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http://abduzeedo.com/20-beautiful-hdr-pictures?=main
Amazing HDR pictures. What would it take equipment-wise to be able to do this? Presumably it's a mixture of talent, the right camera/accessories, probably some computer work and a little luck?
SidewinderINC
07-03-2008, 22:21
http://abduzeedo.com/20-beautiful-hdr-pictures?=main
Amazing HDR pictures. What would it take equipment-wise to be able to do this? Presumably it's a mixture of talent, the right camera/accessories, probably some computer work and a little luck?
Pete will be able to tell you about HDR, he's taken/made some fantastic shots
a tutorial that isn't petes.
http://www.squidoo.com/hdr-photography
SidewinderINC
07-03-2008, 22:27
Excellent *bookmarks*
Blackstar
07-03-2008, 23:09
Some of those pictures are awful! Pete is the best person to talk to about HDR his tutorial is pretty good.
Some of those pictures are awful! Pete is the best person to talk to about HDR his tutorial is pretty good.
:D I completely agree. I saw them a few days ago and was like "Oh dear." A lot of them are everything thats bad about HDR. People taking boring photos and processing the hell out of them so they're "arty." Like the photo of the guy taking a photo, or the car.
To do HDR type images a good setup would be a DSLR, Photomatix to generate the HDR images and some skill / luck. The software isn't overly complex but it allows you to create horribly over-processed images very easily. So it helps to know how far to push things. It may sound stupidly obvious but it helps to take a great photo to start with. Well composed with stunning light. Not to toot my own horn but thats why mine work so well. I often shoot at sunset and the photos are well composed. Often people say how impressed they are that I made a set of traffic lights look amazing.
leowyatt
08-03-2008, 09:53
:D I completely agree. I saw them a few days ago and was like "Oh dear." A lot of them are everything thats bad about HDR. People taking boring photos and processing the hell out of them so they're "arty." Like the photo of the guy taking a photo, or the car.
I quite liked the SF one :o
The cow is my favourite. :)
There area few I like. The fire truck, and the first boat shot. I'm a perfectionist so generally I see errors before good points. Its annoying but it does help when taking photos :) So like the bridge shot, the clouds are so loud and busy its really kinda distracting. It doesn't quite compliment the bridge. Its basically had everything set to max and imho is just too "grrrr aahhhhh grrrrrr" :) All imho of course as I know people do like this style. I also feel that the cow would work better without the hdr processing. He's just a bit too gritty for a cow :)
There are some very pretty HDR shots on this site:
www.hdrjapan.com
It was a bit slow loading some of the pages for me, but worth the wait!
Here's an example: Link (http://www.hdrjapan.com/images/stories/Murasaki%20Mura/murasaki-mura-okinawa-japan.jpg)
HDR Japan does have some nice shots. The guy who inspired me about HDR did this one recently of the crashed ferry in Blackpool (http://www.chromasia.com/iblog/archives/0802062128.php).
The guy who inspired me about HDR did this one recently of the crashed ferry in Blackpool (http://www.chromasia.com/iblog/archives/0802062128.php).
WOW. :shocked:
SidewinderINC
19-03-2008, 18:18
That looks more like a computer game than real life :p
It may sound stupidly obvious but it helps to take a great photo to start with. Well composed with stunning light. Not to toot my own horn but thats why mine work so well. I often shoot at sunset and the photos are well composed. Often people say how impressed they are that I made a set of traffic lights look amazing.
The thing with a lot of your shots, is if you displayed them without the HDR, for the most part people would still be wowed by them.
People are all to keen to try 'HDR' and totally forget about taking a good photo at all, they just snap any old crap, blast it in photomatix and then admire their creation for (imo) all the wrong reasons.
HDR Japan does have some nice shots. The guy who inspired me about HDR did this one recently of the crashed ferry in Blackpool (http://www.chromasia.com/iblog/archives/0802062128.php).
I love David Nightingale. He writes a lot for Digital SLR User, which is nice.
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