HDR idea

[Samiad]

With everyone using 'HDR' these days I think it's worth politely commenting that people should try and take a good photo to begin with.

It's like everyones just pointing the camera out the window, taking 3 snaps then HDR'ing it to crazy.

Before you take that first exposure, think first whether it's a good photo on it's own merits. If yes, HDR like crazy, if that's your thing. If not, then work at the composition some more and try again.

 

[Matt]

Don't worry, there'll be no HDR posts in a few weeks

 

[olv]

i think it's just something fun that people want to play with well it is for me anyway. Yes it is being heavily used at the moment but i don't see that as a bad thing if it allows people to experiment with it and then use it to better effect in the future for the odd shot that it works with, not just doing it to every single shot (guilty as charged ) for the sake of it.

 

[matty]

HDR is a new thing for some folk, so its getting experimented with at the moment, same on a lot of other forums at the moment, many HDR shots popping up, though some ARE very good!

 

[robertgilbert86]

HDR is just a bit of fun, don't read the posts if you don't like it!

 

[xolotl]

I'm still waiting for an HDR, IR, Tilt Shift panorama. It'll happen some day.

 

[Matt]

I'm still waiting for an HDR, IR, Tilt Shift panorama. It'll happen some day.

How could you forget lomo!

 

[cyKey]

HDR Tilt Shift.

Back on topic. My HDR shots are all done from a single RAW file. I've spent the past 3 years learning to take good shots so I always start there first. I like that I know about HDR so it opens new avenues and allows me to take shots where I would always think "Nuts, blown out sky."

 

[DeathCab4Stuie]

Back on topic. My HDR shots are all done from a single RAW file. I've spent the past 3 years learning to take good shots so I always start there first. I like that I know about HDR so it opens new avenues and allows me to take shots where I would always think "Nuts, blown out sky."

You tell them!! And yeah your so right!

Yeah HDR is new and folk are playing with it, if you dont like it then dont read, but im not a fan of folk just jumping on the "lets diss HDR" shots!! S

 

[xolotl]

You tell them!! And yeah your so right!

Yeah HDR is new and folk are playing with it, if you dont like it then dont read, but im not a fan of folk just jumping on the "lets diss HDR" shots!! S

Photography is an art. All art is subjective.

Thus some people are going to like it and some are not.

 

[Samiad]

I did think that people would get the wrong idea reading the first post, and naturally they have. No-one is explicitly 'dissing' HDR here.

It just seems like every man and his dog takes a wonky snapshot, HDR's it and thinks its a photographic epiphany, when it is infact a polished turd.

Get it right to begin with, and you'll end up with a good photo regardless. The photos I've seen Mr Pete Carr post are testament to this. Take a rubbish shot, and all the HDR in the world ain't saving it.

 

[steveo]

noob here but whats hdr in photographic talk i thought it was a lighting term in graphics cards

 

[cyKey]

I did think that people would get the wrong idea reading the first post, and naturally they have. No-one is explicitly 'dissing' HDR here.

It just seems like every man and his dog takes a wonky snapshot, HDR's it and thinks its a photographic epiphany, when it is infact a polished turd.

Get it right to begin with, and you'll end up with a good photo regardless. The photos I've seen Mr Pete Carr post are testament to this. Take a rubbish shot, and all the HDR in the world ain't saving it.

Thanks. I totally agree. I've seen some terrible HDR shots on Flickr and people are like "Wow amazing." People are using the effect to create "cool" photos rather than using it to enhance already good ones. Its the effect people see rather than the photo as a whole.

noob here but whats hdr in photographic talk i thought it was a lighting term in graphics cards

Its where you take 3 photos and combine them into one. One photo 2 stops underexposed, a normal photo and one 2 stops over exposed.

 

[steveo]

right so its stacking then i use to do that with my astronomy pics years ago guess its just got in to the main stream market then under a different name

 

[cyKey]

right so its stacking then i use to do that with my astronomy pics years ago guess its just got in to the main stream market then under a different name

Kinda but its different to stacking. From what I can gather stacking is just a blend of various images. HDR is a blend of multiple exposures design to give a higher dynamic range than would be possible with just a single photo. You get better detail in the shadows and highlights of the photo than you would with a normal image.

 

[Timbo_La]

Kinda but its different to stacking. From what I can gather stacking is just a blend of various images. HDR is a blend of multiple exposures design to give a higher dynamic range than would be possible with just a single photo. You get better detail in the shadows and highlights of the photo than you would with a normal image.

is it all done in the camera or do you take the 3 pictures into photoshop?

 

[AdWright]

is it all done in the camera or do you take the 3 pictures into photoshop?

I think you're going to have to post your guide again, cyKey!

 

[cyKey]

I think you're going to have to post your guide again, cyKey!

Haha yeah. I should put it in my sig HDR Guide PDF.

 

[steveo]

first effort hdring its ok nothing special just my backyard

 

[AdWright]

first effort hdring its ok nothing special just my backyard

Not meaning to be overly critical, but the application of HDR to that particular scene seems to be a bit pointless. The sky looks overcast as it is, so it seems as though you should be able to make a normal exposure without having to use HDR - there's no real detail in the sky.