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Posted on 05/11/13 7:59:44 PM |
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vahn
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An HDR question
Knowing that the camera cannot "see" what I see (and sometimes I feel grateful for that  ) ... and , also taking into consideration , that me and my tripods don't always get along , (I have 5 to attest to that) , besides , I cant sit still long enough to bother with them , but , however , I consider myself an HDR-fiend , whic , as we all know that it has to deal with more than one at the least and 5 exposures being the norm to produce a decent HDR .
Given the "issues" I explained above , plus the fact that when I am shoothing at different "exposure" I am not actually seeing what is "exposed" or not exposed , so to speak , all I see is a washed out or washed in  image . And yes , I have fiddled with the single shot HDR Toning , but we all know too well that it does not come even close to genuine HDR , correct ?
So , here's my question (finally , right ? ) , what if were to say I was to shoot a single , RAW image , and then fiddle with the exposures in ACR or DxO or whatever , and THEN go to the process of HDR ? .... Yes ? , No ? Maybe ? . Just a thought , in fact maybe I'll try it while awaiting replies and then post the outcome . Man ! , one of the things I love about tossing questions , is the way I answer myself to it 
But , as they say (whoever "they" , may be) "half the answers usually lie in the questions themselves " THNX |
Posted on 06/11/13 04:38:28 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: An HDR question
Can be done like that, but have you tried pushing your image in Lightroom? Highlights slider all the way to the left, shadows slider all the way to the right, Exposure slider to where it looks best then the clarity slider a long way to the right. You can then do more to the image to get more of the HDR look by using some of Topaz filters. Good Luck _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 06/11/13 08:16:43 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: An HDR question
You can indeed generate successful HDR material by outputting a series of different exposures from Camera Raw - and the results can be very good. I have suggested to Adobe that they should build an HDR processor directly into the Raw dialog, since this seems the natural place for it. Maybe it will come one day. |
Posted on 07/11/13 10:57:35 PM |
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vahn
Blue Planeteer Posts: 55 Reply |
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Posted on 07/11/13 11:01:32 PM |
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vahn
Blue Planeteer Posts: 55 Reply |
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Posted on 11/01/14 06:25:04 AM |
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jenny12014
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Re: An HDR question
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Posted on 29/03/14 09:34:29 AM |
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Trevor Dennis 2
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Steve, in reply to your post above (6/11/13) Adobe did indeed take this route with CC 14.2.1 and what a game changer it is. Julieanne Kost demonstrated it nicely in her blog as the update was released. http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-complete-picture-with-julieanne-kost/adobe-camera-raw-as-a-smart-filter-in-photoshop-cc/ I have tried it on some old bracketed sets, and been amazed at how much cleaner, noise free, and detail you can get processing the 32bit files directly in ACR. The downside is that it puts an enormous load on system resources. To make the most of it, you really need to use the local adjustment brush, and by the time you get to about a half dozen uses of the local adjustment brush, lag becomes a big problem. It's not until you render out to 16 bit that the computer starts working nicely again. To put that into perspective, my system runs a 3930K @ 3.9Ghz, GTX570, and 32Gb RAM, plus lots of fast drives with the recent addition of a pair of Samsung 256Gb Pro SSD in a raid0 for the boot drive. But the bottom line is that a whole new world of possibilities have become available, and IMO Photomatix has become irrelevant. There is even a check box in Preferences > File Handling now for: Use Adobe Camera RAW to convert documents from 32 bit to 16/8 bit |