Experiments in HDR

[Cock Womble 7]

I've only recently found out how to do multiple exposure shots with my LX-3 and have been mucking around with HDR shots.

So, here we go:

Edited by Cock Womble 7 on Sunday 9th May 14:55

[M-J-B]

Some interesting shots there.

My HDR has been criticised due to the fact it's 'over done' rather than simply showing colours and detail not seen in ordinary photo's. I think it's down to personal taste....











I'm not sure what's what really!

[GetCarter]

As for personal taste, well I guess it depends if you want the photos to be 'photo realistic' or not. Do you want people to like the photo as a capture of a moment in time, as a record of the place and time, or your skills in post processing?

If you don't care that they don't look real, then any artistic post processing is just up to you. Photography as art is fine by me.

If you want them to be taken seriously as 'photo realistic' images (as opposed to artistic impression), then don't over use HRD.

I mean this colour never found itself on grass did it?:



But hey... maybe you see grass that colour!

Horses for courses.

(O/T) The BBC photo of the year competition 2009 was a complete joke. It should have been re-titled BBC Post Processing competition!

All IMHO of course.

Watch out... cameras with in built HDR coming soon... and we'll all be well sick of it, and looking forward to seeing what something looked like, not what a computer can do with a calculator and high dynamic range variables.

Edited by GetCarter on Sunday 9th May 16:44

[Cock Womble 7]

GetCarter said:

As for personal taste, well I guess it depends if you want the photos to be 'photo realistic' or not. Do you want people to like the photo as a capture of a moment in time, as a record of the place and time, or your skills in post processing?

My "skills" in post processing extend to a few button clicks on some freeby imaging software. I didn't intend for these particular shots to be "realistic", I was simply messing around with my new-found technique. That's all.

[Fordo]

GetCarter said:

Horses for courses.

(O/T) The BBC photo of the year competition 2009 was a complete joke. It should have been re-titled BBC Post Processing competition!

Edited by GetCarter on Sunday 9th May 16:44

i had to google it, after you mentioned it.... oh. what happened to a good landscape photo being about lighting, time of year, time of day, precise and exquisite framing, finding a way of leading the viewers eye through the image, just the right amount of tonal range and balance. must be me getting old and grumpy- im going to look at some ansel adams to make myself feel better

[GetCarter]

Cock Womble 7 said:

GetCarter said:

As for personal taste, well I guess it depends if you want the photos to be 'photo realistic' or not. Do you want people to like the photo as a capture of a moment in time, as a record of the place and time, or your skills in post processing?

My "skills" in post processing extend to a few button clicks on some freeby imaging software. I didn't intend for these particular shots to be "realistic", I was simply messing around with my new-found technique. That's all.

Nice car BTW Is that Viper Blue? Did a similar pic with my last 7 (though not as good as yours... I would have fallen out the window!) It's from a BLACK website so looks a bit strange on a white background.

Edited by GetCarter on Sunday 9th May 18:09

[Cock Womble 7]

GetCarter said:

Nice car BTW Is that Viper Blue?

Don't know, maybe.

GetCarter said:

Did a similar pic with my last 7 (though not as good as yours... I would have fallen out the window!)

"Katy" is parked under my balcony, so I can get some bird's eye views.

[skid-mark]

[North West Tom]

Since this has been bumped, can someone explain to me what this guy's done post processing? Particularly in these images:


Audi R8 by Willem Rodenburg, on Flickr


Porsche Carrera GT by Willem Rodenburg, on Flickr


Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe by Willem Rodenburg, on Flickr

[clonmult]

skid-mark said:

Now that I do like, almost cartoon-like quality. Some of the others on here, as creative as they look, do somewhat hurt my eyes with the colours.

One thing on HDR that I'm intrigued in - isn't the process of bracketed exposures based on varying the F stops for each image +/-? If so, then how can something like the iPhone 4 do it with its fixed aperture lens?

[GetCarter]

It'll take a longer and shorter exposure I guess... which will have exactly the same effect.

Like the worktop! Really good use of HDR.

[R&J]

skid-mark said:

Skid-mark's pic reminded me of my over cooked HDRs, that to me look so inviting ..........kid and sweetshop stuff.

[MisterT]

clonmult said:

One thing on HDR that I'm intrigued in - isn't the process of bracketed exposures based on varying the F stops for each image +/-? If so, then how can something like the iPhone 4 do it with its fixed aperture lens?

I thought if you are producing an HDR image from multiple exposures the camera should be set to aperture priority and the aperture has to be the same in all shots otherwise the perspective will differ from shot to shot and they will not overlay correctly (The finished shot ends up with ghosting). The lighter or darker exposure in bracketed exposures therefore results from longer or shorter exposure time, not from altering the aperture.

[skid-mark]

for the images to really work you need areas of realy dark and realy light as compensating for one or the other will lose the detail, so combining the pic's will result with areas of detail in all the areas of the image, it depends on the subject that is being photographed and how deferent the areas of light are, and shoting at the correct exposure before bracketing the shots.
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/high-dy...
http://www.hdrsoft.com/resources/dri.html#capture

Edited by skid-mark on Tuesday 26th October 00:53

Edited by skid-mark on Tuesday 26th October 01:10

[...Mole...]

I like to Overcook my Urbex HDR's, other than that i keep mine subtle and just use it to add to the dynamic range as opposed to creating an effect.

[Xaero]

These are some of mine that I have on FlickR, I've not experimented with it a lot, just trying to get basic shots looking good. Some images are just not suitable for HDR and I notice that a lot, some people thing anything is good in HDR which is not the case.

Edited by Xaero on Tuesday 26th October 03:45

[skid-mark]

excellent use of HDR in moles post if images do turn out looking cartoonish i find adding noise/grain to the pic tones it down

[le gravy noire]

GetCarter said:

Watch out... cameras with in built HDR coming soon... and we'll all be well sick of it, and looking forward to seeing what something looked like, not what a computer can do with a calculator and high dynamic range variables.

I have been designing an icon to help people quickly identify the HDR button on the back of these cameras. It's got a picture of a turd next to a can of polish.

[Beyond Rational]

Does HDR highlight some people's colour blindness?

I thought HDR was meant to get us closer to what the eye sees, my mind must be tricking me when I see an HDR as I nearly always think a SDR image looks more "real".

[Whitefly Swatter]

The Bridge above reminded me of this


runcorn by crosswisecom, on Flickr