HDR Pics to play with: High Five
This HDR Pics to play with archive is containing the source exposures of the HDR image ‘High Five (HDR)‘.
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Below is the ZIP archive with the images. Make sure you read the information in Read This First.txt (included in the archive).
Pics to play with – High Five – by farbspiel-photo.com.zip
(md5 checksum: 08d50033e0f320f462d1c00b61ef32f2)
Image Information
- Taken hand-held
- Six exposures (-3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 ev) – semi-autobracketing [details]
- Camera: Nikon D7000
- Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED at 10mm
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO 400
Below, you find the details for each of the images:
| Image file | Exposure value | Shutter speed | Type |
| High Five – ppw – 01.tif | +3 EV | 1/8s | artificial (created form +2 EV exposure) |
| High Five – ppw – 02.tif | +2 EV | 1/15s | original |
| High Five – ppw – 03.tif | +1 EV | 1/30s | original |
| High Five – ppw – 04.tif | 0 EV | 1/60s | original |
| High Five – ppw – 05.tif | -1 EV | 1/125s | original |
| High Five – ppw – 06.tif | -2 EV | 1/250s | original |
| High Five – ppw – 07.tif | -3 EV | 1/500s | original |
| High Five – ppw – 08.tif | -4 EV | 1/1000s | artificial (created form -3 EV exposure) |
Processing Information
The images have been pre-processed in the following way: The original RAW files where converted to TIFFs in Adobe Camera RAW with the default settings. Any noise reduction and sharpening was turned off. The CA (Chromatic Aberration) was removed (see Correcting Chromatic Aberration for details). The noise was reduced using Topaz DeNoise. The imaged where aligned, watermarked and saved as TIFFs in Photoshop.
Processing Tips
Use the source images as you feel appropriate. It is not strictly necessary to use all of them. Visit the photo page at to get information on my personal workflow for this image. It may serve as a starting point. Aligning the source images, reducing noise and reducing chromatic aberration is not necessary. In Photomatix (or any other HDR software you use), you should turn off these options.
Additional Resources
A before-and-after comparison that includes the intermediate tone-mapped image is available for this HDR image. Also watch the Making-of video for this image to see the whole process of its creation. Take a look at my HDR Cookbook for a lot of useful post-processing tips that may help you in improving your techniques.
Making-of video
Before-and -After
Sharing Your Results
There are different ways to share your results:
- You may go to the ‘Pics to play with: High Five’ thread in the flickr HDR group. You will find a discussion thread where you can share your result and see and discuss the results of others.
- Post you result on your website, on Google+ or elsewhere on the web and write comment to this post where you include the URL to the image. Make sure the image itself can be downloaded. Otherwise, I cannot include it here.
many thanks for the possibility to process your shots…here`s my version:
https://plus.google.com/105040001333571511595/posts/dDtj86isGo4
thanks klaus here is my version https://plus.google.com/u/0/
sorry here is the correct link to my post on g+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/104174375648833542963/posts
Hey Herrmann, I posted my edit of your “Hive Five” on my facebook page. You can check it out here if you wish.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3857780176312&set=a.1197557072397.30626.1632619948&type=1&theater
Hi Peter,
your link does not work. Facebook tells me that “This content is currently unavailable”. Maybe you can publish it in some other way!?
Cheers
Klaus
Hallo Klaus,
hier mein HDR:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dersascha/7414924976/in/photostream
Hello!
You can find my try on Google+ at https://plus.google.com/108634998661481918916/posts/51T7RiDteBE
Thanks for the opportunity to play with your photos.
I just posted mine
https://plus.google.com/photos/117624337871037300550/albums/5756551178887092609/5756551185922677650
Here mine 😀
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithers360/7415647636/in/photostream
Here is mine guys!!
https://plus.google.com/photos/110137241096344310713/albums/5756580386570849601/5756580388190210754
Hi Clint,
there is no photo under the address you specified. If you send the correct address, I’ll add your image.
Cheers
Klaus
Here’s a couple of my tweaks https://plus.google.com/u/0/113583165155415277767/posts
Hi Jon,
I could not find the photo under the address you specified. If you send the correct address, I’ll add your image.
Cheers
Klaus
Hi!
This is my pic.
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/449/highfiveppw01and7moreto.jpg
Hope you like it!
https://plus.google.com/photos/110137241096344310713/albums/5756758931088392113/5756758935862248370
Here is my version, Klaus:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117456415621231005262/albums/5756885668282156465
Hey Klaus, thanks a lot for that! It was a lot of fun and I enjoy learning from you!
Here are my results: http://www.hdrphotography.net/testing-my-post-processing-skills-photo-by-klaus-hermann-farbspiel-photo-com/
I like how mine turned out… http://flic.kr/p/ciV4by
its great opoertunity for me how to take without flash photography.
This was a lot of fun.
Klaus,
Here is my rendition of the HDR set. Thanks for allowing me to play with a cool photo set.
Photo is located at http://jamesmcdanielphotography.com/p329759468
James
Hi James,
the address you sent in your message above could not be found. Maybe you want to check this and send the right address.
My version is on G+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/115899046837002212608/posts
Thanks for the opportunity to practice Klaus, much appreciated.
Thanks once again for sharing your expertise. I love playing with your shots applying and learning at the same time, kudos!
You’re welcome, Gregory! Thanks for the feedback!
Hi,
This is my version of the tone mapped HDR.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11578548@N05/8122090845/in/photostream
Hi, Here is my version,
Not really HDr, that my workflow:
-Lightroom, select 4 images, no adjustment —> Export: Enfuse
-Lightroom, select enfused image, and High Five – ppw – 01.tif (for quick windows masking selection in photoshop), and High Five – ppw – 06.tif (for stone recovery around the windows)
-Export as layer in photoshop
-Post production, local ajustments… (Topaz adjust…)
-Re-import final image in lightroom for little global adjustments
-resizing and sharpening for the Web in photoshop(900px)
Sometimes I find hdr rendering too unrealistic … more I use LDr (enfuse method) to get a more natural result.
I am not satisfied with my results through lack of time I did not tweak as I wanted.
But you can see the result here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90600988@N07/8229830038/in/set-72157632130771932/
My version …
http://www.flickr.com/photos/navarromichael/8463070642/in/photostream
Here’s my take on the scene. I decided to keep it simple and not to add too much colour (or rather, too many different colours).
https://plus.google.com/u/0/116696632093381591037/posts/gbjCTWpssGZ
Thanks Klaus for the opportunity to play with the source files and to showcase the results.
Hi Klauss – Here is my new version of High Five.