I don’t intend to flood my blog and bore you with HDRs of punting pictures from Cambridge, but I had to share this with you. The following two pictures were taken immediately after my last post and so they are slightly different in composition. However, they’ve been processed using two different software (NIK HDR Efex Pro 2 and Photomatix).
I liked the output from Photomatix as it was more intuitive to use and seem to allow a greater range of adjustments without making the images look grungy.
The three original images that went into making these HDRs are below (bracketed at -1, 0 and +1), and merged in either HDR Efex Pro or Photomatix.
All images taken in Nikon RAW mode – Nikon D7000, Tamron 18-250mm Lens at 23mm f/4.0 1/640, 1/1250, 1/320 exposures.
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Wow! Love the HDR shots. very nice!
Thank you!! I’m trying to understand by trial and error what makes a good HDR.. A long learning process…
Tell me about it! I’ve always been experimenting a little bit. Sometimes I’ll get lucky with a good one but usually not. Good luck!(:
Too much to learn and too little time.. But it is heartening to know that I’m not the only one churning out photos that I have to delete really quickly :).
That makes two of us!
I can’t decide between the first two which one I like best. Lovely scene!
Blessings ~ Wendy
Thanks Wendy!! I usually don’t like the artificially blown up contrasts and colours of HDR since they make a picture look very artificial. For that reason I preferred the latter photograph. I didn’t end up getting blown out colours and contrasts – but that could just be down to my understanding of how these pieces of software work!