Weekly photo contest: HDR

[RumoredNow]

I'll have to come back and study this thread... Some good examples of what to do and what not to do, IMHO,

So HDR is new to me and thanks to Sam Sabri for the chance to stretch. Being that it is a new skill I'm trying to pick up, I took a lot of shots: interiors, landscapes, walls of candy in a store, at a museum I took pics of paintings and various objet d'art, also on the grounds of the museum in the sculpture garden and the architecture there... I'm bummed that when I went to the Nelson-Atkins they were not displaying Benton's The Hail Storm as I really wanted a whack at that one. I pulled off the road and snapped some shots of a beautiful brick church with a nice steeple tower. I waded out in a field and took pics of the cattle pond reflecting the sky and the golden rod in bloom...

In the end, none pleased me so much as a simple still life I arranged. I like the way the composition came together and the subtle enhancements from the HDR. So here is:

Field Notes




Taken with a Nokia Lumia 1520.3. I used ProShot in full HDR mode. 3 shots merged, +/- 2.3EV, auto everything else. It was low light with full sun, but windows at a distance and a shade canopy on that side of the house. I then ran it through Nokia Creative Studio for a reframe to 4:3 aspect and some small tweaks on the sliders, especially lightening the shadows and increasing clarity a smidge.

 

[Reynaldo Navedo]

This photo was took with a Lumia Icon. App HDR Photo Camera which is good. No over editions after that. This is a morning on my job after an overnight shift. Enjoying HDR un unknown how to do before this contest, thank you guys.

 

[beppebucco]

Shot with a Lumia 920 and composed with HDRist PRO on a mac.

The place is Warsaw (Poland), wonderful city.

Enjoy.

 

[bapeezy]

View from my cousin's house in India the morning of her wedding; taken with my Lumia 1020 using 4blend.

 

[12ColourPencils]

I have no idea what I'm doing. Tried out a few shots while waiting for the tube. I used 4Blend HDR, crop a little. It's quite fun, I will start using HDR more. Shot on Lumia 635.

 

[z8er]

Think I missed the cutoff time, but here's my entry anyhow. Taken with HDR Photo Camera and edited in Fhotoroom. Lumia 920. Thanks for looking!

 

[RrobinHood]

This awsome picture was captured by myself with my Lumia 925 with fhotolens in basic HDR mode. Nothing was cropped and nothing was edited. Just as is.

I captured it on the top of the big hill in Austria. Near Slovenia boarder. It was very cloudy day, but at the top of the hill there was an awsome sunset. Magnificent view!

 

[PratLegacy]

Dropped my phone on college pavement by accident(Psst.. Not a scratch!).. Thats when i got the idea to take a shot of my vibrant environment.

Tweaked up the colors in the HDR using Fantasia.
Taken using Lumia 1320, at Bangalore.

 

[Shakthiprasad Mogali]

this was taken on my Lumia 520 <3

i think its just awesome

 

[viru k]

the pic was taken using 4blend hdr app using my lumia 1520 in the evening when i was going for badminton..at hyderabad.

 

[croceamors]

Note: Taken with Nokia Lumia 1020 - Exposure bracketing with five shots. Hint for Microsoft. Can you please make it possible for us to use full Manual mode? The same thing that we have on our DSLR cameras. Now it's impossible to lock Exposure time, Sensitivity (ISO) and Aperture - all together. I really miss that. I think I already saw that on Android and iPhone devices too.

PhotoMatix was used for HDR processing, but some adjustments were made in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop too.

The day when I took this shot was extremely windy and cold. It was like being in the Arctic. I had two hats on my head and my fur gloves were just nearly enough to warm my hands a little bit. But my face which wasn?t protected by anything other than glasses ? I thought it would get frozen. Same with my nose.

I was really surprised that all my electronic devices actually worked. The headphone cord was completely stiff from cold but the phone and my video glasses from Pivothead luckily operated just like at room temperatures.

 

[RyanNave]

Taken with my Lumia 1020 using 4Blend HDR and adjusted the vibrance and brightness using Lumia Creative Studio

JW Indianapolis - Big blue building reflecting the city

 

[pogi920]

Taken with HDR Photo Camera