Comments on: HDR Style Results Using Layers in Photoshop

By: Charles van Dijk

Charles van Dijk — Thu, 19 May 2011 02:11:27 +0000

Elements 9 has now layer masking. A quick and easy method is adding black and white gradients in the layer mask.

By: Aputure

Aputure — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:40:43 +0000

Excellent tutorial! This is the way that I do most of my HDR images. I’ve included you in a list of the top 5 HDR tutorials on the internet here: http://www.aputure.com/blog/2010/12/07/5-great-hdr-photography-resources/

By: Modeeb

Modeeb — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:13:06 +0000

I’ve been using Tufuse or Hugin to combine bracketed images and both work well but require some tweaking for contrast and exposure.

I believe Nathan’s image ‘does’ qualify as an HDR (high dynamic range) image. I believe however, that people have come to erroneously associate “tone mapping” with HDR, but they’re obviously not the same. Not to go into the specifics but the crazy, colorful, in-your-face look of tone mapped images is pretty obvious when you see one.

HDR on the other hand would look vibrant and intense but the content would still rule the images’s overall value, not some ‘artistic’ effect. But strictly speaking, an HDR image does not alter but preserve what the eye originally saw at the time the photo was taken. Even the word “enhanced” using HDR techniques would to me, only mean enabling the image to be more of what you originally experienced during the shot.

To paraphrase Zack Arias, “Ten years from now, if you’ve ‘tricked’ out your photo with effects, will it still be a good photo when the effect has become passé.”

By: Burnaby Realtor

Burnaby Realtor — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:54:59 +0000

I was recently introduced to this technique, and like to perform this, but as stated above, it sure is time comsuming… I have been finding images turn out great, and print very well, but when I upload them to flickr to share, they really do not look right at all… I have been trying to figure this out for a while.

By: Swiss JHG Photo

Swiss JHG Photo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:05:13 +0000

I do a lot of HDR and already find the process quite lenghty but very powerful in terms of rending. I'm using lightroom and photomatix to get best results, and it works very nicely. Tutorial on HDR with lightroom and photomatix

By: Mark Dunn

Mark Dunn — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:22:52 +0000

Now that HDR has integrated into the world of photography,
there are a few new styles of HDR starting to crop up around
the internet.

For those who are interested in trying their hand at one of them I have just finished writing a tutorial for “Dark Style HDR”

Which you can view with the link below:

http://www.mrdphotography.co.uk/tutorials/darkstylehdr/ds-hdr-tutorial-index.htm

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:47:43 +0000

Brent, you can do this, particularly if your original is a RAW file, however it wont quite have the same dynamic range as if you had actually shot it with the correct exposure. The sample I used for this tutorial has quite dramatic differences in exposure. You would struggle to get the same level of detail, saturation and crispness to your final image. But worth having a go to see if you like the results. That of course is the main thing.

By: brent

brent — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:19:54 +0000

i have a question,,, can i just brighten up a photo and save a copy and darken another one and save a copy as well so i can have 3 different exposures? instead of taking 3 photographs on a tripod…

By: yuowl

yuowl — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:04:42 +0000

Good tutorial,i preffer manual work with photoshop, Photomatrix is great for beginners but if you are proffesional i think this real thing….

By: Landscape Photography

Landscape Photography — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:19:55 +0000

This method often looks much more natural than HDR, probably as many people go everboard in HDR which results in ugly halos and really unatural looking shots. Thanks for the tips.