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mississippi mac
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HDR....love it, hate it...in between...
mississippi mac
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most posters here know that i'm not a big fan of HDR except mild application to make an image "pop"...
I've really been vocal about it as y'all know...
however....I saw these two scenes and I knew what had to do...the scenes were just too amusing...
get out the tripod and auto bracket the images from -2, -1, 0, +1, +2....
then wash it through Ps....
never say never...as daddy used to say (actually he still does)...
I call this one "Redneck Retreat"...
this one is "Bubba's Construction"....
don't look for anymore...I think i'm over it....
tim
I've really been vocal about it as y'all know...
however....I saw these two scenes and I knew what had to do...the scenes were just too amusing...
get out the tripod and auto bracket the images from -2, -1, 0, +1, +2....
then wash it through Ps....
never say never...as daddy used to say (actually he still does)...
I call this one "Redneck Retreat"...
this one is "Bubba's Construction"....
don't look for anymore...I think i'm over it....
tim
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I like them. Came out good. And you actually shot the correct sequencs (over/proper/under) instead of just running it thru a HDR corrector?
I occasionally use HDR to get some extra pop out of a borderline shot. Sometimes I go too far which is pretty easy to do.
yup...I already have my AEB set to default 5 bracketed images...
you get much better HDR doing it that way, with more possibilities for processing...
Chuck, I was wandering around the old part of cedar key when I found the trailer...I had to shoot it so I went through the whole AEB sequence for more options during developing...
Glenn...
I over cooked the second one...I went crazy with the sliders on an already heavily saturated set of shots...
I was aiming for a more humorous delivery...
i'm over it now...I have posted HDR images before but I was just aiming for a little pop without cooking the image...
I still do it from time to time, particularly with landscapes...if you didn't notice, then I got it right...
tim
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You also take exposures to fill in all the details in between.
Those images are combined, via HDR software to render an image that isn't possible with a single image but looks perfectly natural to the eye because the human eye has a much greater Dynamic range than the camera.
With that said HDR software can also be used to generate the images above.
Plenty of people like them ,but Im not a fan
Sorry
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as I said, I use HDR for landscapes in particular....
and as I said, if no one noticed, then I got it right...
but once in a while a scene presents itself that is just begging to push the sliders up and render it into an amusing cartoon as it were....
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I hear you @mississippi, I'm that way with portraits.
now, just maybe, for a good friend that needs either one done, i'll consider it...
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Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. --- Lord Chesterfield
My portraits were candid portraits, people on the street.
I love unusual shots of odd, usually old folks, and like to do them up dramatically.
I'm an old, hopefully not to a odd guy.
I've been screwing around for days trying to link to my other computer where my photos are, with no luck.
Maybe I'll just load them onto a thumb drive and show you what I"m talking about.
Steve
i like to do candid street portraits, etc and usually do them in B&W...it adds more drama...
tim
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These are 2 of my favorite canded portrates.
One image is B&W the other color but not HDR.
Thank You
Very cool.
I like HDR once in a while for landscapes, but in general I like clean pictures. Arty over processed photos are for ad campaigns and marketing material.
I use the HDR setting on my phone, but the HDR on my phone doesn't do anything but make the pictures look richer.
Thanks Chuck.
You wouldn't be the same ChuckC on DSLReports would you?
To me lots of HDR looks like the airbrushed images on the side of some pickup trucks or an 18 wheeler.
Nothing wrong with that , but not my taste.
I like HDR to create natural looking images in photographically impossible lighting conditions.
No, that's not me.
This shot is certainly far from perfect but I like the way the HDR treatment makes the subject pop. It was very dark inside when I took it. I will re-shoot the scene on a cloudy day sometime and see what it looks like.
Many have seen this before, my apologies.
It's another unique tool like some of the Topaz Labs effects of which I have a few, or the NiK effects which I spent hundreds for 2 of the programs, and now are ALL free
I did exactly one photo this way, and just as a test.
I found it very difficult on my one and only, to merge 7 images into one image.
This is what I did shot at Ellis Island.
BTW, the Empire State Building can be seen in the window of the door.
Again, I'm not passing this off as art, it was a test of HDR using software Photoshop's or Photomatrix, I don't remember.
Chuck, SLS,
as I said earlier, I don't like over the top HDR except once in a great while because of subject matter...
but I do use it for tough shots where it takes a lot of HDR to cover the tonal range of what i'm shooting...
I will also use it as a tool to make a photo pop....
Chuck's shot is a good example. He has posted it a few times using different PP techniques and I think I like this one the best...
however, I seem to remember a dynamite B&W version of this shot....
tim
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I like the selfie with you on the roof best.
some people don't like B&W's...
I do....
this is an example of HDR and why I do it...
base exposure 1/3 stop under to avoid blowing out the sky..
I shot 4 additional images at +1 stop and +2 stops, the same over for 5 images after developing base shot in Lr...
exported to Photomatix Pro...this is the result with no further manipulation....
this is how well it works...camera on a tripod with a 50mm lens...
tim
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ps - re the beach/sunset images - I have a similar set taken on my new p&s ( which, obviously, I'm not very good with), and edited with whatever it is that comes with Photo Gallery. Yours are so much better but it is interesting we went for the same effect - the pro and the rank amateur.
(most of beach cropped out)
Love b&w too - same scene different shot, edited to b&w - none of these are FS photo corner worthy - just thot it interesting how great minds and artistic eye think alike, sometimes. :grin
Mostly I take photos these days to use as guides for paintings later.