Three photos were taken without a tripod. They were loaded into easyHDR PRO and manually aligned
to correct for a tiny misalignment. Then they were combined into a HDR radiance map that was finally tone mapped. Settings similar to
the "vivid-colors" preset were used. No further post-processing was applied.
A HDR sequence of 3 photos was taken with a tripod. Alignment was not necessary, but manual anti-ghosting was used to remove slight ghosting caused
by waving water surface. A bird (left side of the 0 EV photo) was also removed. Tone mapping was done with default settings.
The Master of the Nets Garden in Suzhou, China. Three photos (AEB sequence) were taken without a tripod. The images were loaded into easyHDR PRO, aligned and merged
into a High Dynamic Range radiance map using the True-HDR method with "normal" selectivity. Manual ghost removal was used to repair ghosting caused by moving people
and leaves. The tone mapping settings were similar to default. Just the "Compression" parameter was increased and the "Mask" operator was enabled.
Falkensteiner Höhle cave in southern Germany. Every scene like this is very hard to be properly photographed. If the cave's interior is to be
visible on the photo, the view outside is overexposed. On the other hand, getting properly exposed exterior means that no details inside are visible.
The above result was achieved by combining 4 photos to HDR using "Smart-Merge" method. The tone mapping parameters were default.
Courtyard at the Laurentian Library in Florence. The goal was to achieve a very realistic result. HDR image was generated using the True-HDR
method with "normal" selectivity. Default tone mapping settings were changed a bit - gamma, saturation and local contrast's strength were slightly
increased. Also the white clipping point was moved further right in order to preserve the detail in the clouds.
Sunset over the Arno river in Florence - view from Ponte Santa Trinita. Three photos were taken without a tripod, so they must have been
aligned with easyHDR PRO manual alignment tool before being merged together. True-HDR method with "Normal" selectivity was used to generate
the HDR image, that was later tone mapped. The tone mapping settings were just slightly modified in respect to the defaults. The "compression"
was slightly increased to make the photo a bit brighter, without loosing color saturation. Also the "Local contrast strength" was increased
a bit to make the photo look more dramatic.
This example shows the advantages of using easyHDR PRO on a single RAW photo. Digital camera records the same dynamic range of the
scene regardless in what format it stores the image data - in JPEG or in RAW. However image in RAW format is better
for further processing as it contains more detail.
When the camera writes JPEG it compresses the recorded 12-bit (or better) data to fit it into 8-bit per channel format.
By doing this quantization losses occur and also typically some dynamic range is lost, because of the compression curve
characteristics that is used.
The photo on the left is a JPEG as it is produced by the camera. On the right side there is a RAW photo after treatment with
easyHDR PRO 2. Note that there is much more detail in clouds.
The tone mapping settings were slightly changed in respect to the "Dramatic-bright" preset. The "shadows" setings was
increased not to brighten the shadows too much, "highlights" was increased as well in order to make the clouds more dramatic.
The "Local Contrast - strength" parameter was decreased so the image still looks very natural.
EasyHDR PRO and its tone mapping operators can also be used to enhance single JPEG photos. A well exposed photo is enhanced in the example
above to bring out the fine details, boost contrasts and to make the colors more vivid.
Pagodas near the Longmen Grottoes as seen from the other side of the river with 200 mm lens. It was a bit foggy, which completely spoiled the original photo.
EasyHDR PRO nicely removed the fog by enhancing the local contrasts and bringing out the real detail.
In this example a single JPEG photo was enhanced using the tone mapping parameters similar to the "dramatic-dark" preset. Because of the
very dark area in the top of the image, where the signal to noise ratio is very low, the "Local contrast shadows" parameter
was increased, so the shadows were not brightened so much.
