[Leica] IMG: Yosemite too... and Raw exposure for

[leicar at q.com (Aram Langhans)]

Been gone for a few days so I have not had the opportunity to view mail.
When I open up my PSD file and look at the levels there is no clipping in
either the blacks or the whites.  Perhaps I need to try another JPEG save
with better settings. 

I admit this is my first time at trying CD3's HDR option, or any image
combination for that matter.  Do not use my example as a good example.  I am
going to attempt more of this in the future and will learn more as I go
along.  

Thanks for the comments and interest in my attempts.  I will try some more
or some different settings.

Aram

> From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG:  Yosemite too... and Raw exposure for
>       dynamic range
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> 
> We are looking at a web representation of Aram's photograph of course.
> And
> I'm still very jealous that Aram was there with waterfalls bursting and
> magnificent light everywhere. My usual long winded technical comment
> was
> trying to say that, in that HDR based jpg, the highlights and darks
> were
> clipped (highlights suffered especially) and my example is of a fairly
> contrasty shot with info preserved there in both by careful single
> exposure
> and processing.
> BW is an important area and of great interest to me too. Marty over
> here,
> whose technical expertise I greatly respect, is convinced that digital
> capture can't equal the highlight range of bw film for subtlety and
> detail.
> To the extent of total possible dynamic range, I understand, especially
> regarding the tonal curve from film vs. sensor. Yet the quality and
> flexibility of the Raw capture for me is so superior (and considering
> the
> limits of the print media) that in my mind there is no contest. HDR
> ought to
> make that better again in the right circumstance and technique. The HDR
> guys
> should keep on putting in the hard yards and convincing us. Boy the
> pressure
> will be on when I take my M8 to Yosemite!
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Yosemite too... and Raw exposure for dynamic
> range
> 
> Aram,
> 
> I tend to agree with Hoppy. The HDR doesn't do much at all on my
> screen, in
> fact
> it tends to make the image appear dull, presumably because you are
> pulling
> back
> areas which would otherwise be blown or close to blwon. I can see it
> working
> in
> some circumstances, possibly in B&W it might prove very worthwhile.
> Here
> though...
> 
> Perter Dzwig
> 
> Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
> > Hi Aram,...I looked carefully at your HDR example of the falls. You
> guys
> haven't convinced me yet on HDR. (I haven't tried it for myself). I get
> that
> the principle is that you are trying to increase the recorded dynamic
> range
> by combining exposures and I can see that the falls shots is a very
> contrasty scene. Bu the highlights (water) and blacks are still clipped
> here
> (as shown)......
> > Geoff
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Yosemite too...
> >
> > Bob.  Liked your photos.  I just got back from Yosemite, too.  We
> were
> there
> > from April 28 To May 2.  Wasn't the weather just great?  Here are a
> few
> > shots of Yosemite falls I took.
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Yosspr08/Yosemite-
> falls_HDR2.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Yosspr08/yosemite-falls-4204-
> Edit.jpg.
> > html  Just love that dead tree.
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Yosspr08/yosemite_falls-
> 4201.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Yosspr08/yosemite_falls-
> 4194.jpg.html
> >
> > The first one was using the HDR of Photoshop.
> >
> > I'll be posting more later.  Just got back 3 days ago from a long
> return
> > home.
> >
> > Comments and criticism welcome.
> >
> > Aram
> 
>  

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