over edits it,.. it's sort of like.. if you can't take a good shot by yourself, USE HDR!!!
heh

 

hdr may be a fad but those that are good at it tend to be really good at it.

Check it out just some I found on google.

 

i think this is one of my top favorites
brad styron is a best at hdr:

 

my film setup. sigma sa7n body w/ two lenses. im drunk, so lets just call em lenses














I DEVELOPED THE FILM AND MADE THESE PRINTS MOTHER****ERS!!!!!!!!!!

 

is that a fixie??? i think that's more of a fad than hdr.

 

the word fixie is a fad, yes. fixed gear track bicycles are not a fad. they've been around longer than hdr pictures, so they are definitely here to stay haha

 

really.. once you get more into photography, unless you can be AMAZING at hdr's,.. they just get lame.

and EVERYONE thinks they're cool so EVERYONE does it.
in photography you're supposed to try to stand out, not blend in