wst50 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 So it did :(I never noticed till you pointed it out :) cheers :) I saw the sign and the lack of sign and it took a while to suss out where it went ;) Also, just tried (spurred on by this thread) to process some photos from my point and shoot (okay, crap, but it'll give me the bug enough to justify a dSLR) http://wst50.deviantart.com/ There's only 2 photos there, so it's easy to compare them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted March 6, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 6, 2008 Was playing around. Really shows the flexibility of raw--a lot of the data is preserved, you just have to bring it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menge Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 really good example of how the RAW image keeps illumination information, giga :) good job :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlem39s Finest Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 what camera did you use to take that picture giga ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted March 6, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 6, 2008 what camera did you use to take that picture giga ? my dad's xti--but raw adjustments like that can be done most any other modern dslrs as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0moonman0o Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 giga lives in a big house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Lol I was givin him crap about that already :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hekkyUK Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Original: Edited for HDR: Damn I REALLY love HDR photos - I'm sooooo going to do more of these :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 7, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 7, 2008 Too dramatic IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted March 7, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 7, 2008 Before: After: <3 post processing :D What techniques did you use to do that? looks sharpened a good bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metro Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 What techniques did you use to do that? looks sharpened a good bit Honestly, I really can't remember haha. It was long ago. I did use a lot of color dodging and burning, and yes, it is sharpened up a bit but I did process with RAW so I was able to bring out a LOT of detail from the shot. I used some selective color saturation, brightness, etc... A lot went into it, probably around 3-4 hours worth of post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBroccoli Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Original:Edited for HDR: Damn I REALLY love HDR photos - I'm sooooo going to do more of these :) Did you just edit it to look like it is HDR, or did you actually take the multiple photos and make a real HDR image? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerm Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I think HDR looks terrible, on almost all of the examples i've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterC Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I think HDR looks terrible, on almost all of the examples i've seen. I kind of agree with you. There are some that are way overdone and blown out, but there are some, though not a lot, good ones that look decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metro Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I think HDR looks terrible, on almost all of the examples i've seen. I kind of agree with you. There are some that are way overdone and blown out, but there are some, though not a lot, good ones that look decent. It really depends on how someone processes the photos. I see a LOT of HDR that looks amazing and not like plastic with tons of halos. Here are a couple of my own that I put together that I know don't look like some cheeseball shot that you see a lot of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterC Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 It really depends on how someone processes the photos. I see a LOT of HDR that looks amazing and not like plastic with tons of halos. Here are a couple of my own that I put together that I know don't look like some cheeseball shot that you see a lot of:<snip snip> See, your examples are how HDRs should look. They're not blown out, nor do they look ridiculously over saturated. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted March 7, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 7, 2008 It really depends on how someone processes the photos. I see a LOT of HDR that looks amazing and not like plastic with tons of halos. Here are a couple of my own that I put together that I know don't look like some cheeseball shot that you see a lot of: Did you have a Neutral Density filter on for the ocean shot? Looks kinda like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I see a LOT of HDR that looks amazing and not like plastic with tons of halos. Here are a couple of my own that I put together that I know don't look like some cheeseball shot that you see a lot of Those images go against the entire point of high dynamic range imaging, as defined on Wikipedia: "The intention of HDRI is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows." The images you posted do not accurately respresent the intensity of the scene but merely exaggerate particular aspects of it - they look far too arty and processed. HDR is great for computer games where you're talking about a dynamic experience but it's only really useful for arty stuff when it comes to imaging. That's not to say that I don't like them... just that they don't look at all natural or realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerm Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Sorry metro but even in your images, which i agree are better than most examples, the HDR ruins a nice shot. It just looks processed and unatural, which to me is exactly what i don't want my processing to be, noticable. If that made any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metro Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 You don't have to like it. I know a lot of my work looks great and that's all that matters. Different strokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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