Gatlinburg HDR pics Canon Powershot G-10

[willis68]

We went to the mountains last weekend, I am trying to get this HDR photography down, here are some shots that I took with my Powershot G-10

Edited September 6, 2009 by willis68

[TripleDigitRide]

WOW! That's pretty darn cool.

Wish I knew how to do stuff like that.

[Guest Jcochran88]

Wow! That is cool, don't think I have ever seen any photos quite like that. How?

[willis68]

Wow! That is cool, don't think I have ever seen any photos quite like that. How?

RAW photos, are basically like a Negative photo taken in digital format, you combine several RAW pictures with different exposure settings to make a HDR photograph, Im still learning but having a great time doing so

Edited September 6, 2009 by willis68

[strickj]

Impressive!

I've been trying my hand here lately at HDR photos,but still haven't figured how how to do it well though.

What HDR/tone mapping software are you using?

[Daniel]

It looks like a video game.

[Daniel]

The Donut Friar and The Pancake Pantry are why my wife likes to go to Gatlinburg.

[Guest JHatmaker]

That IS cool, great job dude!

[rg65]

Dang it!!! Now I have to allocate some time to figure out how to do this.

THANKS ALOT!!

[Guest Jcochran88]

My polaroid want do it! guess it's time to upgrade!

What kind of camera did you use?

guess i should read the op better and not just look at the cool pics

[Guest bubruins]

Wow. I'm always too picky and wind up having too much time between exposures (causing people to shift, etc...). I'm pretty impressed. Is there a "hdr" mode where it takes several exposures at once on that camera so that you can edit them later?

[DavidCBaker]

Those are great shots. I'm assuming you're going for the obvious HDR look. If you don't mind a little feedback, I think HDR is best used in a way where it's not as obvious. In other words, the shot has a high dynamic range but isn't as cartoon-like. Almost as if you have to tell someone that it's an HDR image. Anyway, here are two shots from Bermuda a few months ago to illustrate what I'm talking about:

[willis68]

Those are great shots. I'm assuming you're going for the obvious HDR look. If you don't mind a little feedback, I think HDR is best used in a way where it's not as obvious. In other words, the shot has a high dynamic range but isn't as cartoon-like. Almost as if you have to tell someone that it's an HDR image. Anyway, here are two shots from Bermuda a few months ago to illustrate what I'm talking about:

Those are awesome pictures, I am trying to get the cartoon effect that is what got me interested in photography, I have only been doing this for a couple of months and before that never took a picture that people have complimented me on I will get there, I appreciate the feedback

Edited September 6, 2009 by willis68

[Shug]

Awsome pictures, They look like paintings

[DavidCBaker]

Those are awesome pictures, I am trying to get the cartoon effect that is what got me interested in photography, I have only been doing this for a couple of months and before that never took a picture that people have complimented me on I will get there, I appreciate the feedback

Well, you definitely have a gift for it! It looks like you've been taking pictures a lot longer than a few months! Keep posting them for us to see.

[Guest Major Pain]

Great pics, keep us updated.--MP

[cybernorris]

Those are great shots. I'm assuming you're going for the obvious HDR look. If you don't mind a little feedback, I think HDR is best used in a way where it's not as obvious. In other words, the shot has a high dynamic range but isn't as cartoon-like. Almost as if you have to tell someone that it's an HDR image.

I agree. I certainly prefer images that don't look overdone. Most of my HDR work has been specifically to bring out detail that couldn't be accomplished with a single exposure. I often do a manual HDR where rather than blending multiple images, I mask the underexposed area of one layer to show the properly exposed area of another layer. Sometimes that is with two different versions of a single image.

However Lightroom's ability to brush in exposure differences has kept me from doing that several times.