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The HDR Flow

July 7, 2010 Light Photographic Workshops
​Space Invaders Anyone?

​Space Invaders Anyone?


I was cleaning up my shots from Japan today and started to work an HDR project with a quick bracketed series of grab shots.  I noticed the old "space invaders" character on the side of the building and decided to shoot it on the way to dinner.  The three shots are below.

​0 E.V.

​0 E.V.

​-2 E.V.

​-2 E.V.

​+2 E.V.

​+2 E.V.


Not the most inspiring shots as singles so I decided to try a couple different HDR methods.  I first went from Lightroom to Photoshop CS5's HDR Pro.  I tried to build a realistic image although I did bump up the Detail slider.  The result is shown below.

​Photoshop HDR Pro

​Photoshop HDR Pro


Definitely better but I wanted to check and see what Photomatix Pro could do so I sent the images over and processed twice, once for realism and the other for grungy.  The results are shown below.

​Photomatix Pro Details Enhancer (realistic)

​Photomatix Pro Details Enhancer (realistic)

​Photomatix Pro Details Enhancer (grungy)

​Photomatix Pro Details Enhancer (grungy)


Between the three I decided I liked the Photomatix Pro versions but neither really grabbed me.  As I sometimes do I took the two TIFFs and sent them back to Photoshop as layers.  After blending a few copies and desaturating the sky I ended up with this one.

​Composite HDR after some basic Photoshop

​Composite HDR after some basic Photoshop


To kick this one up just a bit more I went to Topaz Adjust and played around for a bit.  The current version of the image is shown below.  Not sure if it is finished or if I'll ever show it again but it was a good exercise.

​Space Invaders Anyone?

​Topaz Adjust


Well back to the studio.  Just received four new backgrounds today and must hang them for immediate use tonight.  I'm working a studio project over the next week and have seven shoots scheduled.  The first will be tonight and should be a great time.  The final result should be an iPad app ready in just a few short weeks.

Hope to see you soon here at Light or during the festival,

California Photo Fest

Fiat Lux!

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