Single HDR Photo

[Randi]

Wow, a beautiful winter scenery!

Near the upper left corner, I can faintly see the words "photo" something in the clouds .. What's that about?

I was wondering the same, so I opened it in Photoshop to see it better. I was able to get a little more detail out of the text. It says "Photomatrix".

The link below is a HDR application that makes this type of photo processing easy - there are examples. It's not free though. Until you pay for it, it'll insert a watermark on the images you create with it.

http://www.hdrsoft.com/

[Jessika]

OH I understand how to do it manually; I always mess with my white balance.

But I will look for that button right now... I had no idea it was even there (goes to show I read the manual, eh? Actually normally I read manuals for EVERYTHING, but for this camera there's just so many features it can be confusing.)

Thank you SO MUCH!

[Suki Wingy]

You can also essentially do that to any image in photoshop. When you say the program "puts them together" that sounds like changing the blending modes on each layer.

[Jessika]

You can also essentially do that to any image in photoshop. When you say the program "puts them together" that sounds like changing the blending modes on each layer.

From my understanding, especially after reading the wikipedia article, it isnt the same as messing with the image in photoshop. Because in photoshop yes you can lighten one area and darken another, but essentially what this does is take one "base" picture, one picture overexposed and one picture underexposed so when you combine all three you have more detail in the lighter and darker areas of the picture that the "original" just wouldnt have. If this makes sense?

EDIT: After some googling I found some tutorials that really explained it... although I don't know my software well enough to combine them to play around with the levels yet (I haven't messed with image editing beyond brightness/contrast and sharpness and resizing in years...) so I'm trying to get ahold of PS CS2. But until then, I've figured out how to take the pics using my camera

For those that are interested:
http://backingwinds.blogspot.com/200...dr-images.html
http://www.howtotakehdrphotos.com/tips-and-tricks/

Good luck!

I'll post results once I figure this out a bit more. What program are you guys using to create yours? All I have is Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop CS and I know it won't work in PSP and heck if I've NEVER been able to figure PS CS... lol.