It Snowed in the Desert Today HDR

vipgraphx · Dec 14, 2011

Couple of pictures of my way up the Mt.

My Wifes car

car in mountain by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

The road up

azsnow2 by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

Once I am done processing a few others I will post them.

Edit: Added more photos

snow6 by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

snow4 by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

dead tree by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

azsnow by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

These two were on the way up the Mt.

on the way by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

snow5 by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

Majeed Badizadegan · Dec 14, 2011

I like the second one.
I would like it better without the vignette.

Bynx · Dec 14, 2011

How about trying to make an image look natural with regard to colors. The lines on the highway are always yellow not reddish orange. And the sky never looks like that. How did you manage to keep your truck that clean after driving through that slush?

thierry · Dec 14, 2011

Wow, the second one is excellent. I really like how it pops.

paul85224 · Dec 14, 2011

Where exactly in the desert?

vipgraphx · Dec 14, 2011

paul85224 said:
Where exactly in the desert?

Tucson AZ (Mt. Lemon)

unpopular · Dec 14, 2011

It snows in the deserts around here every winter

I like the second one, for me the car kind of ruins things, in both cases the HDR effect is strong, but works well.

vipgraphx · Dec 14, 2011

Bynx said:
How about trying to make an image look natural with regard to colors. The lines on the highway are always yellow not reddish orange. And the sky never looks like that. How did you manage to keep your truck that clean after driving through that slush?

How about lets not and say we did....I like the way the image looks. Thats the fun with HDR sky's the limit and yes the colors in the sky on of the exposures did look like that.

Here are the three images. Look at the colors in the sky as well as the yellow line. Now think about the merging process and whats going to happen. Yes I could have pulled the saturation down but I really did not even increase it, in fact I tried to tone it down some because there was a lot more haloing in that image. In the underexposed image you can see the yellow line does not look so yellow on the bottom part of the screen.

Never I have I went to the extreme on actually showing my before images to prove a point. Now I don't know if you are coming of sarcastic or not but perception is everything and well you seem a little ......... I will leave it at that.

You don't like its cool no big deal.. CC is always good so I will take what you have said and apply it in the next set. There are many different outcomes to HDR imagery and personally I like the over saturated colors, the dreamy feel..I am not to crazy about it looks so real it can't be HDR look. I mean its nice and I have done that in which cast I probably could have taken one exposure and tweaked it in photo shop and got the same look. The reason I like HDR is because once you cook the image it takes on a different look if you take it beyond the default settings. Different strokes for different folks right.

Here are the images no processing straight from camera
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Sorry Deleted photos not ok to edit my photos unless you ask nicely or I ask you for help.

Bynx · Dec 15, 2011

Your underexposed shot is completely unnecessary because it doesnt offer much information in the highlight areas but just plugs up everything else causing the reddish hue to the yellows. HDR processing is supposed to improve the shots. The processing looks like you are a beginner. But if you are happy with that, how can anyone argue with it?

vipgraphx · Dec 15, 2011

I have been a graphic artist since 1999 and into photography for about 10 years, thats probably what brings out the heavy processing because I am use to doing so much in adobe PS and Ai.
I never said I was a pro at HDR but I am learning fast and I know where I want to go with it. I do take CC and try to better myself thus why I am posting so many pictures. I normally do portraits where I am completely comfterable confident hence why I do not
post to much in those sections. With HDR I still have room to grow and once I found the exact techniques I need and feel 100% confident in my work, my posting images will most likely go down and Only post those killer shots but, same thing my style/method may still not be something that you or others may like but, I will and so will others who like that same style.

Your image you posted is not bad rather its pretty decent but, not the look that I am headed towards so not to be rude but that does not show me anymore experience. I have viewed through your flickr and you have some cool stuff that I really like and you have stuff that is just hideous. I am not a big fan of those interior toranto hotel/ whatever home it is. Those are very noisy images that could use some noise reduction software and the colors or so fake way to much red talk about keeping it natural yeah OK...but hey that is your style and many I am sure like it. Then you have some really nice shots of industrial places that I say hats off to you excellent work and more of the stuff that I like great stuff!!

