NO OFFENCE.HDR

[priorityone]

hi.. i got a Q

lately i havbe been notice alot of imges come wit a good voices and the are surprisinly HDR images.

i have nothing aginst them.. but i m wondering the true feel of holding a camera and shooting it till the perfection has reach ..were has it all gone?
do we need to rely on braketing? and compressing.?

wat bout potraits... ?? HDR too?

i have nothing agaist them.. i do like the feel of it.. how stuff blends together..colours have more life ... that realy mistic feel it puts on the images do make me aww all the time.. and some day i will post some exprmental shots too.. but the REAL ESSENCE of PHOTOGRAPHIY..??

just a concern lil voice..

[tonylong]

Hey, HDR is like burning and dodging film in the old days. In the beginning, it's crap, but as you grow in your skills, it's art.

[C2S]

Threads like this pop up from time to time...

High dynamic range imaging (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging)
Tone mapping (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_mapping)

They are close together, but they are different.

[Mike]

I think that HDR is just one of the many branches of the photography tree and if that's what the photographer enjoys doing, that's fine by me. Not everyone who enjoys photography wants to be a master.

[tupper]

Your spelling shocks me..
But on with the subject,

HDR can be used well, and it can be over used. For one, I would never use a HDR in a portrait, that's not the idea of a portrait. Only certain images fit well with HDR, and really make people go WOW. You can always bracket shots and turn every single photo you take into HDR and I'm betting probably 2 or 3 out of 50 would make a decent HDR (unless you take 50 photos of the same thing :P)

I also agree with michael, its just another branch on the photographic tree. Like selective coloring used to be until every second kid with a camera learned how to do it. I just hope HDR does not become over used and end up like boring every time you open up an image with that effect.

What I want to know is, what is next? What technique will revolutionize the photography world next? Or are we out of ideas? Who knows..

[golfecho]

Your spelling shocks me..


Ditto on the grammar and spelling. It was painful to read, and I was totally distracted from the meaning and content of your post. No offence, but when sloppy communication is used, it is difficult to keep focused on the message.

[Mike]

Hey, let's not forget that this is an international forum and not everyone has English as their first language. Let's not flame people for grammatical and spelling errors. Unless it's CDS, of course :p

Ditto on the grammar and spelling. It was painful to read, and I was totally distracted from the meaning and content of your post. No offence, but when sloppy communication is used, it is difficult to keep focused on the message.

[ssracer]

I have found HDR to be very helpful when shooting night time photography of architecture when dark buildings and bright lights/signs are involved. It gives you the ability to properly expose both in the same final image.

Some use it more for artistic expression.

Eye of the beholder I suppose.

[golfecho]

Hey, let's not forget that this is an international forum and not everyone has English as their first language. Let's not flame people for grammatical and spelling errors. Unless it's CDS, of course :p

You are correct of course, and I do apologize. My intent was not to flame anyone, but rather comment on how distracting it can be. I will certainly keep your points in mind down the road. Thanks.

[blackcap]

Hey, let's not forget that this is an international forum and not everyone has English as their first language. Let's not flame people for grammatical and spelling errors. Unless it's CDS, of course :p

Grammatical errors I can understand, but spelling errors? The edit control in this forum has a built-in spellchecker!

[priorityone]

hahahahah.. thank you so much for all the inside on HDR and all the values and reasons.
thanks to each and everyone here.

p.s ill work on the spelling n grammer and keep looking for the spellchecker.

cheers.. and have a nice shoot.

[ryant35]

Google Toolbar has a spell checker that works great in forums. It underlines your mistakes in red just like Microsoft Word. Right click on the misspelled word for a list of suggestions.