Fun with HDR

[JMaher]

HDR+ - Is it still the photograph or Something Else?

A 3 step process to the final image. Does it still represent the original scene or has the HDR process and the addition of the sky from another day changed it into something else?

OM-D, 25 1.4


HDR 3 steps to the Final Image by jmmtampa, on Flickr

Jim

 

[les]

HDR+ - Is it still the photograph or Something Else?

A 3 step process to the final image. Does it still represent the original scene or has the HDR process and the addition of the sky from another day changed it into something else?

Jim

There are many views about HDR but fwiw seems to me that if the result is a close approximation of what the photographer 'saw' on the day, then fine.
In this case while I don't know the location and obviously wasn't there, number three looks 'believable' and gets my vote.

 

[sangio]

Hi Jim,

Your HDR images from Italy that you've been posting are excellent, and very realistic, without any of the surreal colors that most seem to be afflicted with.

For your Venice image, that added cloudy sky doesn't quite fit with the reflection in the canal, so I prefer the second image. I'll sometimes add a slight color gradient to a white sky, but I've not had much luck with adding clouds.

Are you using Photomatix or something else?

Regards
Santo

 

[JMaher]

That for the positive feedback.

I am using Photomatrix. In the third example I actually copied a sky from another shot in Italy (on another day) as I didn't like the white sky.

From my perspective #3 was the closest to what I remember the scene looking like. However we all know about memory and age (grin).

Jim

 

[ErikTande]

GH2 with a panasonic 7-14, 5 stops if I remember correctly.

 

[JMaher]

A house near Portofino, Italy.

Om-D 12-50


Portofino - house on the Point by jmmtampa, on Flickr

Jim

 

[Tesselator]

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JPeg compression even at 11 messed up the sky a little.

Fall Night Bridge

Yashica ML 24mm, F/2.8, ISO 1250, GH2, 4-Shot HDR Merge via PS CC ACR Tonemapped,
Shiratori Teien (White-bird Gardens)



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