Fooling around with HDR (High Dynamic Range)

[ND4SPD]

So I finally heard about how to do some High Dynamic Range pictures, so I thought I'd try it myself on a couple of pictures. Did a 3 shot composite with three different exposures (I think -2, +2, and auto). I don't have any triple exposures of my Supra, so I had to use my wife's car and my daily driver which were easily accessible.

Here's the auto exposed picture...

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc93/xND4SPDx/Our%20Other%20Cars/IMG_1864.jpg

Now, the HDR composite

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc93/xND4SPDx/Our%20Other%20Cars/WRXHDR.jpg

And of course we have to do the processed (hand painted/hand drawn look)...

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc93/xND4SPDx/Our%20Other%20Cars/Subaru_tonemapped.jpg

Artsy version of my GTP...

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc93/xND4SPDx/Our%20Other%20Cars/gtp_tonemapped.jpg

You can fake it with a single exposure and use photoshop to simulate an underexposed and overexposed copies, but they don't look as nice.

[Flicktitty]

Thats pretty cool! as much as i love HDR i could never figure out how to do it on PS

[flyin_blue_egg]

that looks sweet....kinda looks like a painted picture

[ND4SPD]

Well, I used a program called Photomatix (can probably find it on bittorrent if you look). You can do it with Photoshop CS2 or CS3... go to File>Automate>Merge to HDR... I think there's a tutorial out on the web (google search it) somewhere on how to do the rest (involves manipulating some "curves" thingie, that I really don't understand).