My First Try on HDR Imaging

I've read about High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging in a photography magazine before, then I've tried shooting images that will qualify for HDR processing, i.e. shooting subjects in three (3) different exposures. I did the process using photoshop but I was not satisfied with the result I had to do more toning and more enhancement and I simply can't get the the desired result I want, so I stopped doing it because I was unsuccessful most of the time.

Until this month, an officemate of mine who is already a professional photographer (because he has his own Wedding Photography studio) showed me an HDR image. My jaw almost fell on the ground (lol) because it was so so beautiful and I was so envious. I asked him how he did it, since I was so unsuccessful with my previous try. He told me that photoshop may have done the trick but it will take so much of your time adjusting/enhancing, instead he used another software called photomatix. 

I tried the same software and viola, I got my first HDR imaging. And today I'm sharing to you my project from raw images to processed image.

The photos below were taken in December 2009 at Cabanglasan Bukidnon. I adjusted manually the exposure from normal to -2 and +2 setting (I don't know how to use the auto-exposure bracketing feature of my camera yet) and of course with the use of a tripod.

(+2  overexposed)

 (normal exposure)

(-2 underexposed)

After merging the three photos this is the result. 

An image like this cannot be captured by the camera alone manipulation is badly needed.

Hope you like it. 

In case a professional photographer will bumped into my post I hope you can give me some comments to further improve myself. Thanks!

This is my World on Tuesday.

Have a Nice Day!