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sharjeet — Sun, 05 May 2013 14:12:17 -0000

no friend its really great to use it. HDR photography i like the most.

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Johnny Peacock — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:28:01 -0000

I'd like to hear about what you think of my HDR images at www.traverseearth.com. I believe strongly in HDR and work to produce natural looking images through HDR techniques.

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Drkeeling — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:33:28 -0000

I think it is simply a matter of taste and, as noted, is subject to over-use like any other technique. I've been an "old school" photographer for decades and, when I started "playing" with HDR, I was amazed at what it could do. So I pushed it, experimenting away, and I know for certain that, in the process, I also abused it as well. But, it was fun - and, to me, that's what photography should be. It's not about making realistic images as much as it is about making images that people like and appreciate - and buy!

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Caboose221 — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:32:00 -0000

HDR is a great way of taking photos, when done right. You can get absolutely beautiful photos and some gorgeous abstract ones. But it is flooded with idiots with a camera who think they can take HDR photos.

I completely agree with @Skogen on this.

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Michael Russell — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:09:15 -0000

A Photographer on G+ recently posted a landscape photo that had utilized HDR but not at all in the garish way that I think is usually associated with it. His photo looked great and if he hadn't said he had used some sort of HDR technique I wouldn't have guessed. I wish I could find it again in my stream or I would cite it here. Anyway, I think there should be a distinction between the HDR technology and "HDR style". I think often what photographers who "hate" HDR are railing against is the style of overly tone mapped, completely unrealistic looking, over saturated images. That is the result of the actions of the photographer doing the post processing, not the technology itself though right? Personally I don't know how to do HDR but I would be open to trying it to gain realistic results someday. Until then I will stick with my GND filters.

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Anders Hviid — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:06:56 -0000

Well said Jim!

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Emmasdream — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:59:23 -0000

Thanks for sharing that Flickr "HDR Landscapes" link. There are some truly inspiring images on there!

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Skogen — Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:05 -0000

I can understand why you hate HDR. It is hard to find pictures that even remotely look good. That is because joe shmoe is going out into his backyard, snapping a picture, editing it (quickly) in photoshop and then posting on the internet as an HDR photo. I think that if actual photographers take the time and artistic skill to make an HDR photo they can be beautiful! Photography is art and come in many different forms.

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Harleyguy2 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:55:08 -0000

yup

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Harleyguy2 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:51:32 -0000

thats what they are supposed to look like....BOZO

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Harleyguy2 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:45:22 -0000

SORRY MY FRIEND>>>>BUT YOU HAVE NO ART APPRECEATION AT ALL

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guest — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:18:17 -0000

"I as a photographer" having just heard about HDR, and in a half hour you are a pro.
You're a soccer mom with an slr on full auto.
F stop making a fool of yourself.
HAH pun.

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John Telthorst — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:42:25 -0000

Like nearly anything else, you have to develop proficiency with a technique. If you slap something together, it will look like garbage, but if you spend time working on this technique, you can produce realistic photos that are better than Standard Dynamic Range photos.

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John Telthorst — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:56:12 -0000

High Dynamic Range photography certainly has to be done well. Some HDR photos are just as you describe, but if you look at what Trey Ratcliff has done, it's amazing and print-worthy.

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Dgh — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:10:25 -0000

let me just say i just right now found out about hdr.
i came across it as one of the programs in my opera browser feeds. then read about it on wikipedia. then googled some hdr images.

on first impression im not impressed by hdr. i dont know much about photography and i’ve come across hdr images before and they just looked fake but couldnt say why. now i know the word for it–hdr.
the first hdr picture was of a friend of mine and it looked fake. it looked like a painting more than a photograph.

i clicked most of the hdr links here and imo they just dont look real. i play computer video games and these hdr images look like images being developed for video games.
one thing that doesnt make games realistic is the images dont look “real”. they look like they were “drawn”. some of these pictures would look more real if they were just left natural. the high end games that look almost realistic look like they have “less hdr”.

pictures with hdr look cartoonish… or cgi-ish. yes they have more detail but just dont look realistic.
hdr images look like paintings. a painting will always be a painting and never be a photograph. thats what an hdr image looks like. a highly detailed painting.

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MrMr — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:59:36 -0000

Disagree

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Rjsam13 — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:11:55 -0000

Thank you Corky!! I am also "old school".....pyro, amidol, 4X5, etc.....Digital is "new" to me...it's a blast! ( it's also soooooooo much easier!!! Give me PhotoShop and a beer over HOURS in the darkroom ANY DAY!!!! ) Have fun with it. After all, digital is not really "real", anyway......but it's ALL photography!

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Corky Willis — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:57:23 -0000

I have been a professional photographer shooting film for over 35 years and I love HDR. It gives me an outlet to explore the full artistic range of photography not just the often mundane way people see things everyday and has opened up a whole new world for me. I think you have a very narrow minded view of HDR. What if Van Gogh painted his paintings in a realistic style?

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roteague — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:45:16 -0000

Excellent article!! I found the article through a Twitter posting, by someone citing it as an example of why "Old School" photographers don't understand HDR. I don't care to understand something which produces such horrible results.

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Tbaker — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:29:52 -0000

Funny thing about that is, Kinkade sold a lot more paintings than most photographers sale pictures. Even if You don't like it, there is a market. Who says they are wrong?

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Tom Baker — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:26:46 -0000

Well, I guess those are valid points. But you're saying a hammer is a bad tool because a guy can't drive a nail straight. You picked on the Flickr Photomatix group but honestly pick any Flickry group and 1/2of the photos are bad (mine included). Isn't it more accurate to say you don't like the trend towards cartoonish overly tone-mapped images in the same way you wouldn't like someone who jacks up the saturation, contrast and sharpening in CS5? Would you blame Photoshop for being a poor processing program because someone can make a mess out the photo?

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jimgoldstein — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:41:59 -0000

Thanks for the link ldebruijn. This is a good write up.
It's always good to see photos using HDR for more natural reproductions of scenes. Some work better than others.

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ldebruijn — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:00:38 -0000

Check this Luminous Landscape article out.
http://luminous-landscape.c...

He shows some great examples of HDR used right.

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ldebruijn — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:56:17 -0000

Well put. Like any tool it can be a blessing and a curse. It just depends on who's implementing it. I'm quite sick of people shoveling their images through photomatix and claiming it's art when it comes out looking funky.

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Ashmodai — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:50:32 -0000

I totally agree.
I don't like HDR at all...Looks like plastic.