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woody1981 In reply to Tiris76 [2011-02-11 08:50:58 +0000 UTC]

Ive been away practising my art for a while and playing with some other post processing techniques. This is using Nic Software's HDR efex pro. Ive used the Grannies Attic preset as a base then adjusted to my liking. After that I have removed any noise, Adjusted the colour some more, Removed any blur/distortion then cropped.

The only thing i dont like about it is that Bloody Porta cabin on the right hand side. But it's part of the original shot and that is something i dont play with.

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Tiris76 In reply to woody1981 [2011-02-11 10:09:04 +0000 UTC]

Of Course you use a tripod, it isn't? I don't have one and for me it's nearly impossible find a HDR plugin that align images for a crisp HDR effect when you shot freehand, even if the misalignment is really little

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woody1981 In reply to Tiris76 [2011-02-11 12:18:23 +0000 UTC]

I never use a tripod and all my pictures ate taken on a Samsung 12MP compact. It has exposure bracketing but thats about it.

If you use Photoshop CS 4/5 go to File-Automate-Create HDR. It is the best at aligning images that i have found (well its better than photomatrix and nic software) and before it outputs the image you can remove ghosting (set 1 of the images as the default layer to get rid of movement of people etc) Make sure you move the slider to the right of the histogram so you are not cliping the image (to most extreme right hand edge of the histogram)

I have learnt loads from the people on Deviant art, it is a fantastic community. If you want any more advise just ask

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Tiris76 In reply to woody1981 [2011-02-11 13:14:09 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I tried and I agree with you, the align of Photoshop is near to perfection, but I don't know if I can Photoshop align images and Nic process them.
I tried to import DNG file, layer them, auto align them, separate layers and save them again, but in this way I lose the bracketing data, and HDR softwares don't know what images is underexposed or overexposed anymore...

Thank for your answers!

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woody1981 In reply to Tiris76 [2011-02-11 15:17:26 +0000 UTC]

Right, All my pictures are Jpeg before i process them. if i could take in raw i would.
My workflow is: File, Automate, merge to HDR pro, Selct histogram point and ghosting (most under exposed is usually best) (HDR is created) file Nic soft- HDR efex pro, .........Bla bla bla. Try that

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Tiris76 In reply to woody1981 [2011-02-12 11:10:32 +0000 UTC]

I'll try! Thank you a lot!

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woody1981 In reply to Estranged89 [2011-02-08 18:09:33 +0000 UTC]

Cheers

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woody1981 In reply to GraphiteColours [2011-02-06 19:21:28 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Thanks

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woody1981 In reply to Kiwira [2011-02-04 17:57:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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woody1981 In reply to Bryce-Photo [2011-02-04 10:09:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, It was a totally by chance picture. I had gone to Liverpool to take some shots of the Queen Victoria cruse liner that was docked at the Cunard port. As I walked back to the car the sun was setting and the water was still and I just couldn't resist. Its actually 9 shots stitched together and tonemapped

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woody1981 In reply to ExponentiaI [2011-02-03 20:03:30 +0000 UTC]

Cheers Paul. This is using the new Nic HDR Pro Photoshop Plugin

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