HDR
I must admit I am a huge fan of the look of HDR photos although I yet to try it myself. I think I may need to make some time to play around with it soon though. There are a lot of tutorials out there on how to create HDR photos including this one from abduzeedo.com. Of course there are always ways to “cheat” the effect as well. Have you dabbled with HDR photos? Any tips?
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April 2nd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
As long as it is subtle I quite like it, but once it gets to this overprocessed, surreal state it’s lost its magic for me.
Dave from Chromasia has been posting a range of HDR photos in the last few days (some great ones in there!), and I believe he just has published a tutorial as well.
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Yeah, I agree that it can go overboard sometimes. I’ll have to see about checking out Dave’s tutorials. £5.00 is reasonable. Thanks!
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:15 am
I agree entirely Tom, some are spectacular, others are a mess and shouldn’t be allowed!!
I’ve tried once before but with 1 RAW file to create 3 JPG’s then combining them in PS2, was far too long-winded a process so didn’t bother in the end.
I think there are lots of decent apps which help now, bracketeer (Mac only) is going to be the one I try first I think as seems quite simple and not too many options etc but there’s also Photomatix Pro which is a more advanced version.
Another tutorial has been done by the This Week in Photography (TWIP) podcast guys which looks good.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I’m still in the ‘If you ever see me do HDR, you have my permission to slap me’ camp. I just don’t like it, though I am always willing to be convinced otherwise, if someone can produce something that looks great and still looks like a photograph.
April 7th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I think it serves a purpose, but for me it has to be really subtle. For me, when you can see it is HDR, then it’s too much.
April 7th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Sorry, that really was just an opinion and not a helpful comment.
I think Richard (Dicks Daily) did some pretty good b&w hdr.
April 9th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Not a big fan, I think they’re pretty empty pictures, very little meaning in them. But that is usually down to the photographer spending too much tinkering in photoshop than thinking about why they are shooting the picture.
To the extent that it’s an interesting technique, however, I have played with it and I think Photoshop CS3 does a perfectly fine job of merging the images.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I am with you on this Vish. I think HDR can be stunning on cityscapes in particular, but the beauty and subtlety of tonal composition is lost. Not for me.