04-11-2012, 08:30 PM
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1334132313' post='17432']
What is key is finding the right way to compress the big DR into a small DR space, the "tonal mapping". This is what makes or breaks HDR.
In my opinion, successful HDR/DRI is when you do not see it is a HDR photo (with which I mean, you do not see anything artificial or unnatural about it).
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I very much agree.
A few photos do work as proper HDRs, where it is possible to see it is one. I particularly liked the shot underneath a bridge or pier which miro showed here quite a while ago. For an HDR, it looked natural, but one normally doesn't see any detail in the underexposed side underneath a bridge or pier, and when tastefully done, it does look very nice. The same I think is true for shots inside old buldings, like churches with stained glass etc.
Kind regards, Wim
What is key is finding the right way to compress the big DR into a small DR space, the "tonal mapping". This is what makes or breaks HDR.
In my opinion, successful HDR/DRI is when you do not see it is a HDR photo (with which I mean, you do not see anything artificial or unnatural about it).
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I very much agree.
A few photos do work as proper HDRs, where it is possible to see it is one. I particularly liked the shot underneath a bridge or pier which miro showed here quite a while ago. For an HDR, it looked natural, but one normally doesn't see any detail in the underexposed side underneath a bridge or pier, and when tastefully done, it does look very nice. The same I think is true for shots inside old buldings, like churches with stained glass etc.
Kind regards, Wim
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