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 09/11/2009 06:14:03 PM · #1
Would you say these 2 shots are HDR or not?
They were actually both processed from a single RAW file in Lightzone and no actual HDR tonemapping was done. Just played around with the sliders in relight and added a polaroid filter and this is the result. I think it has a kind of HDR look to it but it would be interesting for me to know if HDR is the first thing that comes to your mind when you view this. This with the HDR challenge in mind.
Your feedback is appreciated.



09/11/2009 06:44:03 PM · #2
Quite normal to use a single raw file and process it like an hdr photo. It's all about getting details in borth highlights and shadows on the same photo, and that you did. Si I would say yes! Not to mention that you're pictures looks like a soft hdr photo as well.
 09/11/2009 06:58:28 PM · #3
If you tossed such a shot in the HDR challenge, I would think they were HDR, but not heavily tonemapped. If I saw them outside the challenge, It probably would not occur to me.
 09/11/2009 07:11:09 PM · #4
appears to be a lot of noise.

look at the clouds. hiding it in a webres image isn't really the point of HDR.

just my 2c.


09/11/2009 07:20:12 PM · #5
Originally posted by soup:
appears to be a lot of noise.

look at the clouds. hiding it in a webres image isn't really the point of HDR.

just my 2c.


Sorry...but what is a "webres" image? Not trying to hide anything by the way. These are just 2 quickly processed images to establish whether the processing makes them look like HDR. I didn't work on the noise as that had nothing to do with what I wanted to know.
 09/11/2009 07:37:10 PM · #6
Ok, how about this one:
09/11/2009 07:47:19 PM · #7
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Ok, how about this one:

I personally would not have thought that it had any HDR treatment in any way really. It looks very natural albeit with nice detail all over. So what are the technicals behind your shot Steve?

Message edited by author 2009-09-11 20:08:35.
 09/11/2009 07:52:15 PM · #8
How about this second version?


Message edited by author 2009-09-11 19:52:33.
 09/11/2009 07:57:50 PM · #9
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
How about this second version?

Aiiiigggghhh! My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

I dig that crazy new avatar, Spaceman Spiff.
 09/11/2009 08:00:59 PM · #10
Originally posted by david_c:
Aiiiigggghhh! My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

Hey, I didn't say it was good!

Thanks, more spaceman-like, don't you think?
 09/11/2009 08:04:15 PM · #11
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Thanks, more spaceman-like, don't you think?

Not only that, but the lighting is very well done...sublime! Makes me wanna redo my avatard, too.

Message edited by author 2009-09-11 20:04:28.
 09/11/2009 08:07:17 PM · #12
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
How about this second version?

Yeah that one looks like it was cooked a little. I prefer the first one which is more natural looking.
 09/11/2009 08:10:56 PM · #13
The first version actually is an HDR, merged from 3 seaparate JPEG exposures in Photmatix basic. The second one is the medium exposure from the same shot with Topaz adjust thrown at it (Quite sloppily, too). The point I wanted to make is that it is hard to tell just by looking at it. For many of us anyway. Perhaps someone with a more discerning eye could tell a true multiple exposure HDR .

That's the second comment I got on the lighting with my avatar. Would you believe it was simply the flash bounced off a white ceiling in the kitchen? The background is an overexposed shot of a lunar eclipse from last year.

Message edited by author 2009-09-11 20:12:22.
 09/11/2009 08:18:32 PM · #14
To me, if you can tell HDR processing was applied then it was taken too far, just like any other kind of processing.

Having said that though, here at dpc entries will probably have to hit the viewers over the head with HDR or it could be judged as DNMC.

When experimenting with processing you could try taking it to the limits and then pull back until you like the effect.

Message edited by author 2009-09-11 20:19:39.
 09/11/2009 08:19:56 PM · #15
These are HDR...

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