My first HDR picture!

[LinkTheWorld]

Have fun guys

 

[FanBoy]

My first impression is the oversaturated sunrise but the foreground is evenly exposed. I like how when the sun is just below the horizon and illuminates the cloud layers bringing out their hues.

 

[Bynx]

It is oversaturated. The foreground greens are very bright, almost glowing. Reduce the saturation and the sky should fall in line.

 

[LinkTheWorld]

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[Bynx]

Its much better than the original. A good HDR doesnt yell out IM HDR, NOW GET YOUR SUNGLASSES. A good HDR should just look like a really good photo. Now we arent talking about composition or subject matter. While your pic is a pretty good HDR image it just isnt a very interesting image. (To me). When you look in the viewfinder and just before you press the shutter button, take another look and think about whether that pic is one you would hang on the wall. If its not, think about why and change it. There should be some reason for every photo.

 

[Steve5D]

There should be some reason for every photo.

But the value of, or the reason for, a photograph doesn't lie in whether or not someone would hang it on their wall, does it?

 

[LinkTheWorld]

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[Bynx]

There should be some reason for every photo.

But the value of, or the reason for, a photograph doesn't lie in whether or not someone would hang it on their wall, does it?

Not at all. But if you take a final look at it and it could be considered good enough that it could be hung on the wall then it makes more sense to take the pic. If it doesnt look very good, then how it could be made better should be considered before you click the shutter. If the pic doesnt look good enough to hang then why take it? And by looks I mean also from an interest point of view. Just clicking away with out thinking and posting them here hoping someone will say something nice about it doesnt make much sense to me. If you think before you shoot Im sure the quality of your work will improve dramatically.

 

[LinkTheWorld]

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[Steve5D]

There should be some reason for every photo.

But the value of, or the reason for, a photograph doesn't lie in whether or not someone would hang it on their wall, does it?

Not at all. But if you take a final look at it and it could be considered good enough that it could be hung on the wall then it makes more sense to take the pic. If it doesnt look very good, then how it could be made better should be considered before you click the shutter. If the pic doesnt look good enough to hang then why take it? And by looks I mean also from an interest point of view. Just clicking away with out thinking and posting them here hoping someone will say something nice about it doesnt make much sense to me. If you think before you shoot Im sure the quality of your work will improve dramatically.

I'm not concerned, at all, with the quality of my work. More importantly, my clients are quite happy with it.

I just thought yours was an interesting comment; that there should be a "reason" for every photo, and you often refer to that; very often, in fact, by asking if a photo is worthy to be hung on a wall...

 

[Bynx]

To SteveD I really dont want to have a discussion with you about what Ive said or what I think. Its interesting that you arent concerned about the quality of your work. So far thats been obvious.

To Link the World, why so uptight when given some C&C? If you are just going to test software you could spend 10 seconds and give some thought to what you are shooting and your composition. That goes for every shot you take. Of course if you continue to take your pics without thinking, as you admit to, then every once in a while you will get it right. Just not this time.

 

[LinkTheWorld]

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[Steve5D]

To SteveD I really dont want to have a discussion with you about what Ive said or what I think. Its interesting that you arent concerned about the quality of your work. So far thats been obvious.

My main form of photography has nothing to do with HDR, Bynx. In all probability, you've not seen what my works is comprised of. I mess around with it but, to be entirely honest, it's little more than a goof for me. I know more than a few true professionals (think National Geographic level guys) who have very little good to say about it. It's like selective coloring. It can easily be overdone and, often, is.

By and large, and with only a few exceptions, the professional community laughs at people who take HDR so seriously...

 

[Bynx]

I think you miss my point. Its just that if you are going to go through the effort to get the camera gear out then its not so much what it is you are taking but how it looks to you. Someone who cares can make a pile of pig poop look like something nice, while someone who doesnt care cant make a shot of the eiffel tower look good. I guess that old adage about garbage in garbage out applies here. Some effort on how you are pointing your camera goes a long way -- even if you are just testing software.

When you said....To me it doesnt even really look like an HDR picture toned down. What does it look like to you? I cant tell if you liked it better or not.

 

[Steve5D]

I dont care about c&c, but your whole "there should be a reason for every photo" comment and how we need to "think" before we need to picture just makes you sound like ....well something I cant say on this message board.

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