A few weeks ago I was at the zoo and got some photos of a few chimpanzees hanging out in the trees. It was about 5pm in the afternoon and super sunny. Between the bright sky and the dark chimps, I figured this was a good time to do a bracketed exposure so that I could create an HDR image in Photomatix. Here is my HDR version:
ISO 160 50mm f/6.3 1/400
I had my shutter speed set pretty fast for this series of shots, but the chimps did still move a bit between exposures. Movement like that is called ghosting. Photomatix has an easy to use tool to take care of that, in this case it worked pretty well but not perfectly.
Here is the original so you can see the difference:
ISO 160 50mm f/6.3 1/400
I think, in this case, the HDR version does a nice job of bringing out details that you can’t see in the original, would you agree? Feel free to leave a comment below.
Cheers!
Do you ever use auto HDR? Or do you always create your own HDR by adding the different exposures together?
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Never say never, but I rarely use an auto HDR. If my original bracketed images aren’t working, sometimes I take one exposure, make two additional copies and then edited one to an exposure stop over and one under and then create an HDR from those three images. It’s just that auto HDR rarely creates the result that I had in mind.
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Aaaah, Little Mans very favorite animal☺
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Nice one!
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Thanks!
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Yes, the first image is definitely clearer. Chimps are so difficult to catch on camera. They’re always darting around. 🙂
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You are right, they can be quite difficult to “catch” 🙂
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Thanks for showing the difference.
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🙂
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Nice Pictures…
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Thank you.
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I do like your HDR version. Every time I try to take photos of the chimps (?) at our zoo, they will not cooperate and sit still. You got a great photo. 🙂
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Thanks, they are hard to get a photo of because they tend to be very active.
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What a great shot PJB and I agree, the HDR brings out the colour and texture and the detail. I love Chimps. They are adorable. 😀
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Thanks!
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