Any photographers in here?

I'm Asian. We're naturally good at math, know karate and know how to take pictures.

Ahaahhaha (headbang)(headbang)

Beware!!! I know judo, karate, jujutsu, aikido and few other dangerous japanese words! (local joke)
 
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OK, you guys are probably already familiar with this, but I just stumbled on a setting in Photoshop that allows you to produce an HDR effect from a single exposure. It isn't perfect (can't invent detail that isn't there, and has some noise in dark areas it's trying to lighten) but for a quick single-step enhancement I was suprised at the effect you can get. I dug up an old photo to practice on.

I believe that was added in CS3. I've tried it a few times and it's been hit or miss for me. Photomatix was more consistent in terms of quality. There was the odd one that turned out better in Photoshop.
 
Lol, Pantera battle!!!!

Definately crazy cars. Had a pair out at a meet in August. I bet those rear tires are about twice as wide as mine, haha. Atleast 375s?
 
I believe that was added in CS3. I've tried it a few times and it's been hit or miss for me. Photomatix was more consistent in terms of quality. There was the odd one that turned out better in Photoshop.
Photomatix will do it from a single exposure? I've used Photomatix before and I always input multiple exposures. What impressed me about this is that it achieved a similar result from one exposure.
 
Photomatix will do it from a single exposure? I've used Photomatix before and I always input multiple exposures. What impressed me about this is that it achieved a similar result from one exposure.

You can do it w/ a single exposure w/ the Photomatix plug-in..not the standalone program.
 
50mm f/1.8 set at f/10


just for giggles, I wanted to see what kind of bokeh I could get from the kit lens...
 
What the hell is brokeh? Some sort of interwebs speak?

BTW, I've been working at lower f/stops. Here's the EXIF data on it:

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 96 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25174230@N03/4165039758/" title="Winter's Morning Flying by flyinhawaiian071, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/4165039758_2f60d15133_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Winter's Morning Flying" /></a>
 
Flyin, could you take 2 or 3 shots of that plane and combine them to the get the wings in the shot as well? Should look pretty good.

Sleeper, how far are you from the tree in the first one? I want to try a few shots like that when I get my 35 f1.8.
 
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Yeah, I plan on doing a HDR shot of that plane. Actually, I have it lined up to do some air-to-air shots of it sometime too, but shhhhh, secret project...

;)
 
lol @ brokeh

yes! f/8 seems to be the best fstop setting for the 18-55 kit lens as well as the 55-250. nice shot!

in the two photos I posted I was about 15 feet away from the tree. I just manually focused to the minimum focal distance and took the shots... I didn't want to mess with having a foreground subject, I just wanted some blooming Christmas lights. it makes it a lot easier. Also, the DoF preview was nice so I could see what the shapes were going to be. at f1.8 I had gigantic circles... as I stopped down, I got more and more well defined pentagons. That's because I have a 5 blade aperture in my lens. You might get a different shape if your aperture is different. here is the same shot at f1.8:

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Nate, what setting are you referring to?

Ha... I was wondering if anyone was going to ask that.

Image > Adjustment > Shadow/Highlight...

Defaults to:
Shadows / Amount: 50% (I set to 35% in example above)
draws out detail in the dark areas

Highlights / Amount: 0% (I set to 35% in example above)
draws out detail in bright areas

You can also click the box next to "Show More Options" to dial in the desired effect.
 
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