Jenko_Sport 
Member 
 
Registered: 25th May 06
 Location: Stoke-on-Trent 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
Colour balance is off quite abit aswell in it.
 | 
Steve 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 30th Mar 02
 Location: Worcestershire             Drives: Defender 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
its meant to be like that. Its taken at night with street lighting as its only light source. Impossible to get any kind of colour range in it
 | 
Steve 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 30th Mar 02
 Location: Worcestershire             Drives: Defender 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
cleaned up the orange tone and colour a bit 
 
 
 | 
AdZ9 
Member 
 
Registered: 14th Apr 06
 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
This is my first ever attempt at a HDR, i still have no idea how my camera works 100% but i've been reading about HDR and took 3 pics, one at 0EV, one at +2 and one at -2ev and used PS to put them together 
 
Not to bad for first try? 
 
 
 | 
Steve 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 30th Mar 02
 Location: Worcestershire             Drives: Defender 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
thast cool mate, just needs a tad more shifting to the under exposed one for the lights
 | 
Jenko_Sport 
Member 
 
Registered: 25th May 06
 Location: Stoke-on-Trent 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
When i get a min ill have a bash at it.
 | 
Matt L 
Member 
 
Registered: 17th Apr 06
 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
1. 
  
2. 
  
 
Both just the single exposure from when i was up in edinburgh. 
 | 
Gary 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 22nd Nov 06
 Location: West Yorkshire 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
quote: Originally posted by Steve 
tonights attempt, i think im improving with this technique slowly 
 
  
 
[Edited on 17-11-2010 by Steve] 
   
 
 
Just wondering. Why do you need the EV-2? 
 
Isnt everything thats in EV-2 in EV-0?
 | 
John 
Member 
 
Registered: 30th Jun 03
 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
No, much more detail around the lamp in ev -2.
 | 
Steve 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 30th Mar 02
 Location: Worcestershire             Drives: Defender 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
dark exposures compress the highlights so you get detail there, light exposures bring out details in shadows and the midranges are taken from the 0 
 
you cant relaly do proper hdr from one exposure, especially in situations where you need it 
 
[Edited on 13-12-2010 by Steve]
 | 
Gary 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 22nd Nov 06
 Location: West Yorkshire 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
Now you say that i can see what you mean.
 | 
AdZ9 
Member 
 
Registered: 14th Apr 06
 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
So Steve can I edit just the EV+2 version of the photo to get the lights down? I only quickly played around with the options in PS but didn't know you can do it to the single images? 
 | 
Steve 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 30th Mar 02
 Location: Worcestershire             Drives: Defender 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
play around in photoshop with shadows/highlights 
 
or take a less then -2 lower exposure shot, most of mine are 
 
[Edited on 14-12-2010 by Steve]
 | 
Gary 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 22nd Nov 06
 Location: West Yorkshire 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
What is ev exactly?
 | 
Steve 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 30th Mar 02
 Location: Worcestershire             Drives: Defender 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
exposure value
 | 
Whittie 
Member 
 
Registered: 11th Aug 06
 Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
quote: Originally posted by Steve 
cleaned up the orange tone and colour a bit 
 
  
   
 
Take the tango out of the picture and would look brilliant imo.
 | 
Gary 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 22nd Nov 06
 Location: West Yorkshire 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
quote: Originally posted by Steve 
exposure value 
   
 
 
  
 
In simpleish terms
 | 
Steve 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 30th Mar 02
 Location: Worcestershire             Drives: Defender 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
how much light the camera exposes to the film or sensor in terms of digital. 
 
higher exposure more light hence brighter image, lower less light
 | 
Gary 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 22nd Nov 06
 Location: West Yorkshire 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
Ahhh ok. Is that with or without flash?
 | 
Steve 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 30th Mar 02
 Location: Worcestershire             Drives: Defender 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
i never use the flash tbh
 | 
Piér 
Member 
 
Registered: 4th Jan 10
 Location: Gloucestershire 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
Flash makes for awful photos, if the shutter speed is to low at the lowest F number then you need a tripod   
 | 
Whittie 
Member 
 
Registered: 11th Aug 06
 Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
quote: Originally posted by Piér 
Flash makes for awful photos, if the shutter speed is to low at the lowest F number then you need a tripod    
   
 
Not if you have an off camera flash.
 | 
Jenko_Sport 
Member 
 
Registered: 25th May 06
 Location: Stoke-on-Trent 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
quote: Originally posted by Piér 
Flash makes for awful photos 
   
 
Biggest load of bollocks!  
 | 
Steve 
Premium Member
 
Registered: 30th Mar 02
 Location: Worcestershire             Drives: Defender 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
i think hdr kind of negates the need for flash. They have there use though
 | 
Simon 
Member 
 
Registered: 24th Apr 03
 Location: Oxfordshire 
User status: Offline 
 
 | 
 
quote: Originally posted by Jenko_Sport 
quote: Originally posted by Piér 
Flash makes for awful photos 
   
 
Biggest load of bollocks!   
   
 
Depends really, I think most built in flash's on DSLRs have very limited use. Much better to up ISO, adjust shutter etc to avoid using the flash. More often that not ruins a photo. I'm not sure if I have ever actually used my built in flash. If however you are using dedicated flash units then its a slightly different story
 |