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Dirtbikegdog
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first comment! sick pic bro. keep shredding. pod worthy i think.
dont say first comment... it lame
and sweet pic.. too bad all the best qualities are photoshopped with hue/sat and contrast
and sweet pic.. too bad all the best qualities are photoshopped with hue/sat and contrast
I don't believe that's an HDR shot.
HDR requires 3 identical pictures of different exposures to be combined as one.
That would be impossible to achieve with a moving target like the rider.
HDR requires 3 identical pictures of different exposures to be combined as one.
That would be impossible to achieve with a moving target like the rider.
i think that it is a true HDR
its just that he only used the shot with the rider in it as one layer, then as you can see with one of the clouds to the left of the rider he used all 3.
its just that he only used the shot with the rider in it as one layer, then as you can see with one of the clouds to the left of the rider he used all 3.
You can shoot in RAW & use the extra tonal info as if it were 3 shots, so it is possible, it's just called a pseudo HDR. This one is cool, but a lil over saturated for me & the rider is darkened too much from trying to make the sky more contrasty & that's where it looses it for me, but still a cool shot with a crazy surreal feel to it.
HDR also refers to the process by which a shot can have the extreme highs and lows like this one does. It can be replicated electronically.
I personally think that it is a poor use of HDR. The shadows on the rider are too extreme and the clouds don't have any definition. It looks great in the thumbnail size, but I was disappointed after I opened the pic.
I personally think that it is a poor use of HDR. The shadows on the rider are too extreme and the clouds don't have any definition. It looks great in the thumbnail size, but I was disappointed after I opened the pic.
this looks like it could be a true HDR shot as you can see some ghosting in the clouds, this could have been achieved with some masking of the rider. I think it is defiantly overdone though, the highlights were lost completely in the tone mapping. Fun effect often overdone. Anyway nice scene and funny expression 
WOW!!!! thats soooooooooo nice! cool lightning and the clouds are realy interesting...
chilled place to ride... cool POD today
peace
chilled place to ride... cool POD today
peace
Kiwihardtail, use your head. An HDR photo with a moving object just requires that only one of the pics has the moving object. not that hard. Take a photo of the scene, take one with the rider, then another after of the bare scene. Lay them up HDR style. Thats why the dynamic range on the rider is less noticeable.
Nice pic, but too heavy on the HDR, the range on the clouds is too large. Bright sunshine with almost black sections..... too much.
Nice pic, but too heavy on the HDR, the range on the clouds is too large. Bright sunshine with almost black sections..... too much.
Mr. Goblin, use your head too man. "this looks like it could be a true HDR shot as you can see some ghosting in the clouds, this could have been achieved with some masking of the rider." Do you know what masking is? coz he never said you need 3 shots of the rider. If you take 1 shot of the rider & a few without to get the entire dynamic range & just do the HDR straight from there your rider will be transparent, so I would HDR the scene without the rider & add him from the single shot to the finished HDR, would get a much better result.
It was shot in RAW. That means one picture (which saves each pixel exactly, no compression like in a JPG) of a big file size (10-20mb). A RAW file allows lots of tonal adjustment, meaning you could make three copies of the photo, one of each exposure required to make a HDR. Then combine them, as if making a normal HDR. end of conversation.
RideDirtWake, thanks for repeating what I said 
"You can shoot in RAW & use the extra tonal info as if it were 3 shots, so it is possible, it's just called a pseudo HDR. "
Also, you don't need to make the RAW into jpg's, you can drop the RAW shot straight into photomatix. Saves a bit of time & you get a better result. end of conversation.
"You can shoot in RAW & use the extra tonal info as if it were 3 shots, so it is possible, it's just called a pseudo HDR. "Also, you don't need to make the RAW into jpg's, you can drop the RAW shot straight into photomatix. Saves a bit of time & you get a better result. end of conversation.
i like how all you have to do is say epic about a pod and you get positive props out the ass...
sweet shot though!
sweet shot though!
behind the take-off ? bottom right of the stands, yeah i can see him to haha
Epic photo aswell, love the HDR aswell
Epic photo aswell, love the HDR aswell
Wow, you must be a genius to work that one out man! Props to you for your great observation skills!! You should go work for Scotland Yard with those detective skills!
