HDR Photos..
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- grafiske
How do you do it? What is it? I have seen this Photomatix pro Program.. is that the only one that makes HDR photos?
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- harlequino0
Not a photographer, but I believe you need a darn tootin SLR camera, and then take multiple exposure photographs first. Assuming this is the same as HDRI.
- CALLES0
its not that easy to convert something into an hdr
couple of steps and layers in one file that indicates what part of the pictures is a light source what part in envirioment and such
- CALLES0
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- hdr sounds complicated... i cant even pronounce half of those instructions********
- nicnichols0
What camera are you using?
Just set it to auto-bracket 5 or so images, and look for a subject with a wide range of lighting.. some look pretty hokey, but for some low light situations it can actually be useful in pulling detail..
- agentfour0
im interested in people opinion on HDR. is it cheating or fake or acceptable. do professional photographers have different opinions on it?
- menos0
there was a thread about this a while ago with some useful info. search for hyper photo photorealistic photographs or something of that sort in filter.
never done it and not a photographer by any means but from what i gather shooting RAW is best and it allows you to get the various exposure bracketting necessary without much trouble. PS can do it under 'merge to HDR' in the automate (i thinks).
- nicnichols0
I have always stuck to the "if you need a cheap effect, then you didn't start with a good enough image.." adage, but using a 5 stop HDR actually saved us on a job where we had to shoot in a big warehouse without any lights.. we were able to dig alot of detail out, which we would not have been able to do with a single exposure..
But as far as using it for a simple effect, I can't say that I really like it.. it just makes images look fake, and photoshop'd...
- menos0
http://www.qbn.com/topics/538065…
there we go
- stupidresponse0
any technique can be taken too far. it can be subtle and tasteful. most of what you see is usually not.
- demafleez0
fake or acceptable? i guess it depends on who your audience is. HDRI in the 3D world is perfectly "acceptable" in order to achieve photorealistic renderings and seems to be a pretty widely used technique.
photographers make take issue with it since you're doing more compositing with your shots and post work instead of relying on in camera techniques. but what photog doesn't use some post work? where do you draw the line?
not that i'm a professional anything... disregard all the above.
- nicnichols0
Ya.. it really comes down to what you like.. I make a living doing post, so I would be a hypocrite if I said it didn't have its place.. (I'd also be homeless, and eating beans out of a can..)
Its just one of those photo trends, like over sharpening, high-radius sharpening, crunching the black channel, adding yellow.. it will run its course, and we'll be on to the next thing that the clients are yelling for..
- jamble0
agentfour: im interested in people opinion on HDR. is it cheating or fake or acceptable. do professional photographers have different opinions on it?
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I think it's perfectly acceptable, like everything it's got its time and its place though and some of the stuff I see on flickr is crazily overdone but other things are really well executed.
- _niko0
it's effective if used subtly.
i like this
vs this
- i might be missing the link to 'this'menos
- hmm, I would have to go with 'this' but tough choice, thonicnichols
- goingpublic0
HDR suck big time in 95% of the cases...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kro…
- jaylarson0
i like to create hdr images and then convert them to greyscale using lightroom. i try to create images that have an immediate emotional impact without looking like i am trying too hard.
- danthon0
The technique can be used conservatively IMO
- sikma0
photomatix is by far the best "tone mapping" software i've come across and i would highly recommend it.
the trick with hdr is to NOT overdo it! if you can tell an image has been "rendered" you've gone to far.