I think with the knowledge I have from graphic design, how fast I am learning and the drive that I have to succeed I should hit my goal soon enough. One thing holding be back is really there is not much going on here in Tucson where I live. I mean like so what the Mountains but there not green foresety fantasy land settings.. Our industrial part of town is very small and no underground areas. I have to really hunt around because I think we will both agree on this. HDR is not for every photo and will bring out the best in the right photos.

With that said here is another attempt at a more realistic looking picture (I did this before you posted yours so I thought I would post it anyways)

snow road by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

Thanks you have pushed me to grow!:hug::

Bynx · Dec 15, 2011

Our background is similar (I was a graphic artist since 1967) and also our photo equipment is relatively the same. My lenses are Sigma instead of Nikon. We even have the same tripod except my head is the SBH100. Your last image is pretty good and if that is what you posted first time around nothing would have been said. It was the only image I had a problem with. By the way the interior Spadina house pics were shot with a cheap point and shoot. My D7000 was getting the oil removed from the sensor by Nikon. It didnt make it back in time for the shoot.

Majeed Badizadegan · Dec 15, 2011

vipgraphx said:
I have been a graphic artist since 1999 and into photography for about 10 years, thats probably what brings out the heavy processing because I am use to doing so much in adobe PS and Ai.
I never said I was a pro at HDR but I am learning fast and I know where I want to go with it. I do take CC and try to better myself thus why I am posting so many pictures. I normally do portraits where I am completely comfterable confident hence why I do not
post to much in those sections. With HDR I still have room to grow and once I found the exact techniques I need and feel 100% confident in my work, my posting images will most likely go down and Only post those killer shots but, same thing my style/method may still not be something that you or others may like but, I will and so will others who like that same style.

Your image you posted is not bad rather its pretty decent but, not the look that I am headed towards so not to be rude but that does not show me anymore experience. I have viewed through your flickr and you have some cool stuff that I really like and you have stuff that is just hideous. I am not a big fan of those interior toranto hotel/ whatever home it is. Those are very noisy images that could use some noise reduction software and the colors or so fake way to much red talk about keeping it natural yeah OK...but hey that is your style and many I am sure like it. Then you have some really nice shots of industrial places that I say hats off to you excellent work and more of the stuff that I like great stuff!!

I think with the knowledge I have from graphic design, how fast I am learning and the drive that I have to succeed I should hit my goal soon enough. One thing holding be back is really there is not much going on here in Tucson where I live. I mean like so what the Mountains but there not green foresety fantasy land settings.. Our industrial part of town is very small and no underground areas. I have to really hunt around because I think we will both agree on this. HDR is not for every photo and will bring out the best in the right photos.

With that said here is another attempt at a more realistic looking picture (I did this before you posted yours so I thought I would post it anyways)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vipgraphx/6514880729/
snow road by VIPGraphX, on Flickr

Thanks you have pushed me to grow!:hug::

Vip, it kind of sounds like your babbling. Bynx took your poorly processed original shot and made something very nice of it. You should be thanking him for his edit and advice, especially since you admit you are new to HDR. Instead you are spewing your credentials that are irrelevant to the topic at hand, and worse in parsed English with a passive-aggressive tone. Not only that, you're getting incredibly defensive and saying things like "I'm learning fast" and basically saying advice from others is pointless because you're already too good and too smart. And you will reach your "goals" and achieve the "look" you want and thats that.

You know what it sounds like to me! That you can't accept critique because your ego is too big.

Worst of all after 3 paragraphs of drivel and excuses you top it off by saying "Thanks you have pushed me to grow!:hug:"...?!!!!

Huh? This statement seems to contradict the totality of your entire post up to this point.

unpopular · Dec 15, 2011

vipgraphx said:
I have been a graphic artist since 1999 and into photography for about 10 years, thats probably what brings out the heavy processing because I am use to doing so much in adobe PS and Ai.

you must be one of those graphic artists :meh: