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Aug 27, 2009 22:10 |  #1

i know it doesnt look it, but this is a 3 shot HDR

it shows mostly in the reflections on the car.

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better HDR? or better normal?

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Aug 27, 2009 23:50 |  #2

I personally prefer the normal shot.


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Aug 28, 2009 00:11 |  #3

how about a mixture of both?

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Aug 28, 2009 00:48 |  #4

Second edit is awesome, badass car too.


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Aug 29, 2009 05:51 |  #5

I don't think that this image needs to be tonemapped, the highlights and the shadows are both correctly exposed and the HDR version looks so similar to the original that if I were to be shown one of the two I wouldn't know which one I was looking at. Looking at the two shots together though, I definately prefer the original - the HDR version looks flat. Try taking a more striking shot next time, this just looks like a photo of a car to me, I don't find it at all eyecatching or exciting. :confused: I'd say play around with some other PP effects, I'm sure you could make it look a lot better that way. :)




  
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Aug 31, 2009 16:18 |  #6

I'm actually more of a fan of the first image, while there is very little difference when you are looking at the car, the surroundings look a nicer with the HDR version, there is detail to be seen in the stone flooring and the ceiling tiles.

normally i would find lots of detail in the surrounding areas can distract from the actual subject, but in this case the slightly darker surroundings make the image nicer :)


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