I have a question...Could the Sony W-50 made this kind of effects?
Yes, because your camera lets you manually set exposure compensation. You would need to take three shots: One with the EV at -2 One with the EV at 0 One with the EV at +2 I'm not sure your camera will let you do burst photos with bracketing though, so you would have to adjust the EV, make the first shot, adjust again for the second and again for the third. The camera would need to be in the same location (best if it is on a tripod) for all three shots. Then you would use the photomatix software to combine the three photos into one HDR photo. It is good software for interiors where you don't want to mess with lighting, and landscapes with high variations in exposure requirement throughout the frame. Here is an example of one of my properties in Costa Rica, either the foreground was too dark, or the sky was too bright. Using the HDR software I got a pretty good all-round photo. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Okay, so if I decide to do it manually and take three shots with different EV then how will I do that stuff of bracketing the shots or does the software automatically makes it? Is there any free HDR software? BTW, what about the flash? Am I going to enable it, leave it on automatic, or disable it?
Get the software here, http://www.hdrsoft.com/ it downloads quickly and you can try it free for two days. It is $100 or I think $29 if you are a student. You don't use the flash. Read the tutorial and it will tell you what to do.
I bought it for $40 (included the tone mapping plug in)...you want to make sure you get the tone mapping plugin for CS2 or CS3, it makes a big difference.
Jessica, the tone mapping plug in is necessary only if you are using Photoshop to do the HDR conversion and you want to use tone mapping on those files. If you are using Photomatrix as standalone HDR conversion software there is no reason to get the tone mapping plugin as tone mapping is part of the Photomatrix software. Since you are in Santa Barbara you must be a Brooks student?
About to go on a run at Piedmont Park in Atlanta and will take the camera to see if I can get some good shots. I am waiting for some good pictures before a download the trail.
No need to wait... it told me that the trial version never expires, it just adds their watermark when using certain features. This is my first try at it. I took this bracketed photo last Saturday but I forgot to bring my tripod so it's a little blurry. What do you guys think? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Ok, so I thought I knew what to do but totally didn't have a clue. Now I have an idea so going to take some shots today at campus. BUT! I did go ahead and download the software because all I really wanted to do is try it out. I took some shots down at St. Simon's Island (Middle Coast Georgia) with different shutter speeds and wanted to see if it would work. I didn't use a tri-pod so it is kinda crappy but still shows what the software can do. And, I didn't do a lot of the tonal mapping because I am just about to leave.
Wow! That will be a really cool shot once you get it all lined up. I need to upgrade my tripod bad...
I've been wondering how in the hell they were doing that, thought it was some funky camera trickery I didn't know about. Seems it has worked its way into film also? Or is that a different process? I'm thinking things like the movie 300, etc.
I think (could be wrong, though) the first major application was photorealistic 3D rendering, and that found its way into computer games. It's likely used in digital movies as well.
Here are a few pics I took yesterday. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I've done a few of those. Done in Photoshop, merging 2 images together. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I tried these by just using one original photo, modifying it in photoshop by lightening and darkening then combining in photomatix. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
A few more I did the same thing with. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
