Kookie B. Posted April 8, 2013 Share #1 Posted April 8, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi folks, This is my first keeper from my new (to me) X1. I posted this on the other Leica Forum and it got mostly positive, but mixed, results. So I thought I'd give it a try here. Technical: Three exposures +1/0/-1. Handheld @ f2.8. Processed in PhotoMatix. Taken at the beautiful Princess Hotel, Bermuda. HD haters may feel free to flame away! Regards, Kookie B. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 9 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/202297-first-post-from-x1-bw-hdr/?do=findComment&comment=2294342'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Hi Kookie B., Take a look here First post from X1 - B&W HDR. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
vcs700s Posted April 8, 2013 Share #2 Posted April 8, 2013 Love it! Great pic!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prk60091 Posted April 9, 2013 Share #3 Posted April 9, 2013 this is the 1st b&w HDR image i have ever seen- i like it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkassenkunde Posted April 11, 2013 Share #4 Posted April 11, 2013 Welcome to the forum, Kookie! The blown lights of the chandelier are not to my liking, but the picture itself looks great. Would be interesting to see a colored version. Seems to be a nice place, btw... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 11, 2013 Share #5 Posted April 11, 2013 Kookie - Welcome to the Forum. Based on this lovely image I look forward to seeing many more of your photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted April 11, 2013 Share #6 Posted April 11, 2013 Kookie, Welcome to the forum. A stunning picture. I, too have never seen HD in b&w. Please post more of your experiment and tell us how it is done. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl G Posted April 11, 2013 Share #7 Posted April 11, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Very nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orient XI Posted April 12, 2013 Share #8 Posted April 12, 2013 Excellent interior shot — maybe this HDR thing has something to recommend it. There is what would have been called halation in film days around the chaneliers' lights, but the photo would look fairly lifeless without it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kookie B. Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted April 12, 2013 (edited) Hi folks, Thank you very much for the warm welcome to the forum and the supportive comments. They are very much appreciated. I confess to having been seduced by the HDR technique. With a camera such as the X1 and the ease by which autobracketing may be set I frequently find myself taking three images with varying exposure per shot, rather than a single image. Under the heading of full disclosure, I have only shot in jpeg format to date (as this), with RAW being the next step. I use PhotoMatix as the HDR processing software. It does the hard work easily. As part of its output options, it offers many choices for "preset" renditions. Many of those, while very creative, tend to take the image deep into fantasy land. I tend to use the presets as starting points to manipulate the image to my liking. Most recently, I find the B&W output to produce very interesting images inasmuch as it can pick up detail in shadows without blowing out highlights. To that end -- albeit with another brand of camera, a Sony NEX-5n -- I have had good success using the technique to render images of aluminum-skinned aircraft because it can maintain detail in the shiny, bare metal (I can upload a sample if members are interested in seeing what I mean). Finally, the HDR process is very much facilitated through use of a tripod. This image, however, was handheld through the three exposures because I was on a business trip at the time and had nothing else to steady the camera. Fortunately, despite the slow shutter speed I was able to render the images sufficiently sharp to accomplish the HDR. Technical data: 1/30, f/2.8, EI 100. When I created this image I had a B&W HDR in mind, given the various textures involved. Nonetheless, some might like the color version better. So, as requested by our moderator, I have attached one. In this rendition, I have tried to restrain myself -- not an easy thing for me to do -- to keep it somewhat realistic. I hope this gives some further depth to my concept of use of HDR, and where it can take a photographer. I don't see it as a substitue for tradition rendering but, rather, as another arrow in our creative quiver. I would be pleased to address any other questions folks might have. Thank you, again, for your support. Regards to all, Kookie B. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited April 12, 2013 by Kookie B. 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/202297-first-post-from-x1-bw-hdr/?do=findComment&comment=2297251'>More sharing options...
vcs700s Posted April 12, 2013 Share #10 Posted April 12, 2013 Love it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkB17 Posted April 12, 2013 Share #11 Posted April 12, 2013 Thanks for sharing. Very interesting! Dirk 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Martin Posted April 12, 2013 Share #12 Posted April 12, 2013 Well I think it's fantastic, it just shows what can be done with that camera, when the user has the skills that you've used here. I'm sure if a user had posted this claiming that it was taken with a Monochrome nobody would have questioned that at all. Beautiful photograph in what looks like a fabulous location. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted April 12, 2013 Share #13 Posted April 12, 2013 Technical data: 1/30, f/2.8, EI 100. I can't imagine your image getting anything but positive comments. It's extremely well done. I do have one question, however. You just list one exposure. Doesn't HDR require multiple exposures? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted April 12, 2013 Share #14 Posted April 12, 2013 I have had good success using the technique to render images of aluminum-skinned aircraft because it can maintain detail in the shiny, bare metal (I can upload a sample if members are interested in seeing what I mean). Yes, please do! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted April 13, 2013 Share #15 Posted April 13, 2013 Your color version is simply stunning also. This could be published in a publication for interior design or history. As I see it this and the HDR b&w are entirely two pictures with different emotional results. I don't see one as being better than the other. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kookie B. Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share #16 Posted April 13, 2013 Folks, Your support, comments, and compliments are truly appreciated. I could not have envisioned the response these images have generated. Thank you very much. In response to Phillip's request, I've attached a image of an aluminum-skinned aircraft, a WW II era Boeing B-17G, that I photographed using HDR in an attempt to maintain as much detail as possible in what was, essentially, a reflective medium as well as adding interest in an otherwise boring sky. In this case, the camera used was a Sony NEX-5n (w/Voigtlander 15mm, three exposures -.7/0/+.7 [all at f8 @EI 100 with shutter speed variation as 1/1000, 1/640, 1/400]). In response to Brent's question, the three exposures for the Salon photograph were: 1/50, f2.8, EI100; 1/30, f2.8, EI100; 1/30, 2.8, EI200. Thank you, again, for your interest in my photographs. With best regards, Kookie B. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/202297-first-post-from-x1-bw-hdr/?do=findComment&comment=2298042'>More sharing options...
Lee Martin Posted April 14, 2013 Share #17 Posted April 14, 2013 Brilliant again. I'm going to try and learn this technique, it adds real life to the photographs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlwindphoto52 Posted April 14, 2013 Share #18 Posted April 14, 2013 These shots all demonstrate the positive aspects of HDR, in my opinion. They add detail and interest, making the subjects or scenes really stand out without being overdone or even cartoonish as so many HDR images tend to be. Great job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Allsopp Posted April 14, 2013 Share #19 Posted April 14, 2013 Love it! Great pic!! For me too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwest Wanderer Posted April 14, 2013 Share #20 Posted April 14, 2013 Kookie, Welcome to the forum. I've never given any thought to using HDR on a b&w image. After viewing your photo I'll have to give it a try. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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