Cazzie
November 23rd, 2010, 12:25
Now bear in mind, this for an initial HDR image, not tone-mapped, but an image to be tone-mapped.
I have tried several techniques, using the bracketed HDR feature on the camera, which requires a tripod, using an HDR image feature on the K-x, which give what is supposedly an HDR image, and finally, just shooting one RAW image. The RAW image can have the Ev Sensitivity adjusted in the PENTAX software, like it would be as if shot through the camera. So I can create as many adjusted Ev Sensitivity photos from the RAX image as I like and save them in a 16-bit TIFF format to be merged and tone-mapped in Photomatix. It is by far the best method I have found and produces the richest HDR images in the end to work with. Much better than dealing with .jpg images. It takes boucoup more time processing, more programs involved, but the long run is, on a six mile hike like I took today, I do not want to be lugging around a hefty tripod!
Caz
Old Ball jar and tub shot on the Crooked Stock single-track bike trail at Anglers' Park. One image shot in RAW format, from which five images were made adjusting the Ev Sensitivity by 1 step in both over exposure and under exposure and saving the fine image in a 16-bit TIFF format. These five image were merged into an HDR image using Photomatix and tone-mapped in the same program. Rather than use the Tone Enhancer, I used the Tone Fuser and increased contrast and added saturation to the colors. The finished image was saved in an 8-bit TIFF format and opened in Photoshop. In Photoshop a duplicate mask image was made and the brightness darkened. The duplicate image mask was erased on the bottom leaving only the sky, as this was all i wished to deepen. After a Sharpen and Unsharp mask, the image was saved in a large .jpg format and another resized and saved for the Internet.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y168/cazmodel/tub_1.jpg
I have tried several techniques, using the bracketed HDR feature on the camera, which requires a tripod, using an HDR image feature on the K-x, which give what is supposedly an HDR image, and finally, just shooting one RAW image. The RAW image can have the Ev Sensitivity adjusted in the PENTAX software, like it would be as if shot through the camera. So I can create as many adjusted Ev Sensitivity photos from the RAX image as I like and save them in a 16-bit TIFF format to be merged and tone-mapped in Photomatix. It is by far the best method I have found and produces the richest HDR images in the end to work with. Much better than dealing with .jpg images. It takes boucoup more time processing, more programs involved, but the long run is, on a six mile hike like I took today, I do not want to be lugging around a hefty tripod!
Caz
Old Ball jar and tub shot on the Crooked Stock single-track bike trail at Anglers' Park. One image shot in RAW format, from which five images were made adjusting the Ev Sensitivity by 1 step in both over exposure and under exposure and saving the fine image in a 16-bit TIFF format. These five image were merged into an HDR image using Photomatix and tone-mapped in the same program. Rather than use the Tone Enhancer, I used the Tone Fuser and increased contrast and added saturation to the colors. The finished image was saved in an 8-bit TIFF format and opened in Photoshop. In Photoshop a duplicate mask image was made and the brightness darkened. The duplicate image mask was erased on the bottom leaving only the sky, as this was all i wished to deepen. After a Sharpen and Unsharp mask, the image was saved in a large .jpg format and another resized and saved for the Internet.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y168/cazmodel/tub_1.jpg