Attempt at HDR at the Grand Canyon
May 19, 2013 13:00:01 #
This is not my first post, but it is my first offering of any work. Critical review is welcome and encouraged.
I used a trip to the Grand Canyon to experiment with HDR and camera settings. Almost all of this video slide show is made up a photos, but there are a few video clips. All of the photos were HDR processed.
My goal for using HDR was to help remember the vivid color my eye saw on a a hazy day at noon. I'm well aware that as a photographer I should be there at sunrise and sunset, but as a tourist that was not a choice.
I tried very hard to not over cook the HDR process.
https://vimeo.com/64474485
As you know, all things on vimeo look better with the "HD" on and options to download the higher quality originals are provided.
Bill
I used a trip to the Grand Canyon to experiment with HDR and camera settings. Almost all of this video slide show is made up a photos, but there are a few video clips. All of the photos were HDR processed.
My goal for using HDR was to help remember the vivid color my eye saw on a a hazy day at noon. I'm well aware that as a photographer I should be there at sunrise and sunset, but as a tourist that was not a choice.
I tried very hard to not over cook the HDR process.
https://vimeo.com/64474485
As you know, all things on vimeo look better with the "HD" on and options to download the higher quality originals are provided.
Bill
May 19, 2013 13:12:24 #
Hi
Just post it on the UHH?
Just post it on the UHH?
bsprague wrote:
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May 19, 2013 13:22:32 #
RichardSM wrote:
Hi
Just post it on the UHH?
Just post it on the UHH?
I'm not sure what you mean.
I put the photos into a video. I provided the link to that video, but could not figure out how to make it "clickable".
Bill
May 19, 2013 14:14:48 #
I copied the URL, opened another browser, pasted it, and watched the vimeo. Overall, it was an excellent program. I like HDR not overdone, do it both ways because some folks like it somewhat overdone I do post some that way. Most of those I could identify as certainly HDR were well done. Because of the "reach" to the other side of the canyon, to my eye the HDR did not do much for the picture. I assume lack of detail at that distance was the reason. Anyway, in my judgment, for anyone interested, it is well worth the effort to copy and paste to see the vimeol.
May 19, 2013 15:08:28 #
Jimande wrote:
Thank you for the compliments. I copied the URL, opened another browser, pasted i... (show quote)
It was a hazy day, it is a long ways across the canyon and the sun was high in the sky.
Some of the lack of detail is due to processing. Premier Elements has to process photos to 1920x1080 to make a video. Although, it does it pretty well, it is not as good as the original. Vimeo has to process it again to make it internet viewable. So, it looses a little more. I'm working on methods to reduce loss of detail, but not sure how far I can get given the necessary dual processing.
The HDR was done with 3 exposures per shot. I chose HR settings that leaned toward "natural" than "intesified". Compared to the originals, there is a little more color in both the brighter and darker parts of the pictures. In other words the "range" is expanded, but not by so much that it interferes with the best drama I could capture of the Grand Canyon on a hazy day.
Bill
May 19, 2013 22:21:43 #
Vimeo keeps track. 15 people watched it since I posted the link. Thank you! But, only one comment here!
Bill
Bill
May 19, 2013 23:48:54 #
This should be a working link:
http://vimeo.com/64474485
You have to remove the "s" in https...
I think we generally like to have photos to be posted instead of links to a video, so we can reference specific shots. These are usually put in the Photo Analysis section for critique.
http://vimeo.com/64474485
You have to remove the "s" in https...
I think we generally like to have photos to be posted instead of links to a video, so we can reference specific shots. These are usually put in the Photo Analysis section for critique.
May 20, 2013 00:12:02 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
This should be a working link:
http://vimeo.com/64474485
You have to remove the "s" in https...
I think we generally like to have photos to be posted instead of links to a video, so we can reference specific shots. These are usually put in the Photo Analysis section for critique.
http://vimeo.com/64474485
You have to remove the "s" in https...
I think we generally like to have photos to be posted instead of links to a video, so we can reference specific shots. These are usually put in the Photo Analysis section for critique.
Thank you for the suggestion. I am new here, so forgive me.
Rather than a photo, this is a "slideshow" with a music track. So, posting a single photo does not tell my story or demonstrate my attempt at gentle use of HDR.
Bill
May 20, 2013 06:05:24 #
Very nicely done indeed!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: 8-) Thanks, Boone
May 20, 2013 07:17:47 #
bsprague wrote:
This is not my first post, but it is my first offering of any work. Critical review is welcome and encouraged.
Bill
Bill
So these are individual images that were combined into a movie? I don't understand. Did you take hundreds of shots with the camera on a tripod?
Last night I watched an episode of "How the Earth was Formed" that covered the Grand Canyon, so I recognized many of the features that were shown in your video.
You say it was a hazy day, and that shows. We once went to the Skyline Drive, and it was so foggy that we couldn't see the end of our car's hood.
May 20, 2013 07:24:03 #
Well done I have a lot of HDR pictures from the Grand Canyon but all of mine are from the bottom up or should I say looking at the walls of the canyon with a wide angle lens from a raft. Never seen the canyon from the top, only from the bottom up. Great place!
May 20, 2013 07:26:35 #
May 20, 2013 07:54:36 #
bsprague wrote:
This is not my first post, but it is my first offe... (show quote)
Hi Bill,
Bill here, I am jealous nice work.
May 20, 2013 08:05:36 #
May 20, 2013 08:10:24 #
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