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nphsbuckeye
22nd of February 2009 (Sun), 09:44
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...433063&l=d81cf (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2530556&id=12433063&l=d81cf)

I hope this forum will produce more feedback than the dedicated HDR one, as I'm curious as to what the posters here think.

This was the first time I went out to do anything with HDR. Unfortunately, the pictures are in alphabetical order, so you won't know which ones were shot or edited first. However, I liked the ones I edited last more than the first ones. I also used PS4, no dedicated HDR programs. Thank you.
LeuceDeuce
22nd of February 2009 (Sun), 11:25
Very few of us have the time (or inclination) to critique 25 images. You said yourself you like the ones you processed later so why not pick the one (or two) you think is your absolute best work, and get a critique on those?
nphsbuckeye
22nd of February 2009 (Sun), 14:50
Very few of us have the time (or inclination) to critique 25 images. You said yourself you like the ones you processed later so why not pick the one (or two) you think is your absolute best work, and get a critique on those?
Fair enough.
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2309/28/123/12433063/n12433063_46847858_6424.jpg
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2309/28/123/12433063/n12433063_46847837_331.jpg
jgrussell
22nd of February 2009 (Sun), 17:52
The shots you picked don't seem to have the extreme dynamic range that makes HDR worthwhile. They're not bad, but I don't see how they're terribly improved using HDR.
Advisor
22nd of February 2009 (Sun), 21:36
The shots you picked don't seem to have the extreme dynamic range that makes HDR worthwhile. They're not bad, but I don't see how they're terribly improved using HDR.

I agree - there isn't much contrast or range of color with these...
lonelyjew
22nd of February 2009 (Sun), 22:03
I agree - there isn't much contrast or range of color with these...

+1

Also, I find the watermark to be very distracting. Are you trying to convey anything with these images, are you go for any sort of look other than just HDR?
nphsbuckeye
23rd of February 2009 (Mon), 10:10
No, I just went for mild HDR look - I wanted to bring back tones to make the pictures more "natural" and not the overly done, anyone can tell the picture was heavy editing look of many HDRs here; I'm not really a huge fan, yet, of overly cooked HDRs. I went by the original intent of HDR, at least that was the plan...

Yes, the watermark are necessary because I wanted to upload them onto facebook. Sorry for their distraction, however.
LeuceDeuce
23rd of February 2009 (Mon), 11:40
As mentioned earlier I'm not sure that this scene even required HDR. The images presented are a tad flat as the majority of tone is bunched up in the middle rather than using the full available range. Colour balance is a guess, but it seems a little blue to me. Converging verticals need correcting. Posterization of the sky. While you may have tried to keep your HDR natural in appearance you have some pretty glaring halos between the buildings and sky, as well as in the shadow of the fence.

Here's my interpretation of the scene after making the corrections I noted:

Edit: more halo still in the actual fence links. You'd want to deal with that too.
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