Wednesday 15 June 2011

Creepy house HDR from Disposable camera



I really should get a life and not just be messing about on this new toy ... ( I have done other things as well this afternoon / evening ) but now I have found out how to use the program I'm just getting a little carried away .


So it seems that to get a very sharp image you need 3 differently exposed images ( Arguably in RAW format and on a tripod ) 


While I accept this is true the above image is a before and after HDR image I took in Victoria ( Vancouver Island , British  Columbia , Canada ) about 5 years ago  with a disposable camera that I only had developed about a month ago ( See below post )





Well I am a fan of budget photography and really this is a good case for that . YOU DO NOT NEED A FANCY UP TO DATE CAMERA AND EDITING SOFTWARE TO MAKE GOOD PHOTOS !!! . 

The disposable camera was probably £3 ish , the developing was £4 and the software was a free download . So that's £7 TOTAL for a HDR Image !!!! 

The original image was dragged into Photoshop ( Elements ), lightened and saved , darkened and saved , then both with the original were dragged into Luminance HDR 2.0.2( Freeware )


Enjoy your photography and don't think you need money to take good snaps. It can actually be more rewarding and challenging trying to do it on the cheap

The free software can be downloaded here

 Free HDR software download

I take no responsibility if there are any viruses or whatever associated with this . I only provide the link for research purposes . The software is at no cost but feel free to donate via Paypal as some people have gone to a lot of time and effort to develop this software


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Ok so these are my first ever attempts at HDR





Since getting home from work I have been trying to get my hands around a new free software called Luminance HDR . At first I had no idea what I was doing but after about 2 1/2 hours of frustration and really hating the technique I kinda got it . The above images are literally my first ever attempt . I took 3 exposures of the humble Marmite jar ( My first attempts I was not impressed with ) !

 I then manipulated the car image in Photoshop so I could get 3 different exposures

 Now I have a clue what I am up to expect some more ....