critique of my first attempt at an HDR

lambtron · 02-20-2010, 07:48 PM

This is my first attempt at an HDR using the photomatix trial. It looks super noisy to me; I only used the HDR option in photomatix and tweaked some of the settings, but that's about it. Any advice/opinions/criticism? Are there any good tutorial sites I can go to in order to hone my lack of skills?

bluespeed117 · 02-21-2010, 04:39 PM

not bad but something looks a little off.

- Paul - · 02-21-2010, 05:04 PM

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/hdr-plea.shtml

bosstones · 02-21-2010, 11:03 PM

I'd probably crop it so that building on the far left is out of the picture and the yellow/green face of the adjacent building breaks into the frame. Maybe increase contrast and saturation a little?

Overall, though, nice job!

M_Six · 02-22-2010, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by - Paul -

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/hdr-plea.shtml

The Expose Right section of that site is also very good.

cooh23 · 02-23-2010, 08:55 PM

It looks like your image are too smooth. At least for me, since I like lots and lots of details.

Andrew@ET · 03-01-2010, 08:00 PM

try layering your original and mask it at 30% until the detail comes back if that makes sense lol.

basically bring some of the original back into the picture until it looks better.

I guess it depends on the look you are going for i wanted more of a painting look for this one.

FrankiE90 · 03-03-2010, 01:42 AM

looks good.
like a model set on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.

jeveryday · 03-22-2010, 10:20 AM

Nice!

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bosstones Lieutenant Colonel 1247 Rep 1,598 Posts Drives: o_0 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Suburbia iTrader: (0)	I'd probably crop it so that building on the far left is out of the picture and the yellow/green face of the adjacent building breaks into the frame. Maybe increase contrast and saturation a little? Overall, though, nice job! __________________ - Jeff bosstones' flickr
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cooh23 Private First Class 13 Rep 102 Posts Drives: e90 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: LA iTrader: (0)	It looks like your image are too smooth. At least for me, since I like lots and lots of details. __________________
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Andrew@ET Brigadier General 194 Rep 4,037 Posts Drives: Red thing Join Date: May 2007 Location: Earth iTrader: (9)	try layering your original and mask it at 30% until the detail comes back if that makes sense lol. basically bring some of the original back into the picture until it looks better. I guess it depends on the look you are going for i wanted more of a painting look for this one.
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