Wow, serious HDR work. Honestly, I'll have to admit that I both like and dislike the effects here. The like part. . .makes me feel like I'm seeing some sort of animation in action. All the pics look like art rather than photos. The part I don't like is that they are so overcooked that they've lost the photo feel. But, as purely an art form it's pretty good. With regard to the art look, I especially like the last shot.
Yeah, when you amp it up it can get a bit annoying. To be honest with you I am not entirely sure how I even did the last one. Must have pulled the exposures out of a single raw, cause no other way I could have frozen them.
I do HDR as a bit of a crutch I guess. I am not a dedicated enough photographer to learn the equipment and techniques and hunt the perfect light. HDR gives me a way to open up some shots that look rather plain on the surface and turn them into things I like. So I have gotten a lot more serious about learning the techniques too.
It doesn't make everyone happy, but I like it. The last photo has a real end of the world quality to me.
Yep, last photo is the winner. The other thing you can work on is getting an HDR close enough to a normal photo that most people don't realize you did it. I have doing those and sometimes people don't have a clue and others still pick it out. Either way I have fun seeing how much I can work it without it becoming too noticeable. Here's a couple of samples. Not the best, but all I've bothered to put online.
I blew out the water, but the conditions were rain falling with a mix of sun and clouds. Light was so dull that everything I shot nonHDR was very flat and boring. Not a perfect shot by any means but the HDR saved it IMO.
This one was cooked a little more but I still liked it. Deep shadow with bright background and no filters, so I was stuck HDRing it. Not too bad I guess.
Thank you Armando. I was just looking at the OP's third pic again and I do like how it looks like a painting you'd see in a restaurant or something. It's lost most of its "photo" appeal but really is kind of a nifty shot. It'd definitely spruce up a wall.
Hey Ridge. Very nice nature shots. Had anyone asked me I would have said I thought they were tone mapped. And with the right subtlety as well. I want to find that spot where the color and local detail are enhanced without looking garish. But when push comes to shove my vulgar eye wants garish. Hopefully I will get over it, because I hope to take shots that are more natural like yours.
HDR is fun while it is still new. I just read of cameras that will do automatic HDR and tone mapping. Dunno how that is going to work given that the settings that "work" are so different from shot to shot. Still it is a cool tech development, and I am having fun doing it the hard way....
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