HDR? Yes --no?
Oct 20, 2011 07:17:32 #
Just wondering how people feel about HDR processing.
Like it?
Personally-- sure it has it's place. I don't love it..it's ok-- looks a lot like animation or lego town or an over process postcard to me.
I think those who are good at it can bring out color and detail without over doing the original photo -- and in those you can't even tell they did it.
I have seen it written-- it is what the eye actually sees but the camera can't capture it--- I think my camera pretty much captures what I see- sometimes the colors are a little washed out--but the only time I see those sharp razor lines is when I get glasses that are just a tad too strong.
I really don't like that processing in the bi-monthly assignment/contest unless the contest said, ''show us you HDR attempt.
Like it?
Personally-- sure it has it's place. I don't love it..it's ok-- looks a lot like animation or lego town or an over process postcard to me.
I think those who are good at it can bring out color and detail without over doing the original photo -- and in those you can't even tell they did it.
I have seen it written-- it is what the eye actually sees but the camera can't capture it--- I think my camera pretty much captures what I see- sometimes the colors are a little washed out--but the only time I see those sharp razor lines is when I get glasses that are just a tad too strong.
I really don't like that processing in the bi-monthly assignment/contest unless the contest said, ''show us you HDR attempt.
Oct 20, 2011 08:54:07 #
Mostly agree - to me like most things it can be over done, but with the right subject and the correct amount of adjustment {the subjective part} it can make a photo more vivid, more pop. I can not define unseen what needs to be done for it to work but I know once seen if I do like.
Oct 20, 2011 10:48:38 #
Personally I like HDR. It's just another and logical extension of the art form of Digital Photography.
Images in HDR can be made very realistic but currently it seems most like to push it out into the surreal.
There are some great photographers using HDR to take amazing shots inside cathedrals, churches and more.
I used a 3 shot bracket and NIK HDR Pro to bring light into the dark shadows in this Fall Colors shot. Would you know it was HDR if I had no said so?
It's all simply choice and fun.
Images in HDR can be made very realistic but currently it seems most like to push it out into the surreal.
There are some great photographers using HDR to take amazing shots inside cathedrals, churches and more.
I used a 3 shot bracket and NIK HDR Pro to bring light into the dark shadows in this Fall Colors shot. Would you know it was HDR if I had no said so?
It's all simply choice and fun.
Oct 20, 2011 10:55:03 #
Its a tool that in the wrong hands can be as devastating as a hammer to glass.
Oct 20, 2011 11:02:13 #
liv2paddle wrote:
Its a tool that in the wrong hands can be as devastating as a hammer to glass.
Agreed. Over processing is something I fight all the time. I'm sure if I go back to my images of today in a year I will want to redo them, and I can in the digital realm.
Oct 20, 2011 16:12:38 #
Sundog wrote:
Personally I like HDR. It's just another and logic... (show quote)
Great photo ..... almost missed the person at the bottom ..... :-)
Oct 20, 2011 16:14:49 #
It can be done with realism, and I like that most. It has it's place. I think it can be overused though.
I typically like it with landscapes to get great color and detail below, but a wonderful blue sky (not blown out by light) above.
I also like hdr for home interiors and architectural shots where I want to get detail that would otherwise be hidden in shadows, or where the room looks fine, as well as light coming in from windows.
I typically like it with landscapes to get great color and detail below, but a wonderful blue sky (not blown out by light) above.
I also like hdr for home interiors and architectural shots where I want to get detail that would otherwise be hidden in shadows, or where the room looks fine, as well as light coming in from windows.
Oct 20, 2011 16:39:11 #
Every photographer with appreciable time behind the lens will tell you that film or CCD sensor does not have the same latitude of the human eye for high-light and low-light details.
I try to use HDR to replicate the true scene as I saw it. I am not a fan of unrealistic exaggeration. My standard HDR capture is -1, normal, & +1 stops exposure, via shutter-speed change.
I try to use HDR to replicate the true scene as I saw it. I am not a fan of unrealistic exaggeration. My standard HDR capture is -1, normal, & +1 stops exposure, via shutter-speed change.
3-image HDR, looking north on Oak Creek, several miles south of Sedona AZ (yes, the dirt is really that red)
Oct 21, 2011 06:03:18 #
It is a personal thing for sure whether you like going for the artsy or the realsitic. But, I whole heartedly agree that a photo contest should be just that; photography only. No manipulation beyond a contrast or color bump really.
Oct 21, 2011 07:12:43 #
The HDR photos that are in this thread are beautiful-- those I wouldn't know that either of you did the HDR-- Great job.
Oct 21, 2011 07:35:49 #
Oct 21, 2011 07:37:46 #
[quote=arphot]It is a personal thing for sure whether you like going for the artsy or the realistic.
Maybe it depends on what we mean.
Just as the word _writing_ itself can refer to the mechanics of recording letters on a page or to the mental phenomenon resulting from those mechanics (illegible writing vs writing a poem), _writing with light_ can refer to the mechanical or to the mental process. I read the phrase _artsy or realistic_ as forcing a gradient into a dichotomy. is a "raw" photograph only what the camera can record or what the photographer "sees." Perhaps that's another ambiguous term. Anyway, sometimes I like HDR and sometimes I don't.
Maybe it depends on what we mean.
Just as the word _writing_ itself can refer to the mechanics of recording letters on a page or to the mental phenomenon resulting from those mechanics (illegible writing vs writing a poem), _writing with light_ can refer to the mechanical or to the mental process. I read the phrase _artsy or realistic_ as forcing a gradient into a dichotomy. is a "raw" photograph only what the camera can record or what the photographer "sees." Perhaps that's another ambiguous term. Anyway, sometimes I like HDR and sometimes I don't.
Oct 21, 2011 07:39:04 #
Oct 21, 2011 08:04:36 #
photocat wrote:
Here is one that is more along realistic. 13 exposures.
I beg to differ. There is obvious processing here. In my opinion, this is an example of pushing the envelope on the tonemapping. I've seen the process go way past this so it's not to say that this isn't close, just no cigars. Here are a couple that get closer to realistic. Again, just my opinion. Thanks for listening. Kirk
Closer:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cPmDV-rf78w/S8iGwd1vXlI/AAAAAAAABso/GbPfoc4Oc9k/s1600/MK10+copy.jpg
Just about perfect:
http://iranwatsonphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/4504-Burnt-Hickory-Keeping-Room-2-Blend-300-dpi-900x600.jpg
Oct 21, 2011 08:12:38 #
photocat wrote:
Here is one that is more along realistic. 13 exposures.
Not to me-- this looks very processed to me.
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