HDR Photos
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- ********0
is there any particular software that we can use to manipulate this effect?
- Photoshop has an HDR merging feature that helps match up images that are slightly off due to tiny shakes.monospaced
- over sharpening is NOT HDRMeeklo
- jaylarson0
Dynamic Photo HDR make all other programs pale in comparison.
http://www.mediachance.com/hdri/…Photomatix is for beginners.
- Ruffian0
Yuck.
- indeed. and that's why people think these http://www.qbn.com/t…
cannot be HDR. (because of the lack of yuck)invisiblechamber
- indeed. and that's why people think these http://www.qbn.com/t…
- monospaced0
What we need to do is clarify what HDR photography actually is. Firstly, it is a way of creating an image that is closer to what the eye sees, which is a much Higher Dynamic Range than a monitor or film can produce.
When you take a traditional back lit photograph of your friend, then you exposure issues resulting in either a) silhouette of your friend with the background exposed or b) your friend well exposed with a blown out white background. The trick with HDR is to use the best of both situations.
If you manage to take multiple exposures—usually 3 or more, far exposures apart—of the same scene without moving the camera, you can merge them to create an image that seems to be a Higher Dynamic Range than would normally be possible. Of course, the final image falls within the range of what a monitor is capable of and the result can often look fake, which it is, kinda.
A good HDR image is subtle and looks great. So many people have no idea what it means at all and have gone through great lengths with Photoshop to create faux HDR images and have tarnished the technique's street cred.
The best way to spot these fakes is to look for a moving object. It's already hard enough to get three images of the same thing without the smallest movement (wind in the trees, etc) making them slightly different, but a bird in flight just won't happen. When merging the images it's very important that they line up pixel for pixel.
So, knowing this you'll quickly notice that most of what people post as HDR is usually just a blurry Overlay and this and that filter applied to a cheesy photo. RAW images capture a wide range allowing for exposure corrections, but not usually far enough apart to create a true HDR image either.
Sorry for ranting.
- i've done motion at distance with ok results. also depends on how fast your camera can fire off 3 shotsacescence
- More about how fast you can change your shutter speed, without moving the camera, before taking the next shot.monospaced
- janne760
so many kitschy ones!
- sikma0
like anything else HDR is a tool which can be used poorly
if you can tell that a photo is "HDR" then its being used poorly
- ********0
I took this a while back.
- so this is you?
http://www.flickr.co…sikma - Canon sd750, Canon xsi, Holga 120N
cheap cameras.....thought you would have top of line equipmentsikma - She stole my photos apparently.********
- she stole your photo but you somehow linked to it? that's very odd indeed...sikma
- hasn't marketmaker been outed as a liar on this board?scarabin
- so this is you?
- ********0
I fail to see the point of it
- every part of the picture is exposed properly so you get more detail and cool lighting effects you can't get normallyKwesiJ
- ********0
monospaced, oh thanks for the long explaination.
- SteveJobs0
for those of you who are into hdr photography, there's a contest on flickr where you can win a macbook pro using this new hdr tool, hdr max:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stu…
http://www.ariea.com
- ********0
HDR is only to be used with photos shot at night, me thinks
Looks stupid otherwise
- blaw0
- I wish i had a monitor wide enough to make that my desktopharlequino
- No kidding. Good call.blaw
- slinky0
- HDR? i dont think soimnotadesigner
- generous application of the overdone brushmonNom
- bolus0
HDR = Bob Ross with a digital camera
tasteless kitsch, boring and a pain for healthy eyes,
- Tungsten0
The only ones I've seen that actually look good are the ones that are really, really subtle. Otherwise they look really fucking cheesy.
- Jnr_Madison0
Look at the state of this shite...
- *fills note with vomitbolus
- Remember in "Stand by Me" where the fat kid causes the puke fest? That's how feel now..Tungsten
- *feels physically sickJnr_Madison
- I love it. HDR +10moamoa
