Burning Oak Studios
  • Home
  • About
    • Facilities
    • Staff
    • Clients
  • Services
    • Video
    • Graphics
    • Audio
  • Portfolio
  • Oak Notes
  • Contact

Photoshop Tutorials – Simple HDR with One Camera Raw Image

1/19/2011

0 Comments

 
Greetings All,

Today I’d like to share with you a simple technique using a camera raw image. Normally people combine 3 (or more) images of varying exposures to get the HDR (high dynamic range) toning you see in many photographers’ works. I’m going to show you how to simulate this type of toning with a single image, and also by only adjusting settings within the camera raw options when opening an image. Below you can see our original image, and then what it will look like when we are done.





I find this works best with an over exposed image, so I took a photo of my dog with harsh sunlight hitting her. The next step is to open the raw image in Photoshop.



Now we are simply going to adjust some of the settings here to achieve our HDR toned image.



First, lower the exposure to around -1.



Next, bump the Fill Light up to around 100.



Then, raise the Contrast to around 60.



Next, bump the Clarity all the way up to 100 to bring even more detail to the image.



Finally, add a little bit of Vibrance to the image by raising it to around 50.



Now we have a very detailed and toned HDR image with a very simple technique. Also, we only had to bother with one image instead of multiple. Note that the exact numbers for these settings may vary according to the photo, experiment to see what works best for your image.

0 Comments

    OAKNOTES

    Categories

    All

    Archives

    February 2018
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    November 2013
    September 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    February 2013
    October 2012
    September 2012
    June 2012
    March 2012
    December 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    April 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    February 2010
    January 2010
    November 2009
    October 2009
    September 2009
    August 2009
    July 2009
    June 2009
    May 2009
    April 2009
    March 2009

    RSS Feed

6104 Maddry Oaks Court, Raleigh, NC 27616 
TEL 1.919.232.6546            
FAX 1.919.790.6676
© 2016 Burning Oak Studios
  • Home
  • About
    • Facilities
    • Staff
    • Clients
  • Services
    • Video
    • Graphics
    • Audio
  • Portfolio
  • Oak Notes
  • Contact