The Photomatix version does have a bit more color in the tone-mapped photo. Similar to HDR Expose, the Photomatix version also is a bit “flat” but I was able to get the histogram to work for me considering that the brackets were so sloppy. Note: 100% crop of people walking has been enhanced with brightness only which makes it easier to see the ghosting HDR Soft - Photomatix (Version 4.0) Photomatix - Ghosting There is detail everywhere and although it seems a little “flat”, some further processing could really turn this into a great HDR. The dynamic range of the scene is really coming out.
Considering that there is no real manual control over ghosting aside from automated de-ghosting, I am quite impressed. In the tone-mapped photo from HDR Expose you can see that it reduced the ghosting of the people on the left a lot. Unified Color - HDR Expose (Version 1.1.0 build 6703) HDR Expose - Ghosting No white balance, noise reduction or lens correction was used. The processing you will see in each of these photos is as clean as I could get the insanely difficult brackets to tone-map. Having movement in the scene typically means letting the ghosting remain in the final product or spend a good amount of time in Photoshop by masking the ghosts out. Ideally you want to photograph HDR brackets on a tripod. To top it off, there were moving people and vehicles in the scene. I was handholding the camera when I took the photos. I did not want to make it easy for the applications so I chose a set of three brackets. In this post I am going to show you the same set of brackets tone-mapped in Photomatix, HDR Efex Pro and HDR Expose. It goes to show you how popular HDR is becoming. More and more companies are coming out with HDR software. Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Email Share on SMS