Comments on: Guide to Using Merge to HDR in Lightroom Effectively

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 20:08:00 +0000

Hi Felicia – yes that is called “ghosting” and it is caused by the trees not being in the same spot in each of the shots you’ve taken. So use the “remove ghosting” option and set it to medium or high and see if that helps.

By: Felicia Mariah D'Ascanio

Felicia Mariah D'Ascanio — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 03:12:00 +0000

I’m having a tough time with HDR after doing in for a while. I have used this method of merging and have just realized recently that there seems to be some sort of distortion (not sure what kind) happening around leaves or things against the sky. Attached is a low res along with a screen shot of the distortion I pulled from the right side trees. Any idea what might be causing this and how I can avoid?

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ec9c6a6256abeee932d8178485c9ef56cecab064d078d4374477b6e95d7ca50e.jpg

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6ea51ddb135e2fff0ea5df94260d5b5aee11bd0537a45335a98190bbaff875d1.png

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Fri, 26 May 2017 23:58:00 +0000

In reply to Saeed. Sorry I missed your comment here. Yes that option was not added until LR6 and later. You would need to upgrade to get it.

By: Saeed

Saeed — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 12:37:00 +0000

Hi Darlene.
I tried using LR to create HDR but my dropdown seems different than yours and hence it doesn’t allow me to merge photos( see attached screenshot) could it be that my LR 5 is too old?
thanks.
Saeed https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/731524a988643ff501b1c6e1536a68981a62f8fda8ad9f4b768b89514bc221ea.png

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 02:51:00 +0000

In reply to walwit. Yes tricky subject for sure! Thanks.

By: walwit

walwit — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 17:01:00 +0000

Excellent results, I always like to show what’s outside the windows.

Backlit moving subjects outdoors is another matter, I use the flash.