why does grass appear too green on hdr's

[handsomejackuk]

as topic suggests.. it seems as though all the grass on my pics appears too green.. why is this ??

 

[cgipson1]

Because many HDR's have the Saturation cranked WAY too high.... this is one of the reasons many HDR's look more like cartoons than photos...

 

[runnah]

Because many HDR's have the Saturation cranked WAY too high.... this is one of the reasons many HDR's look more like cartoons than photos...

Exactly.

The only use I had for HDR is to boost contrast. Most programs have an option for contrast only boosting.

 

[jaomul]

Twice as many green photosites on sensors than red or blue so they are more prominent when multiplied on hdr i believe

 

[RobN185]

I always find it is the yellow that gets over-cranked in HDR.
If you desatuarte or darken the yellow channel, the grass becomes much more realistic.

...it don't stop it looking like a cartoon though...

 

[vipgraphx]

Cartoons can often times look better than Birds, spiders and cats :lmao:

 

[rexbobcat]

It has some to do with saturation and some to do with how the HDR combines the data and renders it.

Photomatix has a tendency to make grass and natural greens look "neon", while a processor like HDR Expose has its own color engine that helps to keep the initial HDR looking more natural. If you look at a scene done in Photomatix vs. the real thing, the colors are always going to be slightly different - greens are more green, browns are more red. It's not a bad thing. It's just the nature of some software.

HDR Workflow for the rest of us

 

[handsomejackuk]

ahh rite thanks that clears it up loads... i will try hdr workflow...