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 11/13/2006 04:47:37 AM · #26
Originally posted by SJCarter:


My first real attempt at this... I bought Photomatix today - HA!


So did I. I looked around at a few other bits of software, but this seemed to be the smoothest operating. Nothing free that worked nearly as well that I could find.
 11/13/2006 04:48:40 AM · #27
Oh, and as far as a score goes: tumbling as usual.
 11/13/2006 04:50:42 AM · #28
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My first attempt with HDR so I'm quite pleased.
11/13/2006 06:36:22 AM · #29
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lots of great shots in this challenge.
 11/13/2006 06:39:57 AM · #30
One of the not so great shots.
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11/13/2006 06:46:54 AM · #31
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 11/13/2006 06:49:02 AM · #32
Yippee Skippee!!

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 11/13/2006 07:01:56 AM · #33
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The first commenter found my editing goof!

Message edited by author 2006-11-13 07:22:10.
 11/13/2006 07:09:17 AM · #34
Originally posted by AJAger:
Originally posted by SJCarter:


My first real attempt at this... I bought Photomatix today - HA!


So did I. I looked around at a few other bits of software, but this seemed to be the smoothest operating.


I wonder if DPC ought to get some sort of kick-back for this software? ;-)
 11/13/2006 08:15:37 AM · #35
not sure you really need photomatix to get the HDR effect.

i basically just used adjustment layers & masking on a flat image.


11/13/2006 09:38:44 AM · #36
i think im getting beat up for post processing, isn't that what HDR is about ;)

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 11/13/2006 10:02:28 AM · #37
I should have titled mine: "Try this without HDR, and then try and tell me DNMC"... lol

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11/13/2006 01:17:25 PM · #38
The time was way to short to think up anything decent or to put a lot of time in postprocessing. IMO this should not have been a 24hr challenge. I've been familiar with increasing the dynamic range for three years now though Fred Miranda's dynamic range increase and the manual method described at luminous landscapes. The best result IMO is when you don't even notice it was used. Yeah sure it can be used artistically, but just like selective desat it only looks cool in a few situations/scenes.

So I did not enter, but I just finished voting and was rather disappointed to tell you the truth. But I blame lack of time mostly, uninteresting scenes, sloppy processing, unreal colors, halo's, you name it.
Gave one 8, one 7, 22 sixes, 27 fives, 31 fours and two 3's....

So, when you think a troll has just been voting, that was me. Here is the explanation for all of them.
 11/13/2006 01:31:00 PM · #39
Originally posted by Azrifel:
The time was way to short to think up anything decent or to put a lot of time in postprocessing. IMO this should not have been a 24hr challenge. I've been familiar with increasing the dynamic range for three years now though Fred Miranda's dynamic range increase and the manual method described at luminous landscapes. The best result IMO is when you don't even notice it was used. Yeah sure it can be used artistically, but just like selective desat it only looks cool in a few situations/scenes.

So I did not enter, but I just finished voting and was rather disappointed to tell you the truth. But I blame lack of time mostly, uninteresting scenes, sloppy processing, unreal colors, halo's, you name it.
Gave one 8, one 7, 22 sixes, 27 fives, 31 fours and two 3's....

So, when you think a troll has just been voting, that was me. Here is the explanation for all of them.


Hope mine was that 8 :-)
 11/13/2006 01:44:41 PM · #40
Some entries look like they don't have HDR, actually quite a few, anybody else feel that way? Maybe entering for the sake of entering or not understanding HDR (not saying your entry has to look like a cartoon or glow everywhere)?
 11/13/2006 01:55:35 PM · #41
Originally posted by Noel_ZH:
(not saying your entry has to look like a cartoon or glow everywhere)?


Then what are you saying?
 11/13/2006 02:02:44 PM · #42
Originally posted by Azrifel:
The time was way to short to think up anything decent or to put a lot of time in postprocessing. IMO this should not have been a 24hr challenge. I've been familiar with increasing the dynamic range for three years now though Fred Miranda's dynamic range increase and the manual method described at luminous landscapes. The best result IMO is when you don't even notice it was used. Yeah sure it can be used artistically, but just like selective desat it only looks cool in a few situations/scenes.

So I did not enter, but I just finished voting and was rather disappointed to tell you the truth. But I blame lack of time mostly, uninteresting scenes, sloppy processing, unreal colors, halo's, you name it.
Gave one 8, one 7, 22 sixes, 27 fives, 31 fours and two 3's....

