Wednesday, February 29, 2012

HDR Photo Merge

The following is from a pop quiz in my Advanced Photoshop Class on HDR, as known as, ( High Dynamic Range Photography) Photo Merging.
The first five images are the same photo with various levels of exposure from under-exposed all the way to over exposed.  The sixth image is the HDR Photo.  Please let me know what you think.




Now the HDR Image:
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  1. Angela A, StantonFebruary 29, 2012 at 11:51 PM

    Hi Ed. If I may post a few comments and of course I don;t know your full assignment but I have done a ton of HDRs in the past few years and won a couple of contests too. So perhaps my feedback will be useful to you. If not, just please delete.

    The purpose of HDR is to bring light to shadows and bring detail to highlights but not necessarily to create an unrealistic image. Now I know that there are many photos out there who like overcooked HDR. I happened to be one who doesn't. It is a personal taste too I suppose.

    My HDR pictures are done so you cannot actually tell that they are HDR. I think that is the goal. Her is al ink to my last HDR from last year: http://www.stantonphotostudios.com/fineartphotograph/h16e00dc6#h16e00dc6 and you cannot tell that it is an HDR--it was composed of 3 images and I don't remember anymore which HDR software I used since I have them all... here is an HDR that is actually a panorama stitched HDR.. I think there were 11 segments, each with 3 exposures... http://www.stantonphotostudios.com/fineartphotograph/h16e00dc6#h330031f1 and you really cannot tel that it is an HDR.

    To me this is what HDR represents. To you it may become something else. Good luck with your HDR course and I hope this posting was helpful to you!

    Cheers,
    Angela

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    1. backupproFebruary 29, 2012 at 11:57 PM

      Thanks Angela;
      I was just going by what the instructor wanted on the example he showed us.

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