HDR - I love it!

Bug One said:
I can't see how an image like this would be possible without HDR.

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/18406825.jpg
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just because it its possible using HDR still doesn't mean that it was worth the effort.

Its a nice image but the glass doesn't look good, the noise is acceptable due to the fact it would have been very gloomy in there but it was taken without a tripod at a guess due to where it was taken from and the fact that when you zoom in you can see that the overlaid layers do not line up correctly.
 
Messiah Khan said:
Sorry to say, but nope. The photos have look weird and fake and have lost all contrast. I really don't like HDR at all tbh.
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Another nod of agreement here.
I'm sorry to say it, but I think the 'fad' of HDR does too much to compensate for a lot of people's lack of vision or aptitude behind the camera, and on the rare occassion when the scene can make the most of the HDR effect it still does little for my personal tastes. Good use of filters, DoF, dodging and burning create a superior image every time.

Also, Messiah Khan, mail me!
 
jr1104 said:
Yeah, the sun was coming down through the trees and only really illuminating that half, which is why I opted for HDR. I need to get some practice with it anyway, so no harm in trying.
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Now that I've looked again I'm not so sure it's an issue, think it gives it some sense of depth.

I only ever had a remotely good camera long enough to try a handful of HDRs. This is the only one I was actually proud of, far from perfect but hey ho:

Original:
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HDR:
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Not tried HDR myself.

I've seen it used very well, and I've seen it used very badly. I like the more subtle use of it, as mentioned above. I hate the ones that just look fake.
 
z0mbi3 said:
Now that I've looked again I'm not so sure it's an issue, think it gives it some sense of depth.

I only ever had a remotely good camera long enough to try a handful of HDRs. This is the only one I was actually proud of, far from perfect but hey ho:

Original:


HDR:
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And processsed without using HDR:

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(Hope you don't mind).
 
Bug One said:
Thought I'd give HDR one more go.
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Lens flare and the sky looks to washed out imho.

Nice looking motor though, posted any pics/threads about that?

:)

EDIT: just seen your post. Nice looking motor, would love to take one of my corrados and put it on big wheels suspension like that just for the sake of it! Have to get the road ones done first though :D
 
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AHarvey said:
EDIT: just seen your post. Nice looking motor, would love to take one of my corrados and put it on big wheels suspension like that just for the sake of it! Have to get the road ones done first though :D
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An offroad 'rado? Would be different :D
 
Raikiri said:
When it's done right it can look fantastic, check out Dave Hill. He does hyper realistic portraits using HDR amongst other things (even some of his are too much though).
Mostly they're completely over the top but they work because of the subject matter and what they're used for.
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Dave Hill doesn't use HDR does he, just very clever and skilled use of multiple source lighting set ups?
 
~D~ said:
Can I ask how that was done? The original image didn't seem to have that much scope for sky-recovery.
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graduated filter in lightroom increasing saturation? I'm also interested exactly what you did there Raikiri? maybe also a bit of a clarity and vibrance pop?
 
I duplicated the image, bumped down the exposure a bit, upped the saturation and then cut out the building and used the dodge tool to lighten up the tree and bring back some detail.

I then upped the saturation a tiny bit on the original layer, used the dodge tool to lighten certain parts of the building, merged both layers and used smart sharpen at 0.4 pixels and around 60%.

Took 5-6 minutes in total.
 
Personally, i think HDR is extremely dependent on the subject, tbh, UrbEx photos are one of the only ones that work in HDR
 
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