Here is the Making-of video for ‘The Library (HDR Vertorama)‘. Watch how this image evolves through all the post-processing stages and stop at any position to inspect the parameter settings (see remarks below).
This video shows the entire post-processing work starting with the HDR merging [...]
This is the HDR before and after comparison of “Ceremonial Room (HDR Vertorama)“. The final image was created from 4×5 TIFF files (series of 4 autobracketed RAW images, +2, 0, -2EV that were converted to TIFFs using Abobe Camera RAW with the Five TIFFs method creating additional [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “Take me to Istanbul (HDR Panorama)“. The final image was created from 10×3 TIFF files (10 series of 3 autobracketed RAW images that were converted to TIFFs using Abobe Camera RAW). You can see the 30 source images at the top. These images were merged into 10 [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “St. Martin’s Cathedral (HDR Vertorama)“. The final image was created from 4×5 TIFF files (series of 4 autobracketed RAW images, +2, 0, -2ev that were converted to 4×5 TIFFs using Abobe Camera RAW with the Five TIFFs method). You can see the 12 source images [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “The Library (HDR Vertorama)“. The final image was created from 7×3 TIFF files (series of 3 autobracketed RAW images, +2, 0, -2ev that were converted to TIFFs using Abobe Camera RAW). You can see the 21 source images in the left three columns. These images were merged [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “The Refuge (HDR Panorama)“. The final image was created from 5×5 TIFF files (series of 5 manually bracketed RAW images that were converted to TIFFs using Abobe Camera RAW with). You can see the 25 source images on the left side. These images were merged into 5 [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “Ethnographic Museum – Budapest, Hungary (HDR Vertorama)“. The final image was created from 5×5 TIFF files (series of 5 autobracketed RAW images, +2, 0, -2ev that were converted to TIFFs using Abobe Camera RAW with the Five TIFFs method). You can see the 15 source [...]
Have you ever uploaded an image to your favorite photo sharing site just to come back the next day and discover that there are certain features in it that you don’t like? Maybe the sky is too dark, the colors have too much saturation, or the contrast is too low. The [...]
This video shows the post-processing work all the way through to the finishing touches. Each major step is indicated by a subtitle.
View the final result and read more information on the post-processing work here: The Ingress (HDR Vertorama)
This is the before-and-after comparison of “The Ingress (HDR Vertorama)“. The final image was created from 4×5 TIFF files (series of 4 autobracketed RAW images, +2, 0, -2ev that were converted to TIFFs using Abobe Camera RAW with the Five TIFFs method). You can see the 12 source images in the [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “Up! (HDR Vertorama)“. The final image was created from 3×5 TIFF files (series of 3 autobracketed RAW images, +2, 0, -2ev that were converted to TIFFs using Abobe Camera RAW with the Five TIFFs method). You can see the 15 source images in the left [...]
This video shows the entire post-processing work starting at the preparation of the images in Adobe Camera Raw all the way through to the finishing touches. Each major step is indicated by a subtitle.
View the final result and read more information on the post-processing work here: The Green Room – Bebenhausen Palace, [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “The Green Room – Bebenhausen Palace, Germany (HDR)“. In the top row, you see the original source images straight out of the camera. This image is based on a 3-shot autobracketing series with 0, -2 and +2 ev. On the left side on the bottom row, you [...]
One of the main problems of any HDR workflow that involves tone-mapping is noise. The most widely used tone-mapping operators are based on local contrast enhancement. Unfortunately, they also “enhance” the noise in your images. Thus, noise reduction (NR) is imperative. But what is the best way of doing this, and at which [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “Hall of Fame – Ludwigsburg, Germany (HDR)“. In the top row, you see the original source images straight out of the camera. This image is based on a 3-shot autobracketing series with 0, -2 and +2 ev. On the left side of the bottom row, you see [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “A Room with a View – Bebenhausen Abbey, Germany (HDR)“. In the top row, you see the original source images straight out of the camera. This image is based on a 3-shot autobracketing series with 0, -2 [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “Chain Bridge – Budapest, Hungary (HDR)“. In the top row, you see the original source images straight out of the camera. This image is based on a 3-shot autobracketing series with 0, -2 and +2 ev. On the left side on the bottom row, you see the [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “Baroque Oval – Ludwigsburg Palace, Germany (HDR Vertorama)“. The final image was created from 5×5 TIFF files (series of 5 autobracketed RAW images, +2, 0, -2ev that were converted to TIFFs using Abobe Camera RAW with the Five TIFFs method). You can see the 15 [...]
Clarity, sharpness, and crispness are three terms that are frequently used to express the properties of a good photo. While there is probably no rigorous definition for these terms (except for sharpness, maybe) we all know what they mean, and we all strive to give these properties to our images. But [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “Swabian Gem – Weingarten, Germany (HDR Vertorama)“. The final image was created from 5×5 TIFF files (series of 5 autobracketed RAW images, +2, 0, -2ev that were converted to TIFFs using Abobe Camera RAW with the Five TIFFs method). You can see the 15 source [...]




Hi! I am Klaus Herrmann. I take photos - I create, write and teach.
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...that our Before-and-After Comparisons give you a quick insight into the evolution of an image? They present the stages of the post-processing work from the source photos to the finished image in three simple steps.
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