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Originally Posted by Scooter2112
Zep...if you're shooting in RAW, you can still HDR from a single snapshot in Photoshop. Open the image in CS3, create layer from background image, adjust EV +, then - for an additional layer, and once you've done the curves/levels/contrast,etc. tweaking for each layer, you can mess with each layer's opacity setting to combine them manually. Or....Copy image 2 or 3 times, tweak EV (exposure), then combine each separate image in either Photoshop, Photomatix, etc. Flatten final image and Smart Sharpen. Can be done with any single image, and no chance of alignment issues.
IMO, the best HDR's are the ones that you can't tell that it's been done.
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Thanks. That is a technique I do use. That's what I call Pseudo HDR.
Great for working out alignment issues, since there are none.
Artfully fading between layers is where I spend a lot of time.
Here's one I cheated on by entering in the RAW file into Photomatix. I think it was sixteen across, so I would have had 48 separate images to do singly and combine in PS. So by entering in the single RAW file Photomatix gave me one pseudo HDR shot for each of the sixteen shots. Then I stitched them together for the final result.
LAB colorspace, Canon 5D, ISO 400, pseudo HDR with one RAW file entered into PhotoMatix
A little noisy in the shadows, but this hand-held pano worked out ok
Larger file here:
Another view Cohasset Pano winter day photo - Robert Miller photos at pbase.com