Tips for getting great HDR.....

[casil403]

Anybody got any? Feel free to post here!

[Greg_Nuspel]

Really good subjects

[Mad Aussie]

1. Chimp a lot to be sure you've got at least 3 shots covering every detail well exposed in your photo.

2. After processing your HDR Merge in Photomatix or whatever take it into Photoshop or whatever and expect to make more adjustments like sharpening, contrast, colour corrections, dodging and burning, and blending in parts of the original shots.

3. Consider what should be left in the photo. If an area should have shadows then make sure some shadows remain even if they are lessened somewhat.

[tomorrowstreasures]

1. Chimp a lot to be sure you've got at least 3 shots covering every detail well exposed in your photo.

2. After processing your HDR Merge in Photomatix or whatever take it into Photoshop or whatever and expect to make more adjustments like sharpening, contrast, colour corrections, dodging and burning, and blending in parts of the original shots.

3. Consider what should be left in the photo. If an area should have shadows then make sure some shadows remain even if they are lessened somewhat.

MA - these are some really, really good starting off point suggestions!!!

[Bambi]

1. Chimp a lot to be sure you've got at least 3 shots covering every detail well exposed in your photo.

2. After processing your HDR Merge in Photomatix or whatever take it into Photoshop or whatever and expect to make more adjustments like sharpening, contrast, colour corrections, dodging and burning, and blending in parts of the original shots.

3. Consider what should be left in the photo. If an area should have shadows then make sure some shadows remain even if they are lessened somewhat.

makes sense. But what does 'chimp' mean?

[Mad Aussie]

makes sense. But what does 'chimp' mean?

It means you shouldn't take HDR's unless you wearing a monkey suit or have a really hairy body.

[Mad Aussie]

Ok ... for real ... it means to look closely at your shots as you take them. You see digital photographers doing it all the time ... push button ... look at LCD screen ... push button ... look at LCD again. You'll often hear us saying 'chimp and adjust' and this is what we mean.

[Bambi]

It means you shouldn't take HDR's unless you wearing a monkey suit or have a really hairy body.

so that's why your HDR pictures are so good!

[zenon5940]

All very good tips here. I don't see anywhere mentioned that it is also important to do the bracketing without changing F stop... but by ajusting the shutter speed or ISO as on some lenses the change in F stop will have an effect on the Focal length and on all lenses it wil have an effect on DOF (Depth of field).
Just my