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Larne · 30-04-2008, 20:57

I shot this first image on a bright sunny day and as you can see I had real problems with the contrast. The final shot (posted to the gallery at the time) has a whited-out sky which really disappointed me, plus there was a lot of detail lost in the shadows.

Earlier today I finally decided to install and play with the trial copy of Photomatix that was shipped with last month's Digital Photo Magazine. The image below was created from three TIFFs generated from the original RAW file, one under-exposed by 2 stops and one over-exposed by 2 stops (using the exposure control on the Adobe RAW tool). I then used Elements to boost the contrast and saturation.

Aside from the watermarking (as it is a trial copy of Photomatix) what do people think of the result?

This third image is a combination of the two images above (thanks go to Dabhand for the technical tips and the suggestion). I rather like it myself!

30-04-2008, 20:57	#1 (permalink)
Larne Been here a while Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Warrington, Cheshire, UK Posts: 452	Before and After - HDR from a single RAW image I shot this first image on a bright sunny day and as you can see I had real problems with the contrast. The final shot (posted to the gallery at the time) has a whited-out sky which really disappointed me, plus there was a lot of detail lost in the shadows. Earlier today I finally decided to install and play with the trial copy of Photomatix that was shipped with last month's Digital Photo Magazine. The image below was created from three TIFFs generated from the original RAW file, one under-exposed by 2 stops and one over-exposed by 2 stops (using the exposure control on the Adobe RAW tool). I then used Elements to boost the contrast and saturation. Aside from the watermarking (as it is a trial copy of Photomatix) what do people think of the result? This third image is a combination of the two images above (thanks go to Dabhand for the technical tips and the suggestion). I rather like it myself! Last edited by Larne : 01-05-2008 at 21:05.