Author Topic: Photography... (Read 151546 times)

Eiii · « **Reply #20 on:** April 02, 2008, 04:46:34 PM »

Maaaan you should use Photoshop to make HDR.

S8NSSON · « **Reply #21 on:** April 02, 2008, 05:27:58 PM »

splain how you HDR in photoshop please.

Eiii · « **Reply #22 on:** April 02, 2008, 05:35:12 PM »

KnacK · « **Reply #23 on:** April 02, 2008, 06:08:58 PM »

Let'e try a pic FOR THE LAST TIME GRFSGRSGSRGSRGSRFGSRGSGSGSDGGSD

KnacK · « **Reply #24 on:** April 02, 2008, 06:23:45 PM »

The top pic is where Mrs. KnacK takes the horses before we got our ranch.

The middle picture is not too far from our house.

The bottom is a 10 second exposure at around 1:00 am.

Sorry for the big pics

coLa · « **Reply #25 on:** April 02, 2008, 08:01:51 PM »

Quote from: S8NSSON on April 02, 2008, 04:42:07 PM

I just got Photomatix, which, from what I read, is a good HDR application. You can take a RAW file, vary the exposure in software, and create good HDR with it. I don't know much about HDR, just read on it today. Expect me to exploit and experiment with it in the near future.

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS shoot in RAW, if possible, and at the highest resolution you can. You never know when that one-in-a-million shot will happen, and it would suck to have it as a 800x600 JPEG.

Photomatix is a good program and easy to use.

i've heard RAW is one of the best to shoot in, but i have yet to use it. i shoot in the highest res with jpeg and it gets the job done so far. i still need to get the hang of when to use what and stuff like that. don't forget most point and shoots don't have the capability to shoot in RAW.

Knack- what kind of camera are you using? you should try and stay away from the AUTO settings and mess with the MANUAL, TV, AV, and P modes. you'd get so much more out of your pictures.

DSLR FTMFW!!!!

i'm looking into getting some more lenses. a fisheye lens is on top of my list.

Smokey · « **Reply #26 on:** April 02, 2008, 08:20:06 PM »

Quote from: coLa on April 01, 2008, 08:18:25 PM

darn about time someone posted up something like this here. good excrement. do you do any kind of editing or just use the images straight from the camera?

s8n = photoshop god. lol

Smokey · « **Reply #27 on:** April 02, 2008, 08:21:44 PM »

Quote from: S8NSSON on April 02, 2008, 05:27:58 PM

splain how you HDR in photoshop please.

Easy. You take 7-8 photos with different f-stops, then you open one image and use "merge to HDR", then select all the photos you've taken.

I know its available in both cs2/3

Opps at double post, thought i combined them..

Garrett · « **Reply #28 on:** April 02, 2008, 08:33:09 PM »

Man you guys are pretty good at photography for it to just be a hobby. Cola, how did you accomplish that affect like that?

S8NSSON · « **Reply #29 on:** April 02, 2008, 09:00:15 PM »

The advantage to RAW is that the image data is raw. The white balance, contrast, sharpening, etc... are stored separately in the raw file. Only after processing the raw file is this other data applied. This means, with the right software (not photoshop) you can adjust these variables before you actually convert the picture to an image format such as jpeg, tiff, etc... without image quality loss. Doing the same type processing to a jpeg will alway result in loss of quality.

If you take perfect images straight off the camera to begin with shooting raw is a waste...i do not, so raws are great.

jitspoe · « **Reply #30 on:** April 02, 2008, 10:17:33 PM »

Man, I've been looking around at HDR photos, and some of them are tripping me out. Some are so unnatural that they look like drawings. Take this one for example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kros/124610245/in/set-72057594073655609/

y00tz · « **Reply #31 on:** April 02, 2008, 10:52:25 PM »

I had a great link of a huge HDR pool on Flickr from a few days ago that I was going to post for you guys, but alas I lost it.

That jeep is unreal, I'd love to see the individual shots for that.

Eiii · « **Reply #32 on:** April 02, 2008, 11:09:19 PM »

Probably involved lots of post.

KnacK · « **Reply #33 on:** April 03, 2008, 05:19:49 AM »

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Knack- what kind of camera are you using? you should try and stay away from the AUTO settings and mess with the MANUAL, TV, AV, and P modes. you'd get so much more out of your pictures.

It's a Cannon PowerShot G2 that I purchased back in 2000. It is a fully manual camera and it has Carl Zeiss glass. For a 4mp camera and for its age, nothing can beat it.

I'll have to dig up better photos but that's what I happen to have on my desktop.

I've been shooting film with a minolta Maxim 7000 since 1985.It was one of the first autofocus SLR's out there. Boy it's slow and sucks down the batteries but it takes great shots. I've got more lenses than I can shake a stick at. I spent a lot of time shooting Kodachrome and b/w stills. I really need to get those converted......

coLa · « **Reply #34 on:** April 03, 2008, 06:45:31 AM »

you can also use shadow/highlight on photoshop to give it that HDR look.

Smokey · « **Reply #35 on:** April 03, 2008, 08:11:07 PM »

Had to do a sunset project in digital imaging, thought this was pretty decent.

Playah · « **Reply #36 on:** April 04, 2008, 07:35:08 AM »

Woke up one morning, looked out of the window and captured this wonderful sight.

Eiii · « **Reply #37 on:** April 04, 2008, 07:39:45 AM »

Guys. These sunsets are crap. You can see none of the foreground. HDR is the answer. At least take multiple exposures and hand it off to someone else. It has the potential to look really, REALLY awesome. D:

Justinph5 · « **Reply #38 on:** April 04, 2008, 09:06:22 AM »

cola, use RAW, you'll LOVE it! lol

I'll have to upload some pictures on here soon, once i get to them.

KnacK · « **Reply #39 on:** April 04, 2008, 09:17:44 AM »

http://range.wordpress.com/2006/07/15/modern-hdr-photography-a-how-to-or-saturday-morning-relaxation/

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/high-dynamic-range.htm

http://www.cybergrain.com/tech/hdr/