HDR programs

DanP wrote:
On Jun 18, 12:59 pm, ransley wrote:
At Dp review where people submit photos for contest, I see many people
have used Photomatrix HDR, is this one of the best- easiest to use,
programs for HDR, what are the down sides to doing HDR, ive never
tried HDR but it seems to be the way to go.

tripod is a must, bracketing exposure helps.

did one hdr with a canon sx100 is combining
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sepe.petre/IMG_2305.jpg
and
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sepe.petre/IMG_2307.jpg
resulting in
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sepe.pe...park%20hdr.JPG

had the camera on a table with hand pressure to keep it still.

program used is photomatix. it can align photos but the result is not
fantastic.

see this more like an example to have fun with whatever you have, i am
not bashing expensive cameras that have raw and bracketing.

DanP

Do you like the result Dan?
Without trying to grandstand, I've always tried to avoid pictures (you
can hardly call them photos when they had that much work) that don't
quite look right. Your example doesn't look 'natural' to me.

There's a fellow in Germany who does a lot of steam locomotives in HDR.
His pictures always look surreal and totally unnatural. Perhaps doing it
his way is like if you are going to go a little over, why not go way
over and make art from it.

I've got Lucis art which some people use for this stuff. I've had it for
a few years and only ever used it to recover images until one day a guy
came into the studio with some HDR portraits he made with LucisArt.

Strange looking for sure but he sells plenty - or so he said when he was
at the job interview!