Timarron wrote:
OK - First, for you "HDR haters", just move on, this is not for you and we don't need comments about how garish and overcooked HDR images are. I know all about that perspective.
This post is to share something I found that you can do with existing single images in your collection. Do it just for fun or maybe to create a "keeper" out of just a "so-so" image you already have. The images below might be over the top for some of you, but the point is to show what you can do with ONE image instead of the THREE or more you usually think you need for HDR. Play with the exposures until you get what you like. This is just a "how to" post and not a "how about this pic" post.
I took a single image and made two duplicates. Then, in iPhoto, I adjusted the exposure of one duplicate down two stops and the other exposure up two stops. I then took all 3 images and loaded them into Photomatix, and up popped the "HDR" image. With additional Photoshop or Lightroom editing, you could make these look very HDR'd or less HDR'd, if you get my point.
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Perfect! And I like your style here of presenting yourself and the point.
And what you did is exactly what (and all) that taking 3 or more images with the camera then downloading then processing via some HDR program does. You get (maybe) identical results.
A photographic analogy is: If the meter tells you the correct exposure is F8 @ 125 than you can get the same "correct" exposure either by using F11 @ 60 or F5.6 @250......Does this make sense relative to your HDR observation?