Keito Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 ...and not even all of them comment on other pics ;) - oh well, guess that's how it works. Anyway, HDR is meant to display a high dynamic range in an image, mimicking what the eye would see. The followingpics give you more of an idea to what HDR actually does; Before; After: Basically, it increases the dynamic range of the image, making the lighting a bit more uniform so to say - which is more or less closer to how we see in comparison to a photocamera. Most pictures you see on the internet are done with software like photomatix - which can indeed give you great results, but it's somehow particularly bad with blending clouds and gives then a really high contrastlook where the sky turns extremely dark - and I think that's not close to reality, something which HDR should be about; making pictures closer to reality, closer to how we see them ourselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0moonman0o Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 me and my new toy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted October 6, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 6, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerm Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 ... Yeah, anyway your image looks much better before the HDR effect, much more contrast and more punchy, personally i hate HDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbabyte Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 ...and not even all of them comment on other pics ;) - oh well, guess that's how it works.Anyway, HDR is meant to display a high dynamic range in an image, mimicking what the eye would see. The followingpics give you more of an idea to what HDR actually does; Before; After: Basically, it increases the dynamic range of the image, making the lighting a bit more uniform so to say - which is more or less closer to how we see in comparison to a photocamera. Most pictures you see on the internet are done with software like photomatix - which can indeed give you great results, but it's somehow particularly bad with blending clouds and gives then a really high contrastlook where the sky turns extremely dark - and I think that's not close to reality, something which HDR should be about; making pictures closer to reality, closer to how we see them ourselves i'm no expert but in my opinion that's a horrible example of hdr.. the after picture looks completely desaturated and blown out. That's NOT how hdr is supposed to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 i second that opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 trip to Pier 39 at SF earlier this week. If you're looking to shoot birds, that's the place to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0moonman0o Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 shots from testing my new cam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budious Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 PCPhoto Magazine had a nice article on HDR in a recent issue. You can view the low resolutions examples for free at their website. Basically, the use it to expose an exterior view from indoors through kitchen window, then expose to fill the shadows of the interior, and expose to captures the highlights of the interior and merge seven exposures into a final image. http://www.pcphotomag.com/how-to/image-pro...ombination.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keito Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 i'm no expert but in my opinion that's a horrible example of hdr.. the after picture looks completely desaturated and blown out. That's NOT how hdr is supposed to look. i second that opinion. That IS how HDR is supposed to look (somewhat depending on the definition of HDR, I think 'mine' comes along pretty well here) - HDR is supposed to give you a high dynamic range, to mimic what you actually see. In a lot of shots it doesn't look that spectacular because the shadows have less contrast. This is due to our eyes adjusting to very tiny differences in irradiance, give you more dynamic range - allowing you to see, for example, the inside of a room AND the surroundings through a window. With a camera you can only set the right exposure for one of these 'subject', either the inside of a room or the outside through the window. It might not look as spectacular in most images, sometimes it does. What does look 'spectacular' is the general tonemapping technique used to emulate high dynamic range images on computers - highlights become even more highlighted, shadows become more highlighted... basically, you're levelling out the dynamic range of the image to level, where everything looks like it is exposed to achieve the same amount of light in the scene. While this also gives you great results from time to time, it's basically a 'bad attempt' at HDR. So both can give you great results, but it's not all the same imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbabyte Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Call it what you want Keito, to each his own. Like i said before i'm no expert and i dont feel i need to quote definitions of HDR to validate my point that the second (HDR) image looks much much worse than the original that you posted. With your example you could have saved some times just upped the brightness and lowered the saturation and would have the same result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted October 7, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 7, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted October 7, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 7, 2007 Amazing shot. I love it. :yes: Thanks, I appreciate it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted October 7, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 7, 2007 shots from testing my new cam I wish I could pan as well as you. Great shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymunky Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Rappy is that Brighton Pier?? And Is your sig meant to be a Predators eye?? I like it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted October 7, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 7, 2007 Rappy is that Brighton Pier??And Is your sig meant to be a Predators eye?? I like it :) No its Bognor Pier (where I live) and its Ironman :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymunky Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Oh lol Bognor Regis. I went on the p*ss there once when I worked in Chichester for a few months. Was fun :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterC Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 (edited) Link to the bigger version. Edited October 8, 2007 by MasterC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 WOW MasterC - that looks like a model city, but the detail gives it away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterC Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 WOW MasterC - that looks like a model city, but the detail gives it away! That's the look I was going for :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Some obligatory fall photos. Shot over the weekend on my drive across Vermont. About this last photo, what is the best way to shoot pictures with signs ? I used my flash, but I think background went dull 'cause of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted October 8, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 8, 2007 Master C : I like that really clever :D dhan - Yeah I hate shooting signs for the reason the flash reflects off it, I try to use a soft flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterC Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Some obligatory fall photos. Shot over the weekend on my drive across Vermont. I really like the waterfall one - looks peacefull. :yes: Master C : I like that really clever :D Thanks Rappy (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0moonman0o Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accesser Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Love this one so nice and shap (Y) Love the colors in this one great work (Y) (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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