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Photomatix 32-bit HDR – This has been my go to method for awhile. It does have flaring issues shooting into the sun though. Photomatix – Contrast Optimizer (Vibrant) – It really flattens out the image and notice the exposure on the broken down dock shows more detail. Photoshop has less contrast here and also notice the difference between the sun to that of Lightroom. Photoshop has more adjustments which I believe is why it looks a bit different from the Lightroom output. I suspect Photoshop and Lightroom are processing the same way and could give you the exact same results. If you compare this to the middle exposure above there’s really not much difference. Lightroom 6 HDR – Here we have what people are talking about. Not a bad starting point for a high dynamic range scene. Middle Exposure – I did need to bump up the exposure to match the output of the other methods. The preset I use is Highlights -100, Shadows +100, Whites +15, Blacks -15, Clarity +15 and Vibrance +15. I then applied my common starting point preset in Lightroom for HDR photos. These were all merged with what I would consider conservative settings to get a natural HDR look much like what I believe Lightroom is doing.
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Lightroom 6 hdr how to#
Let’s compare the differences between the middle (correct?) exposure and a few different HDR merge methods and then I’ll tell you how to best use the function in Lightroom 6.
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Blah being the technical term for not the fuzzy, radioactive tone mapped tour de force that other programs employ (at least their presets). There’s a bit of controversy about this as many people consider the results to be pretty blah. Lightroom 6 is out and one of the new features is the ability to merge photos to HDR within Lightroom.