2nd HDR Photo Attempt

After getting some good responces from my first HDR I decided to try another one today.
I don't like the crop but I had to use a bench as a tripod, what I do like is the old pieces of paper left on the pole, and the bike.

Get closer to the pole and bike.

Way closer.

like I said, I don't have a tripod, I had to use what I had available.

For your 2nd attempt, I think it looks good since your only working with what you got. But then again I don't know a whole lot about HDR right now.

To be honest I'm not sure why you'd need an HDR image here... for a bit of detail underneath the stairs?

Somehow it looks very fake to my eyes - maybe it's the colours, the saturation, I don't know...

But I would recommend a motif that benefits more form HDR images - i.e. something with a large dynamic range.

it brought out a lot of detail in the telephone post, and the flower pot.

Good Gravy man^Thats not right........


A llittle GNd to the original....thats it.

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jaycky wrote in post #11062020
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Because?

its not my thread

Everything but the pole looks good HDR-wise. It's just too much on the wood.

The technique should complement the content, not define it. Don't just shoot HDR just to shoot it, find a subject that necessitates the method.

Content first, technique second.

mltn wrote in post #11062607
The technique should complement the content, not define it. Don't just shoot HDR just to shoot it, find a subject that necessitates the method.

Content first, technique second.

I'd like to strengthen his point, most of the HDRs i see, are taken for the sake of taking an HDR image, and most of the time HDR wasn't even needed, sometimes it is taken just to bring some details that could easily be extracted in post processing with the correct exposure... and its a shame, as HDR can have a really overdone effect to it on some elements in the picture, that its better to sometime just avoid it,
for example the wooden pole; it has great texture and those torn notes on it are great addition, but you could make it look just as beautiful and less overdone with burning and dodging later in post processing by gradually playing with the contrast on it, considering the exposure was done right.

don't take this the wrong way, I think the photo is good, but i think the decision to take HDR here was set on your mind in the first place (correct me if I'm wrong) but i think you went to look for HDR rather than just photograph and use it when you are feeling stuck and not able to take the picture you want, this is at least how i saw it, remember that HDR is simply a method in your mind tool set to take a photograph in a certain situation that requires it.

FrontElement wrote in post #11062643
I'd like to strengthen his point, most of the HDRs i see, are taken for the sake of taking an HDR image, and most of the time HDR wasn't even needed, sometimes it is taken just to bring some details that could easily be extracted in post processing with the correct exposure... and its a shame, as HDR can have a really overdone effect to it on some elements in the picture, that its better to sometime just avoid it,
for example the wooden pole; it has great texture and those torn notes on it are great addition, but you could make it look just as beautiful and less overdone with burning and dodging later in post processing by gradually playing with the contrast on it, considering the exposure was done right.

don't take this the wrong way, I think the photo is good, but i think the decision to take HDR here was set on your mind in the first place (correct me if I'm wrong) but i think you went to look for HDR rather than just photograph and use it when you are feeling stuck and not able to take the picture you want, this is at least how i saw it, remember that HDR is simply a method in your mind tool set to take a photograph in a certain situation that requires it.

seeing as you need to take multiple exposures to make an HDR image it's kind of hard to not have it in mind when taking the photos..

SnapShot Photos wrote in post #11063463
seeing as you need to take multiple exposures to make an HDR image it's kind of hard to not have it in mind when taking the photos..

sorry, maybe i explained myself wrong
basically what i meant was: many people go out of their home with the camera to take HDR photos, not to photograph... that is what i mean by a wrong approach to it,
rather - go out to photograph, and if a situation calls for an HDR out of necessity, then by all means, use it...

its perfectly fine to go out with the intent to take HDR photos! but that approach causes a lot of people to take HDR of everything they choose to photograph on that walk, regardless if HDR was needed or not in that particular situation,

HDR is a method, not a goal (more or less)

hope this is clearer,

again, the photo itself is very good and i liked it! i was just unsure if the HDR was really needed in this situation