it looks like "lord of the rings - the extreme version". i'm waiting for Bilbo to turn up on his MX bike
It's sad that you guys are spending your time complaining about how the picture was made rather than just appreciating it. Good job to photographer and rider, sick shot
(Jojojof)- you can't, you can try but they never quite turn out. EricPalmer explains (so does the guy right below him.lol) how this type of HDR is done up a few comments
its not very well focused... the camera probably wasn't positioned on a very stable tripod, if it was the hdr probably would have been sharper
You can make a HDR out of one RAW file actually. there are loads of good ones on the flickr website. the description of the photo says its a "true HDR" though, which is 3 shots. im not sure how he's done it but you can see that the cloud to the left of the rider has moved which shows he's used more than one photo. It's not very good, clouds are too dark but its not a bad effort
depends how you set up your image bracketing. If your really good at doing digital editing, some people use 6 or 9 pictures for their HDR. HDR just allows you to capture your image at different levels of exposure to ensure you capture all detail, then combine the focal points of each exposure to create a sharp appealing image. Usually HDR's are used for Cars, buildings and landscapes. It's hard to do an HDR correctly with a moving object in it. It can be done, but even the slight motion of the camera by pressing the button more than once (as apposed to letting your camera do the 3 exposures for you) will cause blur or crappy image quality. It could be true HDR but it's blurry cause he didnt use a remote shutter release.... also did he combine the levels manually or just use adobe's HDR utility? :O
Yeah, the amount of pics you take depends on the contrast in the scene. If you're shooting in jpg you shouldn't jump more than 1 stop at a time. Most cases you wont need more than 3 or 4 to capture the entire dynamic range, but I have had to take 7 shots for some really high contrast scenes, but find those normally don't come out very well.
i shoot in cannon .CR2 (RAW) format so no worry in dealing with the loss of quality due to jpeg image compression. I try to avoid jpeg all together. Much better off with shooting raw, editing in photoshop and then saving in .tiff
Yeah, I stay with RAW too, but you don't have to edit the RAW files before you generate the HDR, I just use the 3 or more RAW files & chuck 'em in Photomatix & let it do it's thing & just do the tone mapping as usual. I used to also make bracketed .tiff's & use those for the HDR, but it's a waste of time, coz you get a better result when you use the RAW's directly.
POD definitely! love the effects maybe if the shot was from closer in it would be better but probs POD!
would of been good if you hadn't played with it,
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dont want to be negative but it would be so much nicer if the hdr wasnt so obvious. for me personaly anyway. good pic though
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I like the blatantly photoshopped sky, makes the pic a bit more interesting.
Also loving the seemingly rogue jump in the middle of a field. (props to the rider too
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Also loving the seemingly rogue jump in the middle of a field. (props to the rider too
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For the last time. It's HDR, not photoshopped. Three different exposeures combined to give extreme tonal contrast.
Sorry, but a bit over the top with the HDR in my opinion. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Kinda reminds me of homer using too many star wipes! - negative props ahoy! haha
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So what if it is photoshopped with Hue/Sat and contrast?! The shopping is done only for colour correction. You can't blame the camera about it. It's still a GREAT shot! Amazing POD.
Far too much contrast, especially in the clouds. HDR didn't work on the tree on the left, obviously. It just looks so unrealistic, I'm not sold. Even if it isn't photoshopped, it looks like someone went nuts with the contrast in photoshop.
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but nice photo
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CRAP, CRAP,CRAP, who the hell picks these up? This is SUCH a bad picture.
The lightning is the worst part of it, FAR FROM BEING perfect.Totally underexposed and WAY but WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY to much saturation in the sky...OMG this is JUNK
The lightning is the worst part of it, FAR FROM BEING perfect.Totally underexposed and WAY but WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY to much saturation in the sky...OMG this is JUNK
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man, photoshop has been around since the early 90s, get over it. Photoshop airbrush is what made the porn industry what it is, why not use it in bike porn? This pic gets me stoked! If you don't like it you probably suck
thats a true hdr look at the clouds you can see were they were and were they are and the difference that you can see is the individual layers very sick and rad shot
nice picture and i like the timing of the picture how hes upside down just at the moment of the picture sick
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neat flip n riding place also love the two nukes that just blew in the background,, damn im drunk or what./ anyone else sees the nukes explosions??
this is probably the best mtb picture i have ever seen, congrats dude, you made me wooooow. for me, its not just a POD, its a P.O.year
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Munich, Germany
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Date: 2009-06-07
Trail: Homedirts
Riders: Andi Tillmann
Description: True HDR-Shot by Michael Tillmann
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