Skip to content

Tag Archives: HDR

HDR plugin for Aperture

Creaceed has released a new version of Hydra, which includes a new HDR plugin for Aperture 2.1.
It doesn’t offer as many options as Photomatix, but the results are very nice. These were created with the same source images I had previously processed with Photoshop and the Photomatix plugin. The results look very natural, although it [...]

More HDR photos

I’ve been trying out more HDR processing using the Photomatix tone mapping plugin in Photoshop.
Here’s one I took tonight, using 5 exposures at -2.0, -1.0, 0, +1.0, and +2.0EV.

Here’s one I took a few days ago, using only 3 exposures at -2.0, 0, and +2.0EV.

HDR with Photomatix plugin

Here’s an HDR image I created from three raw images. I imported them into Photoshop, used the ‘Merge to HDR’ automation, and adjusted the color, luminance & contrast with the Photomatix tone mapping plugin. The flowers moved slightly between the shots, resulting in some ghosting around the edges.