HDR High Dynamic Range pictures

[guidetti]

Hi all,

has someone experienced HDR pictures with the leica M8/M9 ?

If yes, what's your technique?

Thank you
Carlo

[PatrickCheung]

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2010/0...-scott-graham/

This guy has! Interesting article (makes me wanna make the switch) and photos!

[guidetti]

Hi Patrick, thank you for the interesting link.
I will have to try it manually with my M8 on a tripod. It's only possible to activate the auto-bracketing with the M9. Let's see what happen.

[seakayaker1]

I use the Complete Suite of NIK software, Aperature/Lightroom version and have created a couple of HDR photographs.










Life is Grand!

Dan

[JHenry]

I've really enjoyed using the M9 for HDR work. I'm sure some will say it's blasphemous to use the M9 (or M8) for HDR, but sometimes you just need more dynamic range than the sensor can provide. Works quite well, in my opinion.

Here are some examples using HDR Efex Pro:


Chiesa S. Maria Maddelena; Rome, Italy. Leica M9, VC 15mm


Roman Cistern; Istanbul, Turkey. Leica M9, VC 35mm f/1.2 Nokton


Ortakoy Mosque; Istanbul, Turkey. Leica M9, VC 15mm

[PatrickCheung]

Wow, great photos everyone! I don't know why, but I can't seem to get HDRs that colourful and sharp with the software I'm using. Maybe I should try the NIK software!

[jamato8]

I use HDR whenever needed with regard to lighting situations. I use it more to get a more complete exposure than some of the more extreme results but have used it for "artistic" interpretation also. A Leica is a tool. If you use HDR or color and that is all it is. Oh and black and white fits in there for HDR. :^)

[Jubb Jubb]

I can find nothing appealing about using or attempting HDR. But that's just my personal opinion...

[Ronald M]

The reason you don`t like HDR is because most all are overprocessed and look like a cartoon. The do not have to be at all.

[geotrupede]

just to note that hdr is not necessarily the act of producing overdone pictures.
hdr is the technique of combining several exposures within a single dataset, stop.

It is left to the user to pick a visualisation technique to display the dataset on a low dynamic range display.

most, for artistic purposes, use a colourful tone mapping.
and what is usually identified with the name of hdr is just tone mapping

you can get a very close result with a single image by using highlights and shadow enhancers, so no need of a tripod and mulyiple exposures.

IF

you are talking about hdr (the combined dataset) for scientific purposes, then it is a more critical process as with any digital M pictures do not have an aperture exif tag (only the guessed one).

so you will need to add the aperture tag before going ahead and combining exposures.

some tools of the trade here:

to edit exifs
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

to combine pictures and display luminance values
http://www.anyhere.com/gward/pickup/...ere_uni.tar.gz

some reference on the matter:
http://www.jaloxa.eu/webhdr/

cheers
G

[downstairs]

M9, Summicron50, PhotomatixPro 3 x 2 stop HDR


As above - the idea being to keep it quiet.