A few Overdone HDRs

jdsfighter · Jul 13, 2012

I was toying with HDRs, I overcooked a few, but one or two I did very little with.

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Also here's a HDR Time lapse made at the same location

vipgraphx · Jul 13, 2012

best part of this set is the video great job!!!!

slackercruster · Jul 13, 2012

Just call em freaked out or extreme, but not overdone.

jdsfighter · Jul 13, 2012

vipgraphx said:
best part of this set is the video great job!!!!

Thanks! The video actually got featured on national news the day after I posted it. Quite a surprise for my 2nd ever timelapse.

1hdr4u · Jul 14, 2012

Great shots. I'm surprised nobody's written a reply to you telling you how much they dislike the "overdone" method you used. I've been told that but I like the overdone look every once in awhile. Great work.

Bynx · Jul 14, 2012

Ok I'll do it. I dont consider your first 3 images HDR. They may have started up that way but then didnt end up that way. Just examples of poorly done processing.

Rozechik · Jul 14, 2012

The pictures look a bit dark to me but the video is cool. Good job

vipgraphx · Jul 14, 2012

Bynx said:
Ok I'll do it. I dont consider your first 3 images HDR. They may have started up that way but then didnt end up that way. Just examples of poorly done processing.

Yeah I would not consider these overdone but, more poorly done.

Video is still cool though

jdsfighter · Jul 14, 2012

I guess my choice of HDR processing comes from the photographer I've been shooting with. His processing is fairly similar.

Bynx · Jul 14, 2012

Would you mind sharing what your processing procedure is? It will help to understand where you are going wrong. And if your photographer buddy is doing the same thing, he should pay attention too.

jdsfighter · Jul 14, 2012

Generally, I import into lightroom, correct in abnormalities with white balance. I then correct for any excess noise. Following this, I then do a lens correction. Once this is synchronized across all photos, I import into Nik HDR efex, and generally toy with the sliders until I find something that is similar to my original imagined outcome.

Bynx · Jul 14, 2012

I think what you are doing is all backward to start with. You should just take your images and process them as HDR in whatever software. Doing this they will all line up correctly if you did a good job shooting them steady. After you have your HDR then do any alterations to that file. Then any shape shifting is only to one file instead of multiple trying to keep them registered.

that1guy · Jul 15, 2012

mistake number 1... using HDR efex (photomatix is what you should be using)
mistake number 2... extreme noise reduction (did u slide luminance to 100?)
mistake number 3... halos

you and you're buddy should start off with "trey ratcliff" tutorial he has a really good solid way to start post processing... i used it and it drove me crazy for weeks upon weeks wondering why my images wouldn't look like his but the more you practice the more ill get better at it and your images will start looking better

the first three images the couds are way over done... looks like its about to rain fire

don't take this as insults just pointing out mistakes that can easily be fixed, I'm not trying to insult your work in anyway