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Originally Posted by Robert_T
Thanks very much Andrew, I really appreciate you advice. I'll try again with 2 stop spaced images, at least 5 or 7 and see how I go.
Do you just let the HDR merge function in CS3 take care of what bits it uses in the resulting 32bit frame?
cheers,
Rob
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Yes I choose all my frames, from darkest to lightest and let CS3 do it's thing.
Once it returns with the stacked frame the only thing I adjust is the
"Set White Point Preview" slider to the right so it darkens the frame if the highlights appear blown.
Then I change the Mode from 32 bit to 16 bit and this brings up a dialog box which I leave at the default settings (Exposure + Gama).
Once I'm in 16 bit mode I proceed to process the image like any other image, adjusting "Shadow/Highlights", "Curves", "Expose" etc.
It's very similar to working with stacked astro images at this point and you gain valuable insight to use on astro images too.
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Originally Posted by Starman73
Hi Andrew,
Sorry its taken me so long, I have trouble at counting a couple. Anyway here are those pics I told you about. I think they were damn good considering it was film, and done without a tripod. Anyway, have a look let me know what you think. I know the bridge with the rings is probably one that everyone has, but I think its a good pic.
Catch up with you later
Paul
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Very nice Paul, the colours are rich.
I still love film, it has something to it which I can't explain but I really like.
If you have Photoshop or something similar maybe you can apply a little bit of sharpening and slight colour saturation boost because inevitably a little is lost in the scanning process.
You are lucky you got these photos with the Olympic rings, I wasn't into photography in a big way back then and so have nothing of this type of shot to do with the Olympics.
I never get tired of viewing shots like this.
Well done.