HDR Photography Workflow: Part 2 of 3 / SML Tutorial

Part 2 of 3

 

By keeping everything in 16-bit color space we can manipulate the image further once we have all our materials together.

 

Most strange looking HDR images found on the web is a result of people exporting to JPEGs after this. But this image was not what I had in mind when I looked at the landscape, so let’s work on this further.

 

To further reveal details in the shadow, I created a curve which targets only the shadow area. Shown here in the layer blending options you can see that I have targeted the curve adjustment to only affect a graduated area. If I do not do this, the sunlight would have been over-exposed again.

 

Also note that I am using the Lab color mode inside Photoshop. This allows me to work with the luminance, or lightness, separated from the color a/b channels.

 

After I am satisfied with the shadow overall contrast, I work with the overall luminance contrast for the overall image. Obviously the curve shown here is specific to this image.

 

Now I created a layer mask with a basic gradient fill so I can use the curve to adjust the tonal contrast for the sky.

 

 

# Full video

+ vimeo.com/71165098

+ youtube.com/watch?v=0N9RWxVO5gw

 

# Presentation PDF

+ www.slideshare.net/seeminglee/hdr-process002

 

# Final photo

www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9370400032/

 

# Notes

Hope this is useful for some…

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

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