HDR for me?

[mikey123]

Just wondering if a very kind person could HDR a few pics i took please?

Ill post them up soon if photobucket will let me or i'll send them over a PM or email.

 

[mikey123]

Here are the pics i would like someone to attempt please...

 

[Mesa]

That's not how you do HDR.

HDR is "blending" several images shot with different exposures. These have to be the same image (tri-pod or at least RAW).

Have a read up on HDR, it's somewhat of an art and when not done properly looks rubbish (haloing etc).

 

[Dave..]

You need three identical pictures, each with a different exposure to do proper HDR.


...beaten to it

 

[Revels]

I hate HRD.

Some people really over use it and use it to make an average picture stand out.

 

[Revels]

I hate HRD.

Some people really over use it and use it to make an average picture stand out.

 

[Aluco]

Its possible to "fake" it but it doesn't look as good. People overdo it a lot.

 

[theduck]

None of those images NEED HDR. They are all evenly exposed. HDR should only be sued where its impossible to shoot the image with an even exposure in one image.

 

[Dave..]

I hate HRD.

Some people really over use it and use it to make an average picture stand out.

Hormone replacement what?

 

[mikey123]

Thanks guys, i had a small read before i put the pics up, wasn't sure if you could get the same effect using a diffrent programme etc. Cheers anyway!

 

[BREMBO]

As said above Mikey123

HDR (High dynamic range) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of luminances between light and dark areas of a scene than normal digital imaging techniques.


Everyone knows this FFS!! idiot.

 

[Mesa]

Not all HDR is rubbish. I bumped into an old class mate from school who's become an awesome pro photographer - he knows the skills (art) and can make inspirational shots such as:

Then you get the ones which just don't work:

 

[Ian]

That's the guy from Talk Photography isn't it? Released a few books on it and has a website called Vanilladays? Done very well from it I believe.

 

[Mesa]

^ Yea a friend and I were out taking pictures down New Brighton where we saw him (taking excellent pics of people getting splashed by big waves)...since then we've seen him a few times and try to keep up to date via FlickR.


EDIT: Oh and he's got a great tut on it too, I learnt a lot from him.
http://www.vanilladays.com/hdr_tutorial/

 

[LaurenF]

I hate HRD.

Some people really over use it and use it to make an average picture stand out.

I hate HRD.

Some people really over use it and use it to make an average picture stand out.

I see what you did there

 

[Justin]

That HDR pics just looks like heavily photoshopped pictures IMO

 

[Revels]

Not all HDR is rubbish. I bumped into an old class mate from school who's become an awesome pro photographer - he knows the skills (art) and can make inspirational shots such as:

Then you get the ones which just don't work:

They all look way overdone. Depends if you want realism or CGI.

 

[theduck]

HDR should look real IMHO. None of those posted look real.

 

[Maxdicapua]

This is a little more realistic...

 

[Firas]

ffs mikey. read up before you post. you need 3 identical pics not one pic of your car and 2 other pics of a stick on the beach.

 

[mikey123]

I hate you Firas.

 

[mikey123]

This is a little more realistic...

That's perfect mate! What did you use for this?

 

[Andy.]

Or if you want an overdone photo with a bit of pop, just stick it in lightroom and click a couple of presets =

 

[Maxdicapua]

That's perfect mate! What did you use for this?

Photoshop just going to image>adjustments>exposure and doing one stop up saving that doing it again saving that then the same from the original going down twice as well.

And then the HDR bit was done in Photomatix PRO http://www.hdrsoft.com/ with tone mapping in there and then back in to photoshop for a bit of a final touch up

 

[5parky]

Agree with revels about HDR being crap, all old school natural photography is far better. Im not a fan of any post processing TBH, except a bit of white balance..
Also FLOL at Firas!
BTW, is that corsa filled up with bricks?

 

[vibrio]

not all HDR is crap just so long as you don't call them photographs lol

or you can go OTT