WHAT IS HDR?

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Hey Guys,
Another one of my silly questions
I hear so many of you talking about HDR, and the pictures where it has been said this has been "used" always look very nice.

What is it?
lol
Thanks Gary :)
 
In very simple terms - yes!
 
yeah adobe bridge will actually do it for you
pretty much in essence the whole idea is that

you have 3 different exposures of the same image typically done through braketing
1 Underexposed
2 Correctly exposred
3 Over exposed

Then it merges the image together to give you an image with alot of detail with in the shadows . midtones & highlights.

Best example is the Shot of New york city at night

hope this helps
 
HDR is old and overdone, google 2005 and you will see :)
 
Lurch said:
HDR is old and overdone, google 2005 and you will see :)
Click to expand...

look at venture the studio look is overdone

liverpool is overdone

the london eye is overdone


self portraits are overdone..


why do we bother shooting anything its all been done before......:shrug:








ll of above me like almost everyone else on here



not been done by ME..............



md:thumbs:


oh AND HAPPY NEW YEAR :wave:
 
Personally, I think if it is overdone it is sheite, done well, it can be very good.
 
gary imho as with most photography it is a art and hard to get right as it does not fit every shot...


worth trying "although i never have ":thumbs:


md:thumbs:
 
its another tool available to the photographer just like everything else in photoshop ect... i use hdr a fair bit, but a lot dont often get picked up as being hdr as they are used to get the dynamic range and not processed to look 'cartoony' as i dont like that style

i often see a scene and take 3 exposures especially to tone map it but i only use it if the scene needs it, not for the sake of it, high contrast, buildings / rocks all benefit from just the right amount of hdr

heres one of my favourites

2b.jpg
 
Nice picture of Durdle Door there :)
 
HDR does get slagged off, it seems to me mostly because it's overdone.

There were very basic limitations with using film, for example it just did not have the latitude to keep detail in all the highlights and the shadow areas, even when they were visible to the naked eye.

If digital is meant to improve our photography why shouldn't we use all the digital tools at our disposal to get realistic results?

I don't use it myself - its just one more digital technique to learn and so far I just can't be ****ed to do it. But in the right hands I would be all in favour of it.:)
 
Back to the OP

HDR it a process where you normally take a sequence of images at different exposures to capture a wider dynamic range than your camera can see in one image.

You then have to do some tonemapping, which will compress this wider dynamic range captured in your sequence of shots down to a dynamic range visible on your computer screen and within the range of your printer.
 
your right its Etretat in Normandy N. France

Thanks very much for the compliment btw :)
 
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