Amazing details

What a scene for HDR. You have so much detail here, which was hidden in the normal photo, and such a huge difference between dark and light areas. I took this one at the Chateau Lednice in Czech republic.

HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod

New Court

This is one of the buildings in the Lednice area, in Czech Republic. This used to be stables, for a nearby chateau. Too bad, it’s not open to the public, and is fenced off from the best looking side. So I took at-lest few photos from the front.

HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 7D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod.

Behind the Temple of the Three Graces

This is a really lovely temple, and it even looks better from the front. But as there were too many people there, to make a really nice shot. So I went and took one from the back :)

In the shot, the Temple of three Graces in Lednice, Czech Republic.

HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 7D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod.

Minaret in the distance

I already uploaded few shots, from the park by the Chateau in Lednice. And now here is another one :).

HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod.

Take more than a single shot

Something more about the swan photo. The creation of this HDR was not as straightforward as it should be. I had no problems with the swan, which was standing perfectly still, but with the wind, which moved the foliage quite heavily. So when I combined the three shots, there was so much ghosting, that I abandoned any attempts to repair them right away. So what I ended up doing was:

• split a single raw (0EV) into three separate files in Lightroom (at 0EV, -2EV, +2EV)
• create a HDR from these files
• loaded the created file, together with the original three shot (not the created ones) into layers in Photoshop
• repaired all overexposed areas (and other problems) from the original shots

Doing it this way, I had my HDR details, had no overexposed areas (the swan was totally white :) ) and no ghosting in my final photo.

So my advice is, even when you don’t think that the shots will ever align, take more than one, it can help you with the final HDR.

Check out the original 0EV shot on the right :)

Posing Swan

You wouldn’t believe that this was taken with a wide angle lens, from a tripod :). I was standing so close, but the swan didn’t moved at all for a minute, and when I took the shot it went into the water. It really looked, like it was just posing for the shot :)

I went a little stronger on the HDR processing than usually, but as I was editing the photo I saw a certain painterly look to it, so I went with it.

HDR from a single RAW (few parts from a second) taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod.