HDR – Other People’s Take on It

Just thought I’d have a short posting, but rather than bore you with my work, here are some links to what other people are doing with HDR.

Hans Kawitzki
Veranda 2
a good example of retaining detail in shadow areas

Jake Easley
Joy Ride
HDR doesn’t have to be in colour

Dave Warren
Empty
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Bartek Kuzia
The Church Benches
Interiors make good subjects

Shane Smart’s Windswept and Heather Hartkamp’s Metallic Sunset showing that exteriors are worth exploring too

A couple of other favourites worth looking at are Mel Brackstone’s Autumn in Otago, Heather Rivet’s Rock and Ice, and last but not least, Peter Marin’s In My Element.

I’ve been reading quite a bit on people’s feeling about HDR, and two things that seem to come up more often than not is, most people think HDR has been done to death. You could argue so has Black and White, but the one that gives me the biggest laugh is “HDR all look the same” I’m sure if you clicked the links above, you’ll see quite a diverse style of HDR being used, they indeed do NOT all look the same.

All links above are from photographers who are currently displaying their work on RedBubble

HDR – Moomba!

Went to check out Melbourne’s Moomba Waterfest last weekend with a few fellow photogs, lots of colour and excitement on both sides of the banks of the Yarra River. After a dismal February weather wise, March has turned it on, with huge crowds turning out. Quite enjoyed the evening / night, as I wasn’t intent on capturing anything in particular, just good to get the camera out and snap away for the sake of it, I even left the 50mm on just so that if I really wanted a shot, I’d have to use the old legs to zoom in and out.

© Chairs Overhead

Nice to see all the smiling, happy faces around and it seemed for once, no one was bothered if they were being snapped by some idiot like me, it’s amazing what winning a stuffed animal will do to people.

© Happy Winners

The Light show in the evening was quite spectacular and for a moment, I was wishing I’d dragged the tripod along. Certainly a worthwhile date to stick in next years diary.

Both shots above were single RAW files, HDR file generated in Photomatix, tone mapped there too. Photoshop used to adjust contrast and curves, and high pass filter used.

HDR – Nothing Added

Just thought I’d post a straight up HDR shot. 3 Shots, 2 stops apart.

Processed in Photomatix and finished in Photoshop.

© Distant Fishermen