[sawdust]

Hi all been away a bit had alot on my shoulders with work .
Been out today and on the way back saw this Church so took 5 shots 2under two over exposed then used the Photomatix program not to sure on how to use so feedback welcome.

[Dabhand16]

No expert in HDR myself, but there are two halos - a faint one around the church and a stronger one on the tree line. Don't know if this is a settings/strength issue, but have not always seen other HDR images with halos.

[M1ke]

Originally Posted by sawdust

Hi all been away a bit had alot on my shoulders with work .
Been out today and on the way back saw this Church so took 5 shots 2under two over exposed then used the Photomatix program not to sure on how to use so feedback welcome.

If you follow this link it will give you an insight on how to use Photomatix.

Flickr: Discussing How to Take High Dynamic Range Photographs in Score Me "HDR" - Post 1, Score 5 immediately before yours.

Mike

[Dave]

Excellent tutorials here on Pixalo :-

HDR Techniques

Beginner's guide to HDR and Tone Mapping

[Charlotte]

Hi sawdust

There's also a good tutorial on the Photomatix site, have a quick look through it, it'll get you started in no time

Photomatix takes a bit of getting used to, and you have to play around with the settings a bit, to find a processing method that you like.

Basically, this one hasn't worked too well, firstly in that it doesn't look sharp, like it should after an hdr treatment. Secondly it's got white halo's which shouldn't be there.

My advice for hdr shots is to take 3 shots, not 5, i.e. fewer shots to match up = a smoother blending of the shots for sharpest results.

Have another go sawdust, you'll soon get the hang of it

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Charlotte

My advice for hdr shots is to take 3 shots, not 5, i.e. fewer shots to match up = a smoother blending of the shots for sharpest results.

Only if 3 shots cover the full Dynamic range though , otherwise you need more

[Charlotte]

Dave, if you shoot +2, 0, -2 then you get the full range that a dslr can handle

[sawdust]

Don a bit of the burn tool around the church. Thanks all for the links to the tutorials hope there is a wifi hot spot at the hotel im off to this afternoon going on a three day cours Health and Safety manual handling trainers course. Going the St Ives Cambridge.

Yep taking th D50 just in case

[Boofers]

Nice thing about digital is you can always try again. I like six shots,,I found that it gives you on most shots a nice smooth histogram to start out with. 3 shots are ok and you can get good results. I would say read everything you can about what tools work for what, and then make what you like. Artistic license, enter in the search hdr and look at some of the pic's there. I have one that has been said to have halos, but I say it's the reflected sun, or like to think so,, keep up the good work sawdust your on the right track to a real good hdr.

Boofers

[Charlotte]

Originally Posted by Boofers

Artistic license

Love that

[Boofers]

Originally Posted by Charlotte

Love that

and then there were 3, but there should be 1,

[j sotelo]

I think does Halos are sometimes due to movement in this case it might be the wind moving the branches and the clouds.