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Post by ScottWood on May 4, 2010 21:15:37 GMT -5
 I drove to California and back on Monday for work. During the drive, I listened to some photography podcasts. One of them was about HDR photography, and what can be done with a single image in Photomatix Pro. I decided to give it a try. One of the tips was to shoot in RAW, which I always do with my DSLR, but I wanted to give it a try with an image I made with my LX3, which I shoot in JPG mode. The image on the left is pretty much out of camera, I have posted this image here before. The image on the right is the results of running that JPG through Photomatix Pro. After Photomatix Pro, I combined both images in Photoshop to mask out the sky and retain the sky from the original image. I am really developing an interest in HDR, and really see it playing a bit role in my future photography. |
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Post by Saknika on May 4, 2010 21:17:37 GMT -5
I literally JUST saw this on Twitter too! LMAO!
For a jpeg, that converted really nicely (at least as far as I can tell). And the HDR definitely brings more life to the photo, which I'm sure you could tell as well. I really hope we do get to see more HDR from you Scott, I see great things in your future with it as well!
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Post by ScottWood on May 4, 2010 21:28:37 GMT -5
I didn't spend a ton of time with the masking and if I had, the transition at the mountains would be a little nicer. That really wasn't the reason behind doing it though, I wanted to see what could come out of a JPG image. I am switching the LX3 to RAW+JPG from now on. I still have the quick JPG when I need it, but a RAW file when I really want to play. As for my recent inspiration, it has all come from here www.stuckincustoms.com/ |
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Post by Bambers on May 10, 2010 15:10:56 GMT -5
I have downloaded a trial version of Photomatix and will give it a try.
I had a look at your gallery Scott and you have created some wonderful images.
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Post by ScottWood on May 10, 2010 17:08:06 GMT -5
I have downloaded a trial version of Photomatix and will give it a try. I had a look at your gallery Scott and you have created some wonderful images. Have fun with Photomatix, I think you will like it. Thanks for the kind words. |
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