# first try at HDR, what ya think? UPDATED 11-11 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 4, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151 "2007-11-04T16:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/1 "2007-11-04T16:51:56Z")
![http://www.sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/bridgeHDR.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/bridgeHDR.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/2 "2007-11-04T16:52:26Z")
second one is meh ![http://www.sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/bridgenightHDR.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/bridgenightHDR.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/3 "2007-11-04T16:57:12Z")
and last one ![http://www.sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/carHDRsmall.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/carHDRsmall.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![matter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@matter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/matter)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/4 "2007-11-04T17:13:49Z")
last one is schweet ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/5 "2007-11-04T17:17:23Z")
excuse my ignorance, but what is HDR? i dont see anything in the pictures that look different? ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/6 "2007-11-04T17:21:14Z")
HDR is made up of more than one pic…here’s one of the 3 I used for that one… ![http://www.sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/normal_DSCF6109.JPG](http://www.sonikempire.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/normal_DSCF6109.JPG) I was going more for the realistic look, rather than the cartoonish look ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/7 "2007-11-04T17:23:53Z")
[quote=“bobbyg1243,post:5,topic:38151"”] excuse my ignorance, but what is HDR? i dont see anything in the pictures that look different? [/quote] High Dynamic Range It’s a way of getting a look in photos that would otherwise be impossible just taking a single picture. Skurge what did you use to do those? Photoshop? Photomatix? ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/8 "2007-11-04T17:26:38Z")
photomatix, I have CS2 but haven’t tried it in there yet, these were my first 3 HDR’s ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/9 "2007-11-04T18:18:50Z")
^^still good, i liked the off road pic with the mud on the car. nice to see someone use the car for what it was designed for ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/10 "2007-11-04T18:20:28Z")
[quote=“TORQDSS,post:9,topic:38151"”] ^^still good, i liked the off road pic with the mud on the car. nice to see someone use the car for what it was designed for [/quote] haha if you only knew 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/11 "2007-11-04T18:29:34Z")
i like the first one. doesn’t seem too bad. I need to start messing with these too. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/12 "2007-11-05T06:09:45Z")
Looks good, but your tripod must be broken, the picture is all crooked. ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/13 "2007-11-05T06:12:29Z")
I still dont understand… how are those pics otherwise unobtainable? ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/14 "2007-11-05T06:21:13Z")
[quote=“MOBOOST4U,post:13,topic:38151"”] I still dont understand… how are those pics otherwise unobtainable? [/quote] in laymans (sp.) terms: Basically the way a lens is designed, it’s almost impossible for an individual picture to capture all the details of an image. You lose detail in the blackest sections of a picture when trying to gain detail in the most washed out areas. Furthermore when trying to gain detail in the darkest areas of an image you lose detail in the brightest areas. by taking 3 or more pictures with different settings, you can merge them all together and have one picture that attempts to capture all the details and all the colors in not only the darkest areas of an image, but also the brightest this was one of my first HDR pics: ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/15 "2007-11-05T06:26:38Z")
[quote=“walter,post:12,topic:38151"”] Looks good, but your tripod must be broken, the picture is all crooked. [/quote] my tripod was actually on my back for this pic, I set the camera on a rock and liked the angle 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/16 "2007-11-05T06:54:22Z")
looks good chris :tup: ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/17 "2007-11-05T08:32:56Z")
needs a little more contrast but not bad. Just play around with it a little more. I have a few from Vermont that I took this past weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/18 "2007-11-05T08:40:47Z")
when i upped the contrast more, everything had a red tint to it, this was about as high as i could get it how much difference in shutter speed should I be using for this? should they all be fairly close, or spread out more? ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/19 "2007-11-05T08:48:54Z")
[quote=“sureshot!,post:14,topic:38151"”] in laymans (sp.) terms: Basically the way a lens is designed, it’s almost impossible for an individual picture to capture all the details of an image. You lose detail in the blackest sections of a picture when trying to gain detail in the most washed out areas. Furthermore when trying to gain detail in the darkest areas of an image you lose detail in the brightest areas. by taking 3 or more pictures with different settings, you can merge them all together and have one picture that attempts to capture all the details and all the colors in not only the darkest areas of an image, but also the brightest this was one of my first HDR pics: ![http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa218/chino_sti/Garage_HDR.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/5/5/552a10cec0975517719300a0a0a491331dfe1cff.jpeg) [/quote] wtf i did that picture, what is with you and micah taking credit for all my shit 😛 was your cam though! ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151/20 "2007-11-05T08:51:41Z")
wow yea i was confused, i as almost positive that was chino’s car lol [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-try-at-hdr-what-ya-think-updated-11-11/38151.md?page=2)