So, when you think a troll has just been voting, that was me. Here is the explanation for all of them.


Agreed, I found a couple of good shots, but the majority were uninteresting, poorly done or both.

I don't think 24hrs was enough time for this challenge, especially for someone who has little or no experience with this technique. Ultimately the blame lies with the photographers who submitted anyway.
 11/13/2006 02:03:46 PM · #43
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by Azrifel:
The time was way to short to think up anything decent or to put a lot of time in postprocessing. IMO this should not have been a 24hr challenge. I've been familiar with increasing the dynamic range for three years now though Fred Miranda's dynamic range increase and the manual method described at luminous landscapes. The best result IMO is when you don't even notice it was used. Yeah sure it can be used artistically, but just like selective desat it only looks cool in a few situations/scenes.

So I did not enter, but I just finished voting and was rather disappointed to tell you the truth. But I blame lack of time mostly, uninteresting scenes, sloppy processing, unreal colors, halo's, you name it.
Gave one 8, one 7, 22 sixes, 27 fives, 31 fours and two 3's....

So, when you think a troll has just been voting, that was me. Here is the explanation for all of them.


Agreed, I found a couple of good shots, but the majority were uninteresting, poorly done or both.

I don't think 24hrs was enough time for this challenge, especially for someone who has little or no experience with this technique. Ultimately the blame lies with the photographers who submitted anyway.


And how did you come to that conclusion?
 11/13/2006 02:15:12 PM · #44
Quoted for truth from the other challenge:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Got hit with a 1-bomb this morning...
11/13/2006 02:15:50 PM · #45
Originally posted by Noel_ZH:
Some entries look like they don't have HDR, actually quite a few, anybody else feel that way? Maybe entering for the sake of entering or not understanding HDR (not saying your entry has to look like a cartoon or glow everywhere)?

- HDR? Yes/No?
 11/13/2006 02:17:59 PM · #46
Originally posted by Noel_ZH:
Some entries look like they don't have HDR, actually quite a few, anybody else feel that way? Maybe entering for the sake of entering or not understanding HDR (not saying your entry has to look like a cartoon or glow everywhere)?


Be careful of confusing the sometimes over-the-top LSD style tone-mapped HDR with the only HDR in existance. The effect can be more subtle.

In other words, I think it's nice to give the benefit of the doubt to photogs who have, after all, entered a "HDR" challenge.
 11/13/2006 02:18:39 PM · #47
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by Noel_ZH:
Some entries look like they don't have HDR, actually quite a few, anybody else feel that way? Maybe entering for the sake of entering or not understanding HDR (not saying your entry has to look like a cartoon or glow everywhere)?

- HDR? Yes/No?


I would say definitely yes. And nicely balanced as well.
 11/13/2006 02:24:12 PM · #48
Originally posted by mist:
Originally posted by Noel_ZH:
Some entries look like they don't have HDR, actually quite a few, anybody else feel that way? Maybe entering for the sake of entering or not understanding HDR (not saying your entry has to look like a cartoon or glow everywhere)?


Be careful of confusing the sometimes over-the-top LSD style tone-mapped HDR with the only HDR in existance. The effect can be more subtle.

In other words, I think it's nice to give the benefit of the doubt to photogs who have, after all, entered a "HDR" challenge.


Yeah, this is driving me crazy. "True" HDR is not a "special effect", it's not another form of grunge or draganizing, it's a way to compress extreme tonal ranges into the more limited gamut of the screen or print. By that standard, if you can tell it's been tone mapped then the photographer has gone too far.

R.
 11/13/2006 02:32:46 PM · #49
Originally posted by glad2badad:
- HDR? Yes/No?


Without seeing the original(s), it's hard to know. In fact, simply looking at the image (since it is not the "cartoonish type"), I would have a hard time guessing that this was an HDR image. And to be honest, that's the best kind for me.

The thing is, HDR simply means that you've managed to bring in details either in the highlights or the shadows (or both) that would not be capture-able within a single image. So was the sky originally blown out? Was the grass originally too dark? Hard to say. Only you know for sure. But you've brought them both together very nicely here.


11/13/2006 02:35:55 PM · #50
I'm talking about images that look blander then regular free study entries. Never said I was looking for images that use HDR as a "special effect", but I do believe you're able to tell if an image has had HDR applied (given that it has enough diverse objects to make such a distinction, i.e. landscape).
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