MK5 Golf GTI
General => Detailing => Topic started by: 08micsta on January 09, 2009, 08:54:48 am
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Hello
Well Im on a roll.
Been giving HDR photography a try. Its been great fun and rather challenging. Here are a few of my shots although not too amazing yet...
Our Pug 206:
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The inside of a flower:
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A few beach shots:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fx255%2F08micsta%2FPicture4025_3_4.jpg&hash=d0688ac21ca7a5c49a3cb7ace96a41b4b4898edf)
Oh and ignore the tart who randomly walked into my picture :indifferent:
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A sunset:
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And my favourite... A rose:
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What you guys think?
Mike
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you have some skills with a camera mate very nice indeed
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Thank you very much :love:
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Fantastic shots there Mike :happy2:
I wish you were a bit closer to take some of my car :wink:
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I wish I was too! i would love to take pics of a GTi as nice as yours :party:
Mike
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looking good mike :smiley:
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looking good matey, i like the flower one too
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looking great im working on a few at the moment will get them posted up once finished with
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Good Work Mike, the shots look great :happy2:
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very nice pics mike :wink: lovin the sunset one mate
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Thanks guys. Will post a few new ones next week. And an intense write up on how to do hdr too. Mike
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Love the pics.
I was trying to dabble with HDR but couldn't figure out how to take the appropriate shots - knew I had to manually bracket all the shots but trying to get a steady camera and get autofocus to work properly (it's an ultracompact with manual aperture and shutter settings) was a nightmare. Would be easier with an SLR.
Looking forward to a guide though.
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Hello stealth. To be honest. Its even more difficult with a slr. Slr cameras are extremely precise. A compact camera is a bit kinder when you make a mistake. You need a tripod to create a good hdr shot. Will do the write up next week. Mike
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Superb pics!!!
What is the best software to use for this?
I am handy with a camera, I have a D80 and a FS20 Lumix.
How many different exposures did you take?
Thanks,
Mark.
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Hello. I used a fuji finepix s700 which comes with a hdr function. For those pics i had it on -1, 0, +1. It takes three seperate pics. The pic of the rose was the same but i used the flash with it. I use photomatix pro to create the hdr pics. Its freeware. So you can download it for free. I find photoshop never creates the effects i want. Hope that helps. Mike
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Hello. I used a fuji finepix s700 which comes with a hdr function.
What does the HDR function do on a camera? Does it automatically take pics at diff exposure levels? Does it combing them? What format does it store the pics in?
I did some googling over the weekend and managed to make some HDR images but only of the interior of my house. Nothing special.
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Hello stealth. The camera does not take the hdr picture. It takes a variety of pictures at different exposures. Exposure is your lighting. It usually take the pics in threes. One pic dark. One pic normal. One pic over brightened. It stores them as normal pics on the camera. When you copy your pics to the pc you load those three pics into a program like photomatix pro. It combines them. And makes them one picture. You dont need a hdr function to create hdr pics.
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Most cameras will save a hdr pic in .jpeg format. As said previously. Your camera does not create the hdr pic. It simply takes a few pics at different exposures. It depends on your camera. My camera has a hdr function. But cant save in .raw which is the ideal format for a hdr shot. Whereas my dads canon automatically saves his shots in .raw or .tiff when he puts it into hdr mode. When in doubt. Read the manual. Mike
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Most cameras will save a hdr pic in .jpeg format. As said previously. Your camera does not create the hdr pic. It simply takes a few pics at different exposures. Whereas my dads canon automatically saves his shots in .raw or .tiff when he puts it into hdr mode.
Thanks Mike. Haven't come across HDR cameras before so didn't know what they did. I read that RAW/TIFF file formats are best as you can create HDR using the images alone. I used photomatix pro over the weekend and made some HDR images though not enough variation in brightness since it was an indoors shot.
I know my camera doesn't have any HDR function and I've been manually shooting at -2/0/+2 exposures.
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Raw and tiff are the best formats as they are mostly uncompressed unlike a jpeg which is compressed. Looking at the pics you wont notice a difference in quality from that of a jpeg but when creating hdr shots raw etc gives you the most range and quality. On photomatix. After creating the hdr. Click on tone mapping. And have a play with those settings. You can get some very different looking versions just by moving a few settings. Mike