The Paris Trip / HDR Q&A

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  Stephane April 11, 2011 at 12:52 am

  Hi Matt,

  Great shots. I live in Paris (I’m french), and it’s great to see the city “interpreted” by so many talented photographers.

  One word of warning though, my understanding of the Eiffel Tower copyright status, is that ALL the lighting is copyrighted, not only the “on the hour glitter”. To me, it translated to “Day shot, yes, night shot no” as soon as the tower is prominent in the photography.

  Best,

  Stephane

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  al April 11, 2011 at 8:42 am

  Hey Matt,

  I too started with photomatix and tried other aps when cs5 came out. I went back to Photomatix when it went to version 4. Not only did this version address the competitions advances but I feel the many sliders gives you more control when you get past the learning curve.The only knock that remains is the issue of noise.For that, doesnt everyone finish up an HDR pic in cs5 with its great noise reduction? Keep up the great teaching and photography.

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  MD April 11, 2011 at 9:16 am

  Great shots and very informative post, Matt. Everyone has their own style and workflow, especially when it comes to something as processing oriented as HDR. But just my 2 cents – I actually think you may be better off using those +1 and -1 exposures. Just doing a little testing (very informally) with my D700, D50 and Canon G11, to my eye across the board for all 3 cameras I see a noticeable decrease in noise after processing through Photomatix when I use the “tweener” exposures compared to when I do not. I do not, however, see any advantage in terms of ability to capture the dynamic range. Your D3 may have such a good sensor that even after heavily processing with Photomatix you do not see much noise.

  Anyway, just sharing my “findings” – and I use the term real loosely.

  MD

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  Kevin Halliburton April 11, 2011 at 12:40 pm

  I’m with those who think you do a great disservice to the photo industry. How are “REAL” photographers supposed to drum the HDR monster out of town if you keep drowning their petty little arguments in wave after wave of unrelenting talent?! Please STOP! The rest of us are trying to look good too you know!

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    Matt Kloskowski April 11, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    

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  RicardoC April 11, 2011 at 3:01 pm

  Great post…

  Everyday I’m sure I have to take the HDR course at Kelby Training… maybe next weekend.

  You could create a video on the processing of one of these pictures…

  thanks!!!

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  Ahmad Al Khalidi April 11, 2011 at 4:50 pm

  Great HDR shots they were Matt..so could you please do a detailed tutorial on how you did any one of them? I’ve been trying to do some HDR shots from a trip last weekend and I am not able to get such a beautiful look from my bracketed shots even when trying cs5 or photomatix..thanks

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  KazM April 11, 2011 at 10:01 pm

  Great HDR shots Matt…I might be interested in buying your BH-55. Send me an email if you are ready to sell.

  Thanks for all you do…Kaz

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  Rosewood April 12, 2011 at 11:51 am

  Can someone share some more information behind this whole Eiffel Tower / copyright thing?

  Here in the US if that was tried it would be laughed out of the courts. Imagine if the lighting on the Statue of Liberty was copyrighted? Or the Empire State Building?

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  Sharon Thomas April 12, 2011 at 3:25 pm

  Thanks for the Q&A to your Paris HDR shots….but where were you to get the two bridges?

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  Andre Maltais April 14, 2011 at 2:10 pm

  Matt – Great information. I have moved from Photomatrix to Nik’s HDR Efex Pro. Would love to know your thoughts on that software. I thought you had a blog post somewhere, but I can’t seem to find it.

  Thanks again for sharing!

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  Joe April 16, 2011 at 10:09 pm

  You don’t want a bh-40, you want a bh-30 and I will trade you mine straight up for that bh-55!

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  Jonathan Rice May 1, 2011 at 1:54 pm

  Matt,
  I have come to much the same conclusion as you—I just like Photomatix better. I’ve tried all of the HDR software out there and yet I keep coming back to Photomatix for that special quality that only it has.

  I’ll answer your RAYS question. I tried it out and must say I think its very nice. I found had to kinda under do it a bit to keep it realistic, but it added just the right finishing touch to one of my photos that it received an EC on Photoshop User’s weekly portfolio contest. I will be using it in the future to add that little special something when needed. I’m about the final image, not about how I got there. Anything to make the image great is my credo.

  Keep up the great work and the great tips.

  Jonathan

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