Playing with HDR

**casil403** · 03-24-2009, 11:53 PM

I just downloaded a trail version of Photomatrix and put some images to the test....these are the stream shots I found last weekend.
I'm not sure if they are any good but this is a way fun process regardless!

**casil403** · 03-25-2009, 12:09 AM

They looked way better on my computer than on this post.....

....especially the first one.

**F8&Bthere** · 03-25-2009, 12:13 AM

Nice. Where were these taken? I'm guessing they were not bracketed exposures?

**casil403** · 03-25-2009, 12:14 AM

I didn't bracket them...is that why they look weird? I did use a tripod however.
The little wishing well on Highway 40 is where they were taken.
Ahhh well...I guess I know what I'm doing for my next trip out to the mountains!

**F8&Bthere** · 03-25-2009, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by casil403

I didn't bracket them...is that why they look weird? I did use a tripod however.
The little wishing well on Highway 40 is where they were taken.
Ahhh well...I guess I know what I'm doing for my next trip out to the mountains!

No i think they're way better than my first attempt at HDR, and that was using a b racketed sequence. That said, I was using Photoshop merge to do it and I later learned there were some steps I skipped. From what I've heard Photomatrix is da bomb! In the morning I'll be getting out my map to find hwy 40!

**Mad Aussie** · 03-25-2009, 12:32 AM

You'll find if you upload to a flickr or photobucket album or similar and link here the photos come out a bit sharper. This forum seems to reduce the quality ever so slightly and we see as a bit softer image than it should be.

**JAS_Photo** · 03-25-2009, 01:14 AM

I like the color and tone on the second. Yes, the attachments fuction seems to make images appear unsharp and weird at times.

**casil403** · 03-25-2009, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by F8&Bthere

In the morning I'll be getting out my map to find hwy 40!

The main road running through K-Country is Highway 40. The wishing well is located closer to the Trans Canada than the Highwood Pass Gate on the east side of the #40.
If you look for a sign that says "Point of Interest" that's it.

**Marko** · 03-25-2009, 09:22 AM

I have to look into this issue...but in general, if the photo is less than 150K to start, in my experience (100% of of images I have uploaded) the shots look decent when uploaded directly.

What was the Original filesize of image 1 casil?

thx
Marko

**casil403** · 03-25-2009, 09:28 AM

The original was 5.2 MB Marko

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