{"id":542,"date":"2010-10-26T19:42:09","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T19:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zogspat.tk\/blog\/?p=542"},"modified":"2010-10-26T19:42:09","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T19:42:09","slug":"back-to-hdr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-plot.com\/blog\/?p=542","title":{"rendered":"Back to HDR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The purchase of my new tripod a couple of months ago has rekindled my interest in HDR. I&#8217;ve been trying to get some decent night shots of the Manhattan skyline [with pretty mixed results] for quite a while. Anyway, here is the best of the HDR results:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-plot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/img_7179_80_81_82_83_tonemapped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-543\" title=\"Manhattan HDR\" src=\"https:\/\/the-plot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/img_7179_80_81_82_83_tonemapped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Manhattan HDR\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is comprised of three images bracketed around a starting point of F5.6 and 8 second exposure. going +\/- 1.33 stops. I&#8217;ve created the HDR image in Photomatix, and then used the resulting image as a layer mask against the middle of the three bracketed images. Finally I&#8217;ve restored most of the skyline, which was very grainy, and also the water, as it lost the smoothing from the long exposure. It&#8217;s ok, I think.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also had a hack with the new HDR offering from Nik Software, HDR Efex Pro. Here is a shot from a trip to Bath a couple of weeks back, with the HDR dial turn up to 11:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-plot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/img_7308_hdr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-544\" title=\"HDR - Bath\" src=\"https:\/\/the-plot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/img_7308_hdr-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"HDR - Bath\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The starting point for the bracketing here was a F13 3.2 second exposure, with +\/- 2 stops. This is using a preset called Grandma&#8217;s attic [I think; it takes a while to spin up on this machine]. I&#8217;ve finished it off with a bit of dodging and burning on the sky.<\/p>\n<p>I like the results of this shot, despite the pretty classic over-sharpening halo around the building, and I quite like the package. Maybe it&#8217;s just me doing something wrong, but I often find that the alignment [using the default import \/ alignment setting] in Photmatix is a bit hazy. By comparison the Nik Software offering is tack sharp. There are some strange artefacts in this preset, which I think are visible in this small version of the image: there are a load of parallel horizontal lines across the sky. And it&#8217;s not just a feature of this preset: I&#8217;ve used it on other HDR shots from this weekend and it&#8217;s not there. It&#8217;s also pretty expensive for an [admittedly very good] one trick pony. I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ll take the plunge once the trial runs out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The purchase of my new tripod a couple of months ago has rekindled my interest in HDR. I&#8217;ve been trying to get some decent night shots of the Manhattan skyline [with pretty mixed results] for quite a while. 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