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My 1st HDR
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I like it. It's much better than my first attempt which I would be embarrassed to post anywhere. Which method did you use?
Just 3 different exposures of the scene (taken on the camera rather than generating my own) then using photomatrix to 'fiddle' for awhile until some mildly good came out the other end. 
i tried it in a trial version on cs4 and it just comes no where near photomatrix for HDR stuff, its good.
Sorry but it really just looks like an normal photo, the thing about HDR is the detail that is brought out throughout the whole pictures and the vibrant colors, you might want to do some more tonal mapping, alot of detail is lost in the trees.. here is an example of my first HDR, you could see from the original normal exposure and the final HDR composite with Tonal mapping the detail that is brought out in the fence and trees..keep working on it..
I disagree also, just because an HDR image isn't over the top doesn't mean it does not have merit. I think with this particular image his restraint may have improved the outcome.
Not bad. Next time I would go for a scene at a different time of day, it looks like you took the images at high noon when the lighting is not so great.
I'm not particularly enamored with your image either. First of all the scene is too flat to begin with- there's no added benefit to HDR. The HDR image is uninteresting other than what seems to be some sort of a white halo around the trees after the post processing (I see little to no difference in the fence, personally). I guess there is a little more detail in the sky, but other than that there's not a whole lot of contrast to bring out. There aren't any vibrant colors to be brought out either, mostly due to the early-evening lighting conditions.
I'm not particularly enamored with your image either. First of all the scene is too flat to begin with- there's no added benefit to HDR. The HDR image is uninteresting other than what seems to be some sort of a white halo around the trees after the post processing (I see little to no difference in the fence, personally). I guess there is a little more detail in the sky, but other than that there's not a whole lot of contrast to bring out. There aren't any vibrant colors to be brought out either, mostly due to the early-evening lighting conditions.
Have you been to an area like that or tried to take a photo like that one? The HDR brought out a lot I would say. I can look at that shot and imagine what the original was like. There are color combinations in a shot like that that will only be visilbe with multiple exposures. I think it is a great shot, and an excellent first attempt at HDR.
I would agree however that a different time of day with some angle to the light source would add a lot.
yeah the light was massive headache. All weekend it was gray and over cast so i could not be picky, but thanks for the comments.
I guess everyone would like to see the original..
in my opinion it's a great HDR, did you use a tripod? tried AEB and BULB mode?in order to get less motion as there was probably wind that moved the trees and leaves through the shots? I might be wrong though
in my opinion it's a great HDR, did you use a tripod? tried AEB and BULB mode?in order to get less motion as there was probably wind that moved the trees and leaves through the shots? I might be wrong though