Fun Weekend

[jeffkohn]

I'm with John, the last one is my favorite. It's a more dramatic perspective, and shows the capability of the 24 PC-E (you can't take a shot like that with a regular lens).

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Originally Posted by jeffkohn

I'm with John, the last one is my favorite. It's a more dramatic perspective, and shows the capability of the 24 PC-E (you can't take a shot like that with a regular lens).

Yes Jeff, those PC-E lenses open up an entirely new world (photographically). I have ZERO regrets getting the 24mm PC-E. Well, actually, I regret not getting one sooner!

- Wil

[Phanee]

Wil.. very beautiful HDR images. Very nice colors.

[Texasdave]

Wil:
As you probably know in February HDR Max will come out with their program as a Photoshop plugin. Just wondered if you liked it better as a stand alone program or if it being a plugin was a better option.
Dave

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Dave: I seem to recall that but my old brain forgot it. Thanks for reminding me.

As a standalone program, eh... it's okay. It is definitely different than most HDR software because most of them (actually, all of them AFAIK except for HDR Max) let you load in X number of RAW/TIFF/JPG files and then the software creates a new image from that series. So, it's essentially creating a new JPG. Once it does that, you then click a button or select a menu item for "Step 2: Tone Mapping".

Well, HDR Max doesn't do Step #1. It skips the entire concept of creating a new JPG image from the original set of images. It just lets you work directly with the RAW files (all of them in the series)... so step #1 (to the user) is just tone mapping.

However, when you open up the original series of images, it stalls/hangs... because it's trying to figure out how to put all the images together in memory. This is basically the same thing the other HDR programs do except HDR Max doesn't actually *burn* the image.

HDR Max is new and because of that, it's UI is a little on the *needs a lot of polishing* side. But, once you accept that, it's fine. The results you get stored as a TIFF are exactly what you saw when you were working with the image on the screen... which is what I expect.

Now, all that said, I do like Dynamic HDR very much. It has just failed me... which, honestly, is probably something I'm doing wrong with the software. I think it has much more configurability and settings than HDR Max.

I still think I'm going to have to give Photomatix another shot... so many people are using... it can't be that bad can it?!

- Wil

[Bennie]

Beautiful!!!!

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Thanks Cindy!... missed you at the DPPA meeting last night.

- Wil

[Wil_Bloodworth]

This is good information about various HDR sofware and books if you're interested.
Bob’s HDR Workflow The Bergen Photo Blog

- Wil

[texxter]

Very dramatic images - you made good use of the perspective correction feature, as it's rare to see wide angle images with perfect verticals! Well done!

[ed2111]

Nice images. Dramatic and edgy.

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Thank you Paco and Edmond!

- Wil

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Yesterday, I received the HDRI Handbook from Amazon. If you want to know every single tiny detail about HDR... it's in this book. I highly recommend it if you're into the *math and science* behind HDR.

- Wil