Comments on: Creating an HDR-like Image From a Single RAW File in Lightroom

By: friv

friv — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:22:07 +0000

With news techniques you can change a pictures how you want,saturate or desaturate ,shadows etc.Thanks for this HDR tutorial,is very useful.

By: rimete

rimete — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:32:16 +0000

Actually in Lightroom with brush techniques and the tools available, you can really change a static or boring image. It takes time since you have to brush and change values: vivid – desaturation and the such. More to the program then meets the eye but experimentation. One (never finished it) but example of brush-work and Lightroom

By: Brett Widmann

Brett Widmann — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:11:11 +0000

Oh my gosh this is amazing. I just bought a Canon T2I and I can not wait to try this out! Thanks for sharing.

By: flavius

flavius — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:42:51 +0000

i think it says right in this article’s title. lightroom.

By: khureem

khureem — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:44:14 +0000

I have a question, what software did you exactly use to do all this?

By: M B A Khan

M B A Khan — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:24:31 +0000

Very nice… elaborative explanation of all the tricks applied…I like it…:D

By: Jave

Jave — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:24:33 +0000

I guess my question here is for what kinds of pictures or of what composition should I be trying out this style on? Obviously city-scapes, but I usually don’t get that height in my photos. I tried this on a flat out horizon shot with rocks, but that didn’t turn out so well. I’m looking at commenters’ examples and maybe it’s just I need to take “better” composed pictures? Mine aren’t dull, but not from that certain perspective perhaps this HDR-like treatment is better for.

By: Igor Klajo

Igor Klajo — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:00:41 +0000

This is another nice and detailed HDR tutorial for me to learn from. Thanks for sharing this.

By: rimete

rimete — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:57:18 +0000

This is not HDR as others have said and HDR is not tone-mapping. It is an interesting way to get the saturation/over-saturation look of tone-mapping and just an opinion: There is some value in that but in true photography there is no need for this.

Having said that in the digital era it’s a stage of experiments just as chemical toning was used in film. On the personal side I think that black and white yields the most dramatic photographs and is much more difficult to work with.

But every technique learned is at the least knowledge that can be used at some point, so in all – good tutorial for those that haven’t tried this in Lightroom.

By: Pye

Pye — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:02:42 +0000

Hey Garth, Here are your answers: 1) There isn't a single technique that I would want to use on all photos that I publish. Each photo is its own composition, and there really isn't a single style of effect that would apply to each of them. In my professional opinion, the most important element to a photograph is your subject and composition, the effect should only enhance what you are saying. Today, so much of the HDR world is plagued with images that have a "cool" HDR effect applied to a very poor piece of photographic art. The image used in this post could have been produced in black and white, duotoned, split toned, cross processed, HDR tone mapped, dodged/burned, and all would have looked great, not because of the effect, but because of the shot. So, there isn't a single technique I would apply to every photograph, but rather I use the technique that I feel emphasizes what I want my audience to see. 2) The two most commonly used programs to create bracketed HDR images are Photomatix (my favorite) and Photoshop. Currently, Lightroom does not support bracketed HDR automation. Though, I am sure that future versions will eventually include this feature. Hope that helps =) -- Pye Partner of LJP and Co-Founder of SLRLounge