Informative introduction to HDR
Jul 20, 2012 10:06:45 #
Jul 20, 2012 10:52:41 #
donrent
Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
ENJOY! ???
Not really... I cannot get enthused about HDR... I'm trying to, but to me its like taking a beautiful '56 Caddilac in mint condition and raking it, lower it, putting flames all over it - in other words - making it into something that it wasn't orginally...
Thats my opinion, and I approve it....
Not really... I cannot get enthused about HDR... I'm trying to, but to me its like taking a beautiful '56 Caddilac in mint condition and raking it, lower it, putting flames all over it - in other words - making it into something that it wasn't orginally...
Thats my opinion, and I approve it....
Jul 20, 2012 13:48:56 #
donrent, I can understand your frustration. At times I think that HDR is fascinating, and at other times I'm very ambivalent about it. I guess we have to consider it as another art form, kind of like impressionist vs. cubist.
Jul 21, 2012 08:28:13 #
As a photographer and pretty good cook,I view HDR as the Microwave oven of photography. It has its place, if used correctly...
Jul 21, 2012 08:31:36 #
donrent wrote:
ENJOY! ???
Not really... I cannot get enthused about HDR... I'm trying to, but to me its like taking a beautiful '56 Caddilac in mint condition and raking it, lower it, putting flames all over it - in other words - making it into something that it wasn't orginally...
Thats my opinion, and I approve it....
Not really... I cannot get enthused about HDR... I'm trying to, but to me its like taking a beautiful '56 Caddilac in mint condition and raking it, lower it, putting flames all over it - in other words - making it into something that it wasn't orginally...
Thats my opinion, and I approve it....
donrent, I think you are looking at HDR in the wrong way. True, some people 'overly cook' their photos in HDR but when done correctly you would not even know that it was done in HDR when you have the full tonal range of gray from blackest blacks to the whitest whites. It is a tool to be used in photographic. When done right you have a photo that looks the same as you orginally saw it with your eyes.
Jul 21, 2012 09:06:41 #
Jul 21, 2012 11:38:50 #
donrent wrote:
ENJOY! ???
Not really... I cannot get enthused about HDR... I'm trying to, but to me its like taking a beautiful '56 Caddilac in mint condition and raking it, lower it, putting flames all over it - in other words - making it into something that it wasn't orginally...
Thats my opinion, and I approve it....
Not really... I cannot get enthused about HDR... I'm trying to, but to me its like taking a beautiful '56 Caddilac in mint condition and raking it, lower it, putting flames all over it - in other words - making it into something that it wasn't orginally...
Thats my opinion, and I approve it....
Digital cameras can't capture the full dynamic range of light and shadow, which is why we need HDR. HDR brings back the detail in bright and dark areas of a picture. In fact many new camera models do HDR right in camera.
Unfortunately, many people have adopted the "grungy" look for HDR and "over cook" their images. Because over cooking is so predominent, it's pretty much given HDR a bad name. HDR done right results in beautiful images and is more like giving your beautiful 56 caddilac a thorough cleaning, waxing, and polishing, to produce a show-quality level of detail.
Jul 21, 2012 12:22:41 #
Don, this is an hdr I did. What is so bad about it?
donrent wrote:
ENJOY! ???
Not really... I cannot get enthused about HDR... I'm trying to, but to me its like taking a beautiful '56 Caddilac in mint condition and raking it, lower it, putting flames all over it - in other words - making it into something that it wasn't orginally...
Thats my opinion, and I approve it....
Not really... I cannot get enthused about HDR... I'm trying to, but to me its like taking a beautiful '56 Caddilac in mint condition and raking it, lower it, putting flames all over it - in other words - making it into something that it wasn't orginally...
Thats my opinion, and I approve it....
Jul 21, 2012 12:25:00 #
Stevenelson - that is beautiful. And that is the way the eye would see it in person. Love the example!
Jul 21, 2012 13:55:15 #
Thank you very much.
Dr Rae wrote:
Stevenelson - that is beautiful. And that is the way the eye would see it in person. Love the example!
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