Playing about with a new HDR program from NIK Software

[Chris Calohan]

They made a gift of this to me, so I thought I'd give it a try. As a general rule, i don't much care for HDR but the more I play with it, the more I at least can appreciate the difficulty of getting a good range.

I shot this a couple of hours ago with the intent of making an HDR image but had some difficulty getting the three exposures to align just right, so did a "Norma" edit, an HDR and a combo of the two with the overlay at 38%. Still playing and learning.

[kikashi]

The HDR looks, with respect, vile. I'm not convinced, looking at them on an old MBP, that the combination shot is an improvement over the simple edit.

Jeremy

[Chris Calohan]

I quite agree....back to the drawing board as to getting a decent HDR mind you, just to say I can....I still think I don't like the effect.

[armand]

What was wrong with the first exposure? Looks properly exposed to me, I don't see why you would need HDR for this particular shot.

[Chris Calohan]

Like I said, just playing about with exposure ranges. Can't learn if you don't experiment and get feedback.