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Phil, Non-Squid - 23 Jan 2007 20:36 GMT

What's everyone's thoughts about HDR?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

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G.T. - 24 Jan 2007 01:39 GMT

> What's everyone's thoughts about HDR?
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

Most of the samples I've seen so far look kind of freaky to me. The samples
in that article look better.

Greg

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Phil, Non-Squid - 24 Jan 2007 04:59 GMT

>> What's everyone's thoughts about HDR?
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> Greg

Agreed. If used properly like the bridge photo in my link, it looks like it
can do a world of wonders. I'm going to try out PS CS2's capabilities with
HDR and see what I come up with.

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Dave Devine - 24 Jan 2007 06:55 GMT

> > What's everyone's thoughts about HDR?
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The German news magazin "Der Spiegel" has run a couple of articles on
HDR with some nice images. Some pictures are available here:

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,18687,00.html

They tout a program called Photomatix for processing the images.

For those who can read German, the latest article is here:

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,460727,00.html

and contains links to additional articles and photos.

Dave

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AustinMN - 24 Jan 2007 14:33 GMT

> > Most of the samples I've seen so far look kind of freaky to me. The samples
> > in that article look better.
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> http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,18687,00.html

I think many of those pictures prove Greg's point. HDR techniques have
to be applied carefully in order to not look strange. While those
images illustrate what HDR can do, I think a side-by-side comparison of
more subtly applied HDR would be more effective.

Austin

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eawckyegcy@yahoo.com - 24 Jan 2007 13:36 GMT

> Most of the samples I've seen so far look kind of freaky to me. The samples
> in that article look better.

The bridge photo suffers badly from the halo artifact: it looks like
the bridge is "glowing". Better DR compression techniques exist; see:

http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danix/hdr/hdrc.pdf

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TriStar - 24 Jan 2007 15:37 GMT

I have done a few of these my self.
http://public.fotki.com/TriStar/hdr/

Some look good others not so much. Also keep in mind I made these using
a 5mp point and shoot cammera and have not done any using my new Cannon
XTi. I think once i get some time to do some using the RAW mode they
should look much better.

On Jan 23, 2:36 pm, "Phil, Non-Squid" <spamphil_...@hotmail.com>
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> What's everyone's thoughts about HDR?
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging
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C J Campbell - 24 Jan 2007 20:23 GMT

> What's everyone's thoughts about HDR?
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

I have never been able to get it to look right.

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Petri Lopia - 28 Jan 2007 07:18 GMT

> What's everyone's thoughts about HDR?
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

I have tried to do some HDR images but for some reason they always
look so unreal. Probably I do somethin wrong with settings cos I have
seen some really good looking ones too. But mostly peoples use that
effect too much on their HDR photos IMHO.

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