As Some of you may know, I do real estate photography. Today was a dark cloudy day in Chicago. While waiting for a home inspector to finish, I took some shots from the balcony for our out-of-state buyer client so he could appreciate his new view. I used Photomatix to create two .tiff files. One using Fusion-Natural, another using Tonemapping-Painterly. Then, the two images were blended using PaintShop Pro with the Fusion layer on top set to about 45% transparency, with a couple details masked in to reveal the full effect of the tonemapped layer.
Here's the SOOC mid-exposure
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The Fusion "Natural" layer
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The tonemapped layer
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The final result: straightened, cropped.
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mallen1330 wrote:
As Some of you may know, I do real estate photography. Today was a dark cloudy day in Chicago. While waiting for a home inspector to finish, I took some shots from the balcony for our out-of-state buyer client so he could appreciate his new view. I used Photomatix to create two .tiff files. One using Fusion-Natural, another using Tonemapping-Painterly. Then, the two images were blended using PaintShop Pro with the Fusion layer on top set to about 45% transparency, with a couple details masked in to reveal the full effect of the tonemapped layer.
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As I was reading your description of what you did I thought what a great idea. Then I saw the result - never seen green clouds before. However I do really like the Fusion Natural Layer and the Tone Mapped Layer. Don't like the clients view much though LoL.
I am not a fan of HDR especially when the result is like photos 3 and 4, having said that shot nr. 2 is an excellent improvement, especially if you crop it as in nr. 4.
Great idea. I'm thinking that you could do it all with Photomattix by doing the 2 images back together using the HDR function-maybe using the exposure level correction on the one image as a way to adjust for transparency. Its definitely something I'll try when time permits. Thanks for the idea.
To me HDR is HDR, but needing education on the subject, your topic is appreciated. Captain Kimo reviews many here:
http://captainkimo.com/hdr-software-review-comparison/#10. I have HDR Projects 4 which I bought for $20 last year... yep sure .... he says "Photomatix has been the top HDR software for most people including myself." but fails to add that he is sponsored by Photomatix.... and it is expensive if you want to compete with the Projects 4 by the German Company Franzis. Buy or try... $99, but subscribe to their news letter and along the way the price will drop when you don't buy.
I used HDR a few times to try it and then faded away to using my Topaz.... stopped bracketing .... we revert to what we are use to don't we ! ! ! ?
infocus wrote:
...- never seen green clouds before. ...
Not sure how the green appeared -- perhaps when doing color balance adjustments? Here's one without....
This one I like a lot. Good PP
mallen1330 wrote:
Not sure how the green appeared -- perhaps when doing color balance adjustments? Here's one without....
This last picture sure is a very nice scene and shows what HDR can do for a view, but I wonder about the reality expressed to the out-of-town buyer.
Jerry
hope your buyer loves looking at parking lots.
For a scene like this, I can get the same results with proper exposure and a little post processing. No need for HDR. It's a lot of work, too many opportunities to introduce artifacts that are unrealistic, etc. However, if it's someone's cup of tea that's for them to do.
--Bob
mallen1330 wrote:
Not sure how the green appeared -- perhaps when doing color balance adjustments? Here's one without....
I bought the HDR Projects 4 Pro when it was advertised at $35, and I am finding that I am consistently getting HDR images that I like better than what I get from Photomatix. It comes with a ton of presets, of which I find I only like about 10 or 11 of them. And from there, I go to the sliders. I am finding that it does a great job at preventing halos which I cannot stand, plus it seems to make images that don't shout out that they are an HDR.
Much better without the green clouds.
Jack
mallen1330 wrote:
As Some of you may know, I do real estate photography. Today was a dark cloudy day in Chicago. While waiting for a home inspector to finish, I took some shots from the balcony for our out-of-state buyer client so he could appreciate his new view. I used Photomatix to create two .tiff files. One using Fusion-Natural, another using Tonemapping-Painterly. Then, the two images were blended using PaintShop Pro with the Fusion layer on top set to about 45% transparency, with a couple details masked in to reveal the full effect of the tonemapped layer.
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there all nice but #4 is the one i like
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