Classic Autos in HDR
Nov 16, 2011 08:45:20 #
Beowulf
Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI
Classic autos: a great passion, second only to photography.
1932 Packard
1911Locomobile
1912 Stevens Duryea
1941 Plymouth and 1940 Ford
Nov 16, 2011 08:52:44 #
Nov 16, 2011 09:07:29 #
Nov 16, 2011 09:17:07 #
1932 - neat car, may be my favorite - slight blue tint to tires. 1911 - shading of grass looks a little strange. 1912 - entire picture washed out. 1941 - great colors on cars, to me the trees and grass looks almost surreal. I admit I do not shoot HDR and often have a real debate as to when I like seeing it used. With your subjects and settings I'm just not sure what is to be gained by using it ----but, I'm betting you did not do these with me in mind and I'll bet others will love them. Thanks for sharing.
Nov 17, 2011 09:52:19 #
Nov 17, 2011 12:02:18 #
mtmello wrote:
Classic autos: a great passion, second only to photography.
Plymouth / Ford is my favorite--very nice look.
Joe
Nov 17, 2011 16:27:40 #
photojet
Loc: TX/CO
mtmello wrote:
Classic autos: a great passion, second only to photography.
Great looking cars. Pretty good photos.
Nov 17, 2011 16:30:44 #
Great photos of some classics! HDR lends itself well to antique cars. Good job!
Nov 17, 2011 16:45:41 #
HDR and I are not always on the same page...BUT there are ideal times to use it and not-so-ideal times.
The first one is FABULOUSLY done!! It's just enough contrast, sharpness and pops just right for my taste and eyeballs! :thumbup:
Too many times, I see HDR used on highly detailed photos and over done, which actually has the opposite effect on me... I can't SEE the photo! It's just too much, yanno?
The plymouth and ford photo comes close to that, but I like it.
Locomobile is too "well-done" for my personal taste.
It's a very tricky technique so I DO appreciate what it takes to get these results. Kudos on the effort and keep at it!
The first one is FABULOUSLY done!! It's just enough contrast, sharpness and pops just right for my taste and eyeballs! :thumbup:
Too many times, I see HDR used on highly detailed photos and over done, which actually has the opposite effect on me... I can't SEE the photo! It's just too much, yanno?
The plymouth and ford photo comes close to that, but I like it.
Locomobile is too "well-done" for my personal taste.
It's a very tricky technique so I DO appreciate what it takes to get these results. Kudos on the effort and keep at it!
Nov 17, 2011 17:03:38 #
I need a bit of digital education here. Returning to DSLR photography after a 25 year hiatus from slides. What is HDR? The cars are great. I would have used a polarized filter to pop the paint and lines. thanks for any direction to a tutorial. JB
Nov 17, 2011 17:35:59 #
jbmauser wrote:
I need a bit of digital education here. Returning to DSLR photography after a 25 year hiatus from slides. What is HDR? The cars are great. I would have used a polarized filter to pop the paint and lines. thanks for any direction to a tutorial. JB
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range, the original use of which was to enable a photo to have highlight and shadow detail beyond the sensor's ability to capture in a single shot. The shooter captures 3 or more shots of the same scene at differing exposures (like 2 stops under, as metered, and 2 stops over), which are then combined in software into a single image with the best of each shot. That software also does something called tone-mapping that can manipulate colors mildly or wildly--that's why some people don't tend to like HDR if it's on the wild end. However, even the wild end can be very creative on the right subject. It's all a matter of taste.
Samples can be seen on this forum, or grab a photo magazine on the newsstand and check out an ad for Photomatix.
Joe
Nov 17, 2011 22:23:01 #
thanks Joe. I thought that was what it was. I downloaded that software as a free demo a while back and did not use it as I did not have my D90 yet. I think it has expired and the demo printed a watermark security as I recall. I don't recall it being described in those terms. I thought it was a relevant solution when you had very contrasting light so you could pull up the shadow detail that would die if you exposed to the dominant light source. Thus giving you what we used to do by dodging with an enlarger.
I still would have mounted my polarizer.
Thanks for taking the time to answer a new digital rookie. JB
I still would have mounted my polarizer.
Thanks for taking the time to answer a new digital rookie. JB
Nov 17, 2011 23:18:37 #
The first is my favorite and done really well. It is a little cool though. Warm it up just a little to remove the blue in the tires and the rest will really pop.
Nov 17, 2011 23:21:34 #
I haven't found the perfect formula for creating HDR images myself but when it's done correctly, it ROCKS. I love it on these old cars and I'd be delighted if I could get the same effects through postwork on my classic car photo collection although the 1912 image doesn't seem to have the same pop as the others. The photos, overall, look like what I might expect to see in an old magazine ad. Well done!
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