[JahJahBinks]

I hope this thread can give insipiration to those photographers in Head-Fi:

http://thefairest.info/top.html

 

[vagarach]

So many of those use HDR, and everything looks pretty with some HDR applied

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[lmilhan]

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Originally Posted by vagarach So many of those use HDR, and everything looks pretty with some HDR applied .

1) For the OP, those pictures are amazing.
2) What is HDR? Please enlighten me.

3) Let's see you make this look 'pretty' with HDR, I DARE you:

 

[Samgotit]

HDR - High Dynamic Range

It's a layering technique of many different exposures of the same scene.

Great Stuff.

 

[lmilhan]

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Originally Posted by Samgotit HDR - High Dynamic Range It's a layering technique of many different exposures of the same scene. Great Stuff.

Cool.

Thanks for edumacating me.

 

[beerguy0]

Some examples of HDR images from this fall.

These are composed of 3-5 images, shot from +2 stops to -1 or -2 stops. This captures details in both highlights and shadows. The images are then merged in PS. PS uses the exif data to determine how the images are blended.

The technique is mainly suitable for scenes that don't move, since everything must remain in perfect registration.

 

[alexs]

...i don't know.

those pictures look unrealistic and fake - not my style.

 

[Samgotit]

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Originally Posted by lmilhan Cool. Thanks for edumacating me.

I had a go at your photo, but I don't think it worked out. I need to read up on HDR.

@Beerguy0, nice work! Lovely.

 

[raymondlin]

This is a pretty picture, taken this summer on a beach in Corwall.

 

[Samgotit]

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Originally Posted by alexs ...i don't know. those pictures look unrealistic and fake - not my style.

I agree and disagree. We are not use to seeing that kind of Dynamic range in a photo coming from film photography.

These are more drastic examples:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...&highlight=hdr
Seems strange as the window would usually be blown out.

 

[PiccoloNamek]

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Originally Posted by alexs ...i don't know. those pictures look unrealistic and fake - not my style.

I disagree. If anything, it looks closer to how we actually see it.

 

[alexs]

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Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek I disagree. If anything, it looks closer to how we actually see it.

what!? There is something wrong with your eyes sir.

 

[lmilhan]

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Originally Posted by Samgotit I had a go at your photo, but I don't think it worked out. I need to read up on HDR. @Beerguy0, nice work! Lovely.

HAHAH, I LIKE it.

 

[Duggeh]

When I saw the photos in the OP I knew there had to be some sort of photographic technique involved. When a low resolution jpeg looks better than what the actual first hand experience would have been, then there is something amok.

That said, I've now got one as my desktop picture. Which replaces the old man headphones picture that's been there for months.

 

[PiccoloNamek]

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Originally Posted by alexs what!? There is something wrong with your eyes sir.

No. The human eye has a MUCH higher dynamic range than any piece of film or digital sensor. An HDR image allows one to create an image that more closely resembles how the human eye would perceive the dynamic range of the scene.

When I look at a sunset, for example, I can clearly make out both the sun, and the foreground. However, if I pointed my camera at a sunset, the foreground would be completely black. An HDR image would allow me to create an image with both the sun and the foreground properly exposed. Or I could just use a graduated neutral density filter. But whatever, you get what I'm saying. (I hope.)