To some HDR is cheating, to others it just another technique. I'm yet to find a good use for the technique. Most of the shots I've taken haven't been perfect in that they have been generated from a single RAW file hence are noisy.
I really haven't anything to say at this time except that this was another one along the path on my walk from Woolwich, looks like that day alone I got so many good shots.
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Post processing: Application of the HDR technique, adjustment curves for contrast and Slight colour desaturation
Update: Bola has asked me show the original for to this shot. So you can see ithere
comments (31)
bola
21 Mar 2006, 00:24
It's a lie! I'm the first to leave a line? I'm so honoured!
Just wondering, Thank God for HDR. Is it possible to see the preprocessed pictures? At least then we'd be able to do a before and after thing. I never know and still dont grab the amount of work that goes into these things even with the post processing info you leave after each post.
Lovely though looks like the real thing.
Jide Alakija: Hey. Thanks. Okay I'll leave one. See the update in the caption.
I don't know HDR is, but it looks very cool. I don't know if captive is the right way to describe it, but I would imagine that some car owners fell their car is being held captive by Red Ken's traffic system in London?
Jide, I Know i owe you a picture of a cake...coming very soon
Jide Alakija: Tsk tsk....For someone who lives so far away you know too much about what's goingon in the minutest of parts of the world Jeppe! I've very impressed.
i've yet to work out RAW let alone HDR but the differnce it's made to these photos is simply amazing. i'm on the "technique" side of the argument, i might not want to do it myself but i certainly don't see it as a cheat.
Jide Alakija: Once I figured out RAW, HDR came walking by. I'm over doing here a bit to stress a point but I'll be using it for better looking shots. Can't wait for the summer.
bola
21 Mar 2006, 13:16
quite a huge contrast from the original. The original looks pretty bland if you ask me. I prefer the vibrancy of the rusty colour. Seems more realistic. Well done
I've read that HDR works best when you combine two or more images of the same scene that are exposed differently for different areas of the image, in particular high contrast images, to create a more evenly (or properly) exposed image.
This result is very pleasing, however it was achieved.
And to any who think certain kinds of manipulation is cheating, well cheating suggests deceit for one's own gain at someone else's expense. Who loses when an image is improved? No one, I think. Who gains? Every viewer who appreciates the result. There is no cheating here.
Jide Alakija: Yes are you right and I'll be demonstrating you point in tomorrow image. I have some areas there were exposed properly. I can't be bothered to correct it but I still think it's a fine image.
Thanks for the expansion on the "cheating issue"
digitalmike
21 Mar 2006, 16:42
I like your use of DOF in this one. Looks a little fuzzy on the right hand side, but I like it alot.
I'm not a true believer of HDR images yet. I've seen some really impressive ones and some that don't really work for me. That said, I really like the composition. Regards, Brent
femi
22 Mar 2006, 16:21
i like it. makes you see that u can see beauty even in things that can be described as past their best eg ur grandma wrinkles if u look closer
TruStar
25 Mar 2006, 04:12
Redemption Song, That's all I ever had, was songs of freedom. I feel you truly have captured the right moment. The way that it is rusted, it's brightness, it's tale that it so courageously shouts with pride, of what was once and now (physically) is no more.
Just wondering, Thank God for HDR. Is it possible to see the preprocessed pictures? At least then we'd be able to do a before and after thing. I never know and still dont grab the amount of work that goes into these things even with the post processing info you leave after each post.
Lovely though looks like the real thing.