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PotatoEYE
PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:45 pm 
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We all know HDR processing is very tricky and demanding, we also know some of us tend to not do a great job at keeping the processed images looking realistic enough. Some suffer from the lack of contrast, some lack from muddiness, others - oversaturation. Here's a little alternative that is now possible. I've actually been doing it for a while now and forgot about HDR all along. Surely there are certain applications for the technique, but I much prefer to extract all possible tonal range from a single Raw image nowadays.

Anyway, you can read about it Here
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Yes lightroom 4 is a lot better in this regard compared to previous versions.
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Personally I've used Photomatix for this extensively in the past. Maybe I'll give light room 4 a whirl.
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I originally used Photoshop for it, but as my Raw files got better (Pwith technology, not my ability) Photoshop became more of a pain in the ass to do it.
Photomatix is my "quick and dirty/easy" go-to, but even my 3D software does a better job of HDR creation, editing, and production.
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Fr wrote:
Personally I've used Photomatix for this extensively in the past. Maybe I'll give light room 4 a whirl.


What PE is showing is an alternative to HDR, not HDR + tonemapping that Photomatix does.
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You might want to try in camera HDR with the EV button and the multiple exposure feature if your camera has it. Take your shots with EV-2, EV-1, EV0, EV+1, EV+2 while in multiple exposure mode. The final image should have a pretty broad range. I cant believe Ive never tried it, but intend to.
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Bynx wrote:
You might want to try in camera HDR with the EV button and the multiple exposure feature if your camera has it. Take your shots with EV-2, EV-1, EV0, EV+1, EV+2 while in multiple exposure mode. The final image should have a pretty broad range. I cant believe Ive never tried it, but intend to.

I cringe at the thought of in Camera HDR on anything but a point and shoot.
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The technique that Bynx describes is not called in-camera hdr... Which would be an actual in-camera processed hdr produced by the camera itself. But rather the process of adjusting ev is one popular method.

I prefer the bracketting by 1 to 2 stop method. And my results have been great. I do not like hdr's with pronounced halo's.... So my hdr work is more natural.
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His language his horrifically confused then:
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You might want to try in camera HDR
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Based on the fact that he suggests he's never tried it, I am willing to believe that he is speaking of in-camera HDR though.
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