Another Quick HDR Capture

Here's a close up image from the Monument Hill Historical Site near La Grange, TX. Like my previous image, I processed this by merging three raw (.dng) files and tone-mapping the result in Photomatix Pro 3.1 (beta). The detail brought out by the merge and tone-mapping is outstanding and as you can tell the amount of noise created is minimal.

The Statue on Monument Hill
Copyright 2008 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shots taken with a Canon 40D tripod mounted, 17-40mm f/4 L at 22mm, f/11, 1/125th, 1/350th and 1/1000th of a second at ISO 200 on SanDisk digital film. Post processed using Photomatix Pro 3.1 (beta) and Lightroom 2 s Develop module. Click on the image above for a larger version.

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More Canon 40D HDR Images

Just a couple more HDR images from last weekend's visit to the Monument Hill Historical Site near La Grange, TX. Can you tell which was processed in Photomatix and Lightroom and was processed only in Lightroom? (No fair checking the EXIF data)

Stone Mill Landscape
Copyright 2008 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shots taken with a Canon 40D tripod mounted, 17-40mm f/4 L at 23mm, f/11 at ISO 200 on SanDisk digital film. Click on the image above for a larger version.

Stone Mill Portrait
Copyright 2008 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shots taken with a Canon 40D tripod mounted, 17-40mm f/4 L at 21mm, f/22 at ISO 200 on SanDisk digital film. Click on the image above for a larger version.

Trick question. Both images were post-capture processed using Photomatix Pro and Lightroom.

Posted in Photography Tagged: Adobe Lightroom 2, Canon 40D, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Monument Hill Historical Site, Photography, Photomatix

Going All the Way with HDR

Earlier this month I asked the question "How Far is Too Far with HDR?" in one of my posts and the answer I got back most often was "it's up to the photographer to decide". Well, that got me thinking and playing around with Photomatix Pro to see what kind of really far-out effects I could generate.

Happy Halloween!

Far, Far Out There
Copyright 2008 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shots taken with a Canon 40D hand-held, EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM at 33mm, f/16 at ISO 100 on SanDisk digital film. The HDR file was made from three RAW images tone-mapped in Photomatix Pro. All other processing was done in Lightroom 2. Click on the image above for a larger version.

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What Else Will That Lens Do?

I think I'm on a roll here so I'm gonna keep going.

One of the other neat little things that the Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM lens excels at is wide-angle high dynamic range photography. I believe the keys to a really cool HDR image are good color depth and incredible detail and this lens performs very well on both fronts.

I took this series of three images (shown here as a finished HDR image) at both the minimum focusing distance (about 10 inches) and the widest focal length (10mm) for this zoom. If you click on the image below you can see the incredible detail in the texture of the wood and rocks captured by this lens.

Enjoy!

Wide-Angle HDR
Copyright 2008 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shots taken with a Canon 40D tripod mounted, EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM at 10mm, f/13 at ISO 100 on SanDisk digital film. The HDR file was made from three RAW images tone-mapped in Photomatix Pro. All other post capture processing was done in Lightroom 2 and Noise Ninja. Click on the image above for a larger version.

Posted in Photography Tagged: Canon 40D, EF-S 10-22mm F/3.5-4.5 USM, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Photography