Natural-looking HDR (Page 7): Is leaving the make of those cars on their relevant grille some type of clue? :thumbup: :oops: I could say Renault and Morris just to be cheeky :)(Been up...

rocar7 Loc: Alton, England

glojo wrote:

quote=rocar7 quote=glojo quote=rocar7 OK, here ... (show quote)

2CVs are pretty rare nowadays. Originally designed for French farmers. The brief was supposed to be that it had to be able to drive across a ploughed field with a tray of eggs on the back seat, without breaking any of the eggs. Hence the giant wheels and long-travel soft suspension. It was the first car to have central locking (joke!) in that you could reach all four doors from the driver's seat. It also had the distinction of having inboard disc brakes on the front wheels, just like Formula 1 cars. Reduces unsprung weight. The gear lever stuck out of the dashboard, and the selector was reversed from the norm, but you soon got used to it. Fun car to drive, but you never overtook anyone.

Don't know if the badge is illegal, at worst it would breach copyright, I suppose.

glojo Loc: South Devon, England

rocar7 wrote:

Don't know if the badge is illegal, at worst it would breach copyright, I suppose.

That is the wording I was looking for (I'm as high as a kite on morphine and the words are there somewhere but are refusing to play the game and come out in the right order).

All praise regarding the French, their produce and in particular French cars must cease and desist immediately :mrgreen: :oops: :oops:

We very nearly bought a new Citroen CX2400 diesel estate but thankfully decided against it... BRILLIANT cars with technology far in advance of its time but the depreciation!!!!!

I love your restoration and the pictures of the other MGs, my all time favourite MR being the TC variant :thumbup: :thumbup: As a schoolboy I saw one for sale in a garage .... £250!!

Manfrottoman Loc: South West Scotland

Out of interest what bracketing did you use, I ask as there does not seem to be an awfull lot of detail in the shadow and midtone area, the concrete floor caught my eye in particular, not much detail which with an HDR should have captured
Was the image taken on a bright sunny day ?
regards
Duncan

Rip Tragle Loc: Estes Park, CO

Ok,
To make up for being an old crank last night I will
throw another HDR Vintage car into the pot.
20 horsepower and 600 pounds of torque!

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

I have an HDR question that goes along with this topic.

I took my first bracketed photos for the express purpose of trying my hand at HDR. If I want to tone it down, can't I use one of the originals that is underexposed on a second layer, then play with the opacity? Seems like that would tone it down a bit. I haven't even tried HDR yet. I'm mainly a wedding photographer, but HDR is appealing to my artistic side

Rip Tragle Loc: Estes Park, CO

I don't quite understand... one uses an HDR ap. and tone maps the combined
image that the software creates... the tone mapping is how you adjust
for the result you are after.... and then, perhaps, the saved file is sent to
Photoshop for some more tweaking.

Rip Tragle Loc: Estes Park, CO

There is something here I don't understand.
When my picture shows up on line it is not the same
as on my monitor.... the HDR above is quite different
than what I sent. Perhaps it's time for a monitor calibration
on my end.

Photogdog Loc: New Kensington, PA

Rip Tragle wrote:

I don't quite understand... one uses an HDR ap. and tone maps the combined
image that the software creates... the tone mapping is how you adjust
for the result you are after.... and then, perhaps, the saved file is sent to
Photoshop for some more tweaking.

Rip,

That's pretty much how I use it. I run 3-5 exposures at the same f-stop with differing shutter speeds and/or EV compensation above and below my "ideal" baseline shot through Photomatix, process it, save it & then move it into PSE10 for the "Big Finish".

PD

steve40 Loc: Asheville/Canton, NC, USA

If you want more natural looking HDR's, you might want to try this program. It free, so you haven't lost anything trying it. Comes in 32 and 64 bit.

http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/

rocar7 Loc: Alton, England

Manfrottoman wrote:

Out of interest what bracketing did you use, I ask as there does not seem to be an awfull lot of detail in the shadow and midtone area, the concrete floor caught my eye in particular, not much detail which with an HDR should have captured
Was the image taken on a bright sunny day ?
regards
Duncan

It was a very bright sunny day. I used from -3 stops to +3 stops.

CanonJC

Hal81 wrote:

I guess the spelling police will be on my for not spell check my goofs.

Beware of PNagy's handcuffs. LOL

:lol:

rocar7 Loc: Alton, England

Rip Tragle wrote:

Ok,
To make up for being an old crank last night I will
throw another HDR Vintage car into the pot.
20 horsepower and 600 pounds of torque!

I take it that was steam powered, hence the torque?

And here's an interesting one:

CanonJC

Hal81 wrote:

Ill post a few sport car shots I took. If you don't mind.

Aww! I love the classic cars especially I really missed my 57 Chevy and 66 Chevelle SS. But I have a great memories in old time.

rocar7 Loc: Alton, England

steve40 wrote:

If you want more natural looking HDR's, you might want to try this program. It free, so you haven't lost anything trying it. Comes in 32 and 64 bit.

http://www.hdrlabs.com/picturenaut/

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Rip Tragle Loc: Estes Park, CO

Yes it's an'06 Stanley. Behind a painting of Freelan (no ''d'') Oscar Stanley
building a violin.... Stanley violins are considered great instrument to this day.