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HastyPhoto
25th of February 2010 (Thu), 20:20
All single exposures, just playing around with some settings and learning the photomatix ropes. These were done real quick, I could have processed them more or finetuned them but like I said, just playing around tonight. Enjoy.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/_MG_0990_Enhancer.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/_MG_1014_Enhancer.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/CRW_0053_Enhancer.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/keys1.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/_MG_2158_Enhancer.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/CRW_0018_Enhancer.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/CRW_8014_Enhancer.jpg

usukshooter
26th of February 2010 (Fri), 07:27
Way too overprocessed for my tastes.

guitarboy2828
26th of February 2010 (Fri), 07:33
That's not really HDR.. It's more like cartooning. Overdone in my opinion too

Gary McDuffie
26th of February 2010 (Fri), 09:01
Yep. Not really HDR. But, sometimes can be a nice special effect. #5 is the most interesting and has a reasonable look to it. I'd probably try pulling the color back, but if it doesn't work that way, it IS interesting the way it is. Please number your shots when posting. Makes it a lot easier to speak to specific photos.

By the way, #6 completely turns me off. Those colors are just too false. They don't exist in the real world, so the brain just won't accept them. They don't do my city justice at all (born there). :)

D.Henderson
26th of February 2010 (Fri), 12:46
Looks like cartoons! I like em especially #4 with the 'Mac's' truck

HastyPhoto
26th of February 2010 (Fri), 14:59
Cartooning is what I was going for with saturated colors, something to make people who dont know about hdr say > hmmmm........ And yes I know there not real hdr. Thx.

Michael1984
27th of February 2010 (Sat), 06:34
i like how it looks! almost looks like a painting !

Harryvanrijn
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 04:45
Great shots!!! That's what HDR's should look like!! Thanks for the view.
Harry and Nanieke

HastyPhoto
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 06:45
Couple more

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/CRW_0032_Enhancer.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/CRW_0005_Enhancer.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/CRW_0072_Enhancer.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/CRW_9200_Enhancer.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/_MG_1808.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/CRW_0001_Enhancer.jpg

alpinekiwi
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 07:04
I like them.
A lot.

D.Henderson
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 07:21
Now I'm curious...How did you pull off this effect? how many exposures?

HastyPhoto
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 08:54
these are all one exposure images, not "true hdr" but i like the look too. I used photomatix to convert raw files on grunge mode medium with a few tweaks here and there and then reopened as 16 bit tiff in photoshop for final adjustments.

Levina de Ruijter
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 12:33
They have a water colour like quality to them and people will probably like it or hate it. I don't think I would go that way myself, but I really like some of these images, like #3 and #5 of the first series, and #3 of the second. But it's a very interesting series. I had no idea this could be done with just one image.

Gary McDuffie
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 12:58
Hmm...did anyone notice that #5 in the first group is haunted? There seems to be someone hiding in the bush to the right of the steps. :)

abjam77
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 13:06
I like the urban ones a lot.

HastyPhoto
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 13:45
They have a water colour like quality to them and people will probably like it or hate it. I don't think I would go that way myself, but I really like some of these images, like #3 and #5 of the first series, and #3 of the second. But it's a very interesting series. I had no idea this could be done with just one image.



I have discovered that this only works with raw images. I tried and converted some older jpeg files from my powershot from 8bit jpegs to 16bit tiffs and tone map them but the results were just horrible.

I'm leaving for the florida keys tomorrow morning and I'll be shooting alot of "true hdr" images so I look forward to that and sharing them when I come back in 2 weeks.

Thx for the feedback everyone, cya in 2 weeks :cool:

ps- get off your computer and go make some hdr images :D

JPBones73
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 13:50
I like these images. Nothin' wrong with overprocessing once in a while.

HastyPhoto
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 13:59
Thx jp,

heres the tree ill be sitting under tomorrow (: cant wait to get away from this cold snowy frozen place of misery lol

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/hasrob/hdr/palm1000.jpg

Levina de Ruijter
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 15:37
Another image I like. Have fun!

IShootThings
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 20:21
i really like the second one and they are all pretty cool but way too over processed for my taste.

007
28th of February 2010 (Sun), 20:39
too much for me