HDR experiment (40th Anni)
 

Snapped two photos: Standard first, then HDR. I don't have any fancy software yet, so the HDR was done in-camera. What do you think?

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...arstandard.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...HDR1modded.jpg

second is much better, but still is overexposed a bit. HDR in a camera, huh? Neat, but I still prefer a skilled hand at photoshop. The second shot brought out the detail tenfold compared to the first!

What camera BTW?

:iagree: With over slight over-exposure. But quite a nice difference. Number 2 for sure!

your exhaust tips look mean!

Camera is a Pentax K-x. I am a total noob, and will be taking some courses in DSLR photography over the next few months. Not looking to make anything of this, but I would like to take better shots for personal use.

The in camera HDR function is cool, but kinda a novelty considering there is basically no ability to customize the image to your tastes. Still, it got me interested enough to pursue this further. I'm thinking about purchasting photoshop elements 8 after I learn to use the camera a bit better.

I had the camera on a tripod to take the 3 consecutive shots which the camera converts to a single image internally. It was a bit windy and so the tree is the background came out funny looking since the leaves were in different spots for each shot. Looks sorta cartoonish.

Oh ok, so thats what it does. a lot of camera have AEB (auto exposure bracketing) where the camera take multiple shots at different exposures. your camera obviously goes a step further and converts them itself. thats cool!

Yea, it was a hand me down feature from the more expensive K-7. Mine does AEB, but I don't have software yet. I think its limited at 3 shots, although you can adjust the exposure step size.

I think anyone who really wants to get into HDR would have to get good software anyway. Any recommendations?

photomatix or photoshop cs3 or newer, either will be fine, but photomatix is far more pronounced than photoshop. I prefer to use both, start with photoshop, then use photomatix, then back to photoshop for final editing.

Wow, lots of detail in the 2nd pic. I wish my camera did that!

I got this from the 2nd pic when I played with the levels:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...ttt/levels.jpg

Exposure is similar to the first pic, but with much more detail.

that looks good

I thought so too... I kind of want this camera now just for the auto-HDR mode. I'm too lazy any more to play around in Photoshop. Auto-color correction, play with levels, add a vignette, save. That's about all I have motivation for.

:rofl2: i know what you mean, after doing one shot the way i described, im spent.

I think i did that one with aperture priority using a high F-stop to maximize depth of field. The full auto mode used a larger aperture and blurred the distant objects including the front wheels to some extent.

I did play with the levels using the very limited options in the inluded Pentax software. I think I was the one who overexposed that shot. Straight from the camera it actual looked a bit dull to me.