HDR Plea article

You might find this HDR article of interest in LL;

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/h​dr-plea.shtml

I originally posted in the G camera forum, since I didn't realize this forum existed.

Dennis

denncald wrote in post #9238870
There is a good article on LL about HDR.

Dennis

Thanks! An excellent and useful article, but maybe it would be better posted in the HDR section of the "Sharing Know-how" POTN forum rather than this G-series equipment?

Boo Freakin Hoo... I hate these people that always complain about a new style and technology and say it goes against what photography is etc... I bet all these people complained when Digital camera's came out and now they use them. They're all hypocrites. Let me ask you this, Where would art be with out progression, reform, and new ideas? absolutely nowhere.

Really good article, I think the tips were well done.

teekay wrote in post #9239075
Thanks! An excellent and useful article, but maybe it would be better posted in the HDR section of the "Sharing Know-how" POTN forum rather than this G-series equipment?

Thanks, I didn't realize there was an HDR section, so I just posted it on their link.

Dennis

Haven't gotten around to buying the software; I think I've been turned off some by the heavy handed approach so many of these enhanced photos seem to exhibit. Any hint of over-processed halo is a complete turnoff to me. Still I'm impressed with the capacity of this application when used delicately.

Could it be... that people purposely heavy hand it just so they make sure you and I know that it is HDR enhanced? Smacks of Tijuana art to me.

Interesting. thanks for sharing!

Heh - that's funny.

And yeah, a lot of people can go way overboard with it. It's not HDR's fault. You can overdo ANYTHING (sharpening, contrast, b&w, blur effect, whatever).

It may be kind of like flash...you want the image to look as if no flash was used at all..just perfect even light. I don't really care for the overly painted HDR look...but it's all subjective

Great post and exactly my out look and goal with HDR.

This month's Outdoor Photographer covers the same thing, HDR and keeping it natural looking. Before HDR and still is, filters and even like Adams, Weston and Cole would use masking to get dynamic range.

It just drives me nuts when people sit and yell about HDR. Sure, there is bad looking HDR, but there is also bad looking B&Ws. I'm not a fan of cross color processing, but more power to those that do. It's your digital, do what you want with it I say. If one doesn't like it, one doesn't have to look at it.

Be as creative as you want to be.

Kevan_G9 wrote in post #9240046
Haven't gotten around to buying the software; I think I've been turned off some by the heavy handed approach so many of these enhanced photos seem to exhibit. Any hint of over-processed halo is a complete turnoff to me. Still I'm impressed with the capacity of this application when used delicately.

Could it be... that people purposely heavy hand it just so they make sure you and I know that it is HDR enhanced? Smacks of Tijuana art to me.

Yeah that's why I hate black and white photos. It doesn't look natural. When I see things it's in color not black and white. Can't understand why people have to process it this way and ruin a beautiful color photo. Yes I'm being sarcastic but the close-mindness that people have about anything new gets to me. Photography is an art and should be treated as such.
This out of the Webster dictionary Art: the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects.

If you can't be creative in photography then I no longer want to be a photographer!

The article is definitely in line with the original intent of High Dynamic Range processing and is the view of so many "Photographers" and "Artographers". Is that why photographers don't like oil painters because they can't make a sharp image representing the true colors of a scene. I'm being some what cynical but art comes in may different forms and tone mapping is just another form of artistic expression. In the group of 10 or so that I shoot with maybe 1 or 2 will allow themselves the open minded freedom of expression to openly say that they like what I do. Will the others turn around to enjoy my artistry? Who cares. I do what I do because I enjoy what I do. Maybe someday my work will be shown in some prestigious art gallery in New York. If not, I am still pleased with my style or artistic representations. I still like taking a single or multiple shot image and creating the scene that my fellow photogs saw. We forget that creative artistry is what advances the creative mind and allows us to experience beyond what would be seen through that pinhole camera of yesteryear.

Thanks for sharing the link to the article.

Cant help but notice in this section, the constant difference of opinion on HDR! I believe in the very act of viewing these photos you have declared a statement of how you wished the photo looked had you been the author! ......... We all have, in our Minds Eye the ideal scene for almost every occasion and that very diversity is what creates artistry! .......... Thank goodness for diversity, and remember even when 100% of the opinions are negative! ............... There are millions of unheard who would find the same photo awesome!! ............... Lets be more gentle in our criticism!