Archive for the ‘hdr’ Category
8October2009
HDR Settings For Canon Eos 350d / Digital Rebel XT Video Tutorial
Posted by Rob_Nunn under: hdr; technique; tutorials.
Camera-shake and subject movement are the enemies of clean HDR Photographs, we need to keep our cameras as still as possible, and take the bracketed images as quickly as possible to get the best shots.
In the video I’m setting the exposure-bracketing on my Canon EOS 350d / Digital Rebel XT to plus and minus 2 e.v’s – but to be honest you don’t always need to be that extreme. In more even light you could find + or – 1 ev is sufficient.
Which software you’re using also really affects how your Tone-Mapped HDR comes out. Photoshop and others aren’t that good at dealing with subject movement – whereas Photomatix is fantastic. Even quite extreme differences can be dealt with. You’ll still get the odd ghosting effect, but that can be sorted out by painting in different layers in Photoshop or Elements.
So, in conclusion, use a low ISO, switch to Aperture Priority Mode, turn on Automatic Exposure Bracketing and Continuous Shooting to get the best HDR shots out of your 350d / Rebel XT, and remember, and if you want really good shots use a tripod!
Cheers, Rob.
9August2008
Creating Basic HDR Images With Photomatix Pro 3 (For Peggy)
Posted by Rob_Nunn under: hdr; software; the course; tutorials.
Ah yes – HDR. It’s taking the photography world by storm, so here’s a short tutorial showing you the basics about capturing the photos you’ll need to make a HDR image.
Then we’ll be processing it in Photomatix to create something we can then work on in Photoshop, Elements, or any other editing software.
12July2008
Free HDR / Tone Mapping Software – A First Look At Picturenaut
Posted by Rob_Nunn under: hdr; reviews.
HDR (or HDRI) – the Photographic Technique of combining multiple shots of the same scene, taken with different exposures, so that you can bring out the shadow and highlights detail in post-processing. Or just creating cool photos.
My software of choice has been Photomatix Pro 3.0 by HDRSoft, but I came across Picturenaut, saw it was a free download and thought I’d give it a go.
10July2008
I Challenge My Old Kodak Point and Shoot To A HDR…
Posted by Rob_Nunn under: hdr.
The Kodak Easyshare CX4230 was my first digital camera, which I got I think about 5 years ago. With a whopping 2 Mega-pixel Sensor, 3 times optical zoom, and a hunger for batteries only seconded by its tiny lcd screen, you could say it’s a little out-classed these days.
I wanted to give my old Kodak a run for old times sake, to see if you could produce a half-decent landscape HDR with a 2 mega-pixel sensor, and a little bit of magic from Photomatix and Photoshop.
9July2008
Its Raining Outside! Time For Some Still-Life’s….
Posted by Rob_Nunn under: hdr.
Still-Life’s, or pictures of inanimate objects, have been a fine tradition in painting since before the Renaissance, so why not give an old style a 21st Century technique with HDR and Tone Mapping!
You don’t need any special lighting, just your camera, a tripod, some ideas, Photomatix (or any other HDR / Tone Mapping Software), and some patience. Oh, and a piece of white paper so you can do custom white-ballances to get the colours correct.
