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pkh

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PostFri May 02, 08 8:02 am    HDR Photos Reply with quote

All you photogs familiar with HDR? It'd be cool to see with kites...

http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&q=razuryza&m=tags

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Kataku2k3

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PostFri May 02, 08 8:21 am     Reply with quote

Yeah, it'd be nuts if you could capture riding like that, but I don't think a 20-30" exposure is going to let ya... haha. Gotta have an ultra-powerful, short flash, but it'd probably ruin the shot.

Henry can do it!!!

Colby has a D300 too, right? I was looking at the specs of his pics and that's what it said. He could do it too. My cam sucks!

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boardrider

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PostFri May 02, 08 9:29 am     Reply with quote

I've done some of this. It's not well suited for moving objects tho. V. cool effect. There are some fairly inexpensive programs (40 -100$) that help 'sandwich' the exposures together. K-dogg says they can shoot video HDR with computer driven camera movements - Maybe someday we'll see some HDR kite video?

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Kataku2k3

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PostFri May 02, 08 10:09 am     Reply with quote

Obviously mine are nothing by comparison, but these are all a few years old (not that they're any better today). lol

Old Beverly Beach Bridge
 Old Beverly Beach Bridge  1.jpg 
Beverly westward
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T-line summit
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Meadows to the east
 Meadows to the east  4.JPG 
Waikiki overexposed
 Waikiki overexposed  5.jpg 

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boardrider

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PostFri May 02, 08 10:27 am     Reply with quote

Cool A - What program did you use on those. I expose +/- 3eV w/ tripod & process w/ cs3 and Photomatix.

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Kataku2k3

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PostFri May 02, 08 10:34 am     Reply with quote

I use Photoshop CS3 for a little color balance and levels... The aperature/exposure are manually set on the cam. Most of these are 20-30 seconds in ultra low light (especially the one of the coast - looks like day but it was almost pitch black). You can do some badass stuff with your D200 in full manual!

Definately time for a new still cam here! Crying or Very sad

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boardrider

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PostFri May 02, 08 11:11 am     Reply with quote

Yeah - cool stuff. I think our techniques are a little different. I expose one correct exposure, one exposure for the shadows and one for the highlights (3 exposures total, -3eV/0/+3eV). Then use Photomatix to 'sandwhich' the exposures together to increase the dynamic range of the photo. It is essential that the frames are identical, therefore a tripod is needed in this technique. This technique can give an expanded dynamic range comparable to B&W. Do you have all long exposures for the technique you use? How do you achieve the expanded tonal range? - C

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Kataku2k3

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PostFri May 02, 08 11:23 am     Reply with quote

Yeah, mine aren't true since I'm really only working with one image, but you can convert one or more layers to black and white, level each layer/channel individually, then stack. These were done quick, with only varying the overall opacity. You can get pretty decent results, deleting over/underexposed "areas" out.

Not really HDR, but it was broken down into 8 layers to tweak.

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colby

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PostFri May 02, 08 11:33 am     Reply with quote

thanks for sharing the knowledge J & A and bringing up the topic Phil. J, are more of your HDR shots online to look at...those are beautiful and I'm jazzed about trying this soon. Very Happy
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colby

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PostFri May 02, 08 11:34 am     Reply with quote

and Adam, the D200 and D300 are brilliant cameras...you should be covered man! Very Happy
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boardrider

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PostFri May 02, 08 12:06 pm     Reply with quote

Hey Colby. I wish I could take credit for the photo's above, but they are not mine. Mine are on my home computer and not as nicely executed Confused . Check out the guys ficker page. His name is Josh Sommers. Also check out his Droste effect work - it's real good stuff. I downloaded the software for Droste effect and produced a few images. Adam - check it out too, I think you'll like it - cool SS pic Twisted Evil . - Chris ( Met you a few times Colby - last time may have been at bridal veil falls launch on a punchy day )

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshsommers/

Photomatix tone mapping site:
http://www.hdrsoft.com/

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PostFri May 02, 08 12:30 pm     Reply with quote

Chris, of course! didn't know your avatar...sorry! Confused
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PostFri May 02, 08 12:32 pm     Reply with quote

and speaking of cameras Adam, here's a guy shooting HDR with a D50:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kuwaiti_muwali/sets/72157600035600407/with/2046752373/

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PostFri May 02, 08 6:19 pm     Reply with quote

I really like the composition of this photo Adam. Great shot of Lyle! The camera doesn't make as much of a differance as a good eye does Wink .

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