Hello Everyone,
I posted the below on "Show & Tell" but it occurred to me that there may be folks on this forum who could help me out too:
I've just put up a new gallery at: http://www.pbase.com/birsay/hdr. I'm taking my first tentative steps with HDR, but still don't really understand how it all works...how sometimes the same settings in software give completely different results between two images, and indeed what all the settings do. I'm using Photomatix Pro 2.5.4 for the HDR bit, with tidying up in CS3. So far, I've only generated HDRs from a single RAW NEF image - the images in the gallery are examples of this process. My next goal is to get out with the tripod and capture some bracketed shots, so watch this space!
For me, HDR isn't about unnatural, over-real (sometimes even surreal) images whose colours look almost Disney-esque in character, it's just another stage in post-processing which allows us to more accurately portray what we saw when we pressed the shutter. I don't think the images in my gallery look 'unnatural' but I'm happy to be corrected.
Please pass by and have a look - I welcome all comments and critiques, good and bad, either on the gallery itself or via PM Very Happy
Thanks and Regards
Doug
http://www.pbase.com/birsay