thenikonguy
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its not that we are telling you to stop trying HDR, its that we're telling you you didn't do a good job on it.. so keep trying.. HDR (or tonemapping) is not as simple as putting the photos into photomatix and clicking generate, you need to play with the settings a lot to get it perfect.. the best HDR shot I ever did, took me about 3 hours to perfect.
also the more photos you have (same photo, different exposure) the easier it is to get a good looking tone mapped image, because the more exposures, the more highlights photomatix has to work with.
again, i repeat, no one is telling you to stop trying HDR, we're just telling to you pick your battles.. find a good subject, shoot many different exposures + and -, and then take the time to work on it in Photomatix, don't just take the image they generate, and then play with the sliders in photomatix to make it better.
also the more photos you have (same photo, different exposure) the easier it is to get a good looking tone mapped image, because the more exposures, the more highlights photomatix has to work with.
again, i repeat, no one is telling you to stop trying HDR, we're just telling to you pick your battles.. find a good subject, shoot many different exposures + and -, and then take the time to work on it in Photomatix, don't just take the image they generate, and then play with the sliders in photomatix to make it better.