Tanju; aka elektronist has posted a few images that employ "Luminance HDR 2.0.2".

The program/software is free software, however, if inclined you can make a donation. (See the link above.)


Here are a couple of Tanju's images using Luminance HDR 2.0.2, so you can judge for yourselves:

"Fishermen's harbour - HDR"

And his recent posting of ... "Pond - HDR"

Thanks for the link - installed and ready to go :) First efforts were abysmal.

Thanks also to links of examples - Fishermans Harbour is a favourite of mine and somehow I had missed Pond. I think maybe it takes a great deal of photographic expertise to attain results such as these - and Tanju certainly has plenty of that :)

If you notice, in one of Tanju's accompanying image narratives (re: "Pond - HDR").. he makes mention of this;

" ... tonemapping applied in Luminance-HDR. Using Mantiuc-06 scheme."


As I have not looked at this software/program myself.. yet ... perhaps there are varying tonemapping 'schemes' available?

Would suggest so, I think.


Now comes the experimentation (and creative fun).. of trying them out on different images to see what works best.


You'll 'get there from here', rest assured, Lyn. :o)

Erhm, how's your German?

Luminance HDR (2.0.2) Tutorials ... on YouTube


There are others in the above link, the German one was simply the first hit in a google search.

---"The program/software is freeware"---

Though seems like a tiny difference in the name, there is a huge difference between freeware and free software. Luminance-HDR is free software not freeware.

Use of this software might be a bit unusual for Windows users. But it is very easy.

You can even use a single LDR (Low Dynamic Range: jpg, png etc.) or multiple LDR images with bracheting or RAW images.

- Load image(s) using HDR creation wizard.
- Choose HDR settings. (Use defaults for a while)
- You'll get HDR image.
- Hit Tonemapping button. (Convert HDR image to a common LDR format....)
- Select Operator (Scheme); Mantiuc-06 etc.
- With default size (Like 256x171) hit tonemap button and get a preview quickly.
- Change available settings of selected operator until you get the image you like.
- Set size to your final values (ie. 3200).
- Tonemap button starts final work.
- Save as... your work in your favourite format. (Here if you use png and %100 quality filesize would be too big.)

Re: freeware vs free software.

Edited my initial post. :o)