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My first HDR.
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I love the first one. The second one looks like every other HDR done nowadays. Overdone to the point of an unnatural or even dream-like look. It's well done when it comes to overdone HDR's, but the first one is just well done as a photo. Thought it could use some selective sharpening.
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Y0GI
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Much better! Keep at it!Played with the second one, here is the result
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NewYorkEd
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I like both of them. The second one has a nice surreal look to it. I didn't like your second attempt at fixing the second one - it looks flat and dull to me.
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Terra Firma
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I like the surreal look of the second image, that is what i like about hdr imaging. It at times can be over done, but it appeals to me.
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William Koehler
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No. 1 is great, HDR used to enhance reality.
No. 2, the bottom foreground is great but the sky+clouds look really, really fake.
Just my opinion, worth about what you paid for it.
No. 2, the bottom foreground is great but the sky+clouds look really, really fake.
Just my opinion, worth about what you paid for it.
Mike Tansey
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I get what everyone is saying about looking unnatural in the second one, but who cares.
I like the way HDR has been used simply to capture a broader range of tones in the first one, but I like the artistic, dramatic look of the second one.
If I were to print either of these and put it on my wall, it'd be the second one.
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I like the way HDR has been used simply to capture a broader range of tones in the first one, but I like the artistic, dramatic look of the second one.
If I were to print either of these and put it on my wall, it'd be the second one.
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My photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/57315163@N02/
Sometimes I feel I am the only one who like the over done dream look. I can not achieve that look. I can only get the more natural look people tend to like more.
Example of mine....
I personallly would love to know how to do the over done look. Its so artistic to me. I know it looks hyper real, but its like almost how movies look. Sometimes movies make scenes look unreal.
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Darkness is the monster and your shutter is your sword, aperture your shield and iso your armor. Strike fast with your sword and defend well with your shield and hope your armor holds up.
Example of mine....
I personallly would love to know how to do the over done look. Its so artistic to me. I know it looks hyper real, but its like almost how movies look. Sometimes movies make scenes look unreal.
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Darkness is the monster and your shutter is your sword, aperture your shield and iso your armor. Strike fast with your sword and defend well with your shield and hope your armor holds up.
I agree... though I can not duplicate that look.
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Darkness is the monster and your shutter is your sword, aperture your shield and iso your armor. Strike fast with your sword and defend well with your shield and hope your armor holds up.
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Darkness is the monster and your shutter is your sword, aperture your shield and iso your armor. Strike fast with your sword and defend well with your shield and hope your armor holds up.
I second that. It is almost like a painting.
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Darkness is the monster and your shutter is your sword, aperture your shield and iso your armor. Strike fast with your sword and defend well with your shield and hope your armor holds up.
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Darkness is the monster and your shutter is your sword, aperture your shield and iso your armor. Strike fast with your sword and defend well with your shield and hope your armor holds up.
Mike Tansey
Leading Member
Rakumi, that picture you posted looks like one exposure, and it looks untouched too. You typically need more than one exposure to create HDR, then blend them in software. You say you can't achieve that, play with a bright and dark exposure in HDR software and it'll happen, with some practice.
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Shorthand
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You definitely have mastered the technique, and I like your eye for composition and color. As others have said, the second one is heavily processed but that is a matter of taste. I personally like the warmer, more natural version of your second exposure, but both are valid and pretty appealing.
Basically there are two schools of HDR processing:
In the final analysis - Go forth and do more like that with confidence.
Basically there are two schools of HDR processing:
- Simulate the process of scanning a vista with your eyes and committing it to memory - try to present that memory to others
- Simulate the process of dreamily recalling a vista with your mind and try to present that dream to others
In the final analysis - Go forth and do more like that with confidence.
My shot had multiple exposures... 3 of them. I did not PP... I am not very knowledgable on that or what to add or subtract. Those shots were combined as jpeg straight from the camera. Combined with Enfuse HDR program. I just leave it as default controls because I do not know what I am doing.
Darkness is the monster and your shutter is your sword, aperture your shield and iso your armor. Strike fast with your sword and defend well with your shield and hope your armor holds up.
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Darkness is the monster and your shutter is your sword, aperture your shield and iso your armor. Strike fast with your sword and defend well with your shield and hope your armor holds up.
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