First HDR, Old Truck

[sactown024]

55-250mm @ f/4 f/6 f/8

 

[echoyjeff222]

Woah, too much glow! I think there are some tutorials online to get rid of that halo effect.

the sky also looks kind of .. artificial? The truck also looks pasted in photoshop.

Try the HDR processing again but with LESS. It's too obvious at the moment.

 

[sactown024]

haha yeah the glow is pretty bad!

 

[iPhoto17]

i never understood this HDR? is the purpose to make photos look eye poppingly bright and look like things have been cut and pasted into place?

this is one of the better ones ive over the past few months ive been looking at, i like it

 

[sactown024]

i never understood this HDR? is the purpose to make photos look eye poppingly bright and look like things have been cut and pasted into place?

this is one of the better ones ive over the past few months ive been looking at, i like it

i dont understand the idea either to be honest, I always liked to surreal look though.

 

[pixmedic6 5]

I havent seen that much glow since i saw Bruce Leroy in the last dragon...
It is a pretty cool picture though. and a pretty neat old truck.

 

[fiziwig]

I like it, but is it radioactive?

 

[sactown024]

Haha! Yeah I'll try again without so much glow

 

[stingx]

Haha! Yeah I'll try again without so much glow

So much soul glow.

 

[seakritter]

While you giving it another go at it, get rid of the writing on the wind shield, I think that would improve it also.

 

[KmH]

HDR = High Dynamic Range.

Which means a bigger difference between the darker parts and the brighter parts of a scene than you camera can record with a single exposure. - See the Dynamic Range tutorial in this small group of basic digital photography concepts tutorials - Learn Photography Concepts

The dynamic range your camera can record with a single exposure is one of the important specifications you need to know.

The scene you shot did not have a high dynamic range.

To record a HDR scene multiple exposures have to be made. How many exposures, and at what exposure intervals, varies. The camera's Spot metering mode is used to measure the total dynamic range so how many and at what exposure steps can be determined.