HDR Processing Challenge #58 - Leucate by jessea

[Stiga]

Originally Posted by mistermonday

Martin, thanks. When I looked at the source images I expected that PhotoEngine would have a rough time and that I would be forced to merge the images in Photomatix, save as 32 bitHDR and tonemap in PhotoEngine. HOWEVER, the reverse occurred. PhotoEngine did an excellent job with AutoAlign and Ghost Removal Method-1. Ghost Removal method-2 was almost as good but left a few red spots in the shadows which I would have had to clone out.
Photomatix had some difficulty with the merge. I tried 4 different options of Ghost Removal and Alignment. Only one of them worked well.
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That's good news for PhotoEngine.

Thanks, Murray.

Martin

[mistermonday]

P.S., I forgot to mention, I used all 3 images but then tried the Normal and Underexposures only and the results in PhotoEngine were identical.
Cheers, Murray

[jessea]

Interesting to get your experience from PhotoEngine Murray!As you said previously some hdr softwares do better on certain sets and worse on some other sets.So,we have to buy everything!!!
You are more than welcome to get sets of pictures from me.Next time,I'll register to Mediafire first to alleviate the pain of downloading...

[Tacticalbaton]

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[mistermonday]

I finally got around to the 2nd set of images. PhotoEngine was having some difficulty with ghosting, but so also was Photomatix. In the end I merged the images in Photomatix which also eliminated the seagull in the merge. So I saved as a 32 bit hdr which I then opened and tonemapped in PhotoEngine, Finally I processed a single image which had the gull in a good position. I then masked in the gull in Photoshop.
Cheers, Murray

[Stiga]

Originally Posted by Tacticalbaton

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[Stiga]

Originally Posted by mistermonday

I finally got around to the 2nd set of images. PhotoEngine was having some difficulty with ghosting, but so also was Photomatix. In the end I merged the images in Photomatix which also eliminated the seagull in the merge. So I saved as a 32 bit hdr which I then opened and tonemapped in PhotoEngine, Finally I processed a single image which had the gull in a good position. I then masked in the gull in Photoshop.
Cheers, Murray

Good colours and clarity, Murray. But it is unfortunate that the gull tends to be
partially lost due the the snowy mountain in the background.

It's Interesting that PhotoEngine struggled with this one. It was challenge #1
that SNS-HDR had difficulties with when all 3 images were used.

Martin

[mistermonday]

Martin, good point about the gull. When I get some time I will reprocess it and try taking the gull form the next frame to the right.
Thanks & Cheers, Murray

[jessea]

Murray,maybe it's a tad too colorful but I'm probably influenced by the real thing.And,yes,I prefer the seagull to the right.
Amicalement,mon ami!
JC

[mistermonday]

I reprocessed this set with the gull in a more visible position. Thanks for the suggestion.
Cheers, Murray