[Leica] IMG: HDR?

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Tina,


I tend to use HDR where I can't capture all of the information I want in one 
exposure. Was that the case with your image?

Here are the only 3 of my images that I think were worth printing after 
using HDR:
This one was taken pretty high up and from the shade of trees; way to much 
of an exposure range to capture with a single exposure:
http://raflexions.com/Tahoe13th/content/Tahoe_Tahoe_HDR_438H0905_20080813And2more_20080814_large.html

This one was taken early morning where the sky was beginning to be lit from 
behind me, but the foreground pond and trees were still very much in the 
shadows:
http://raflexions.com/Maui2/content/L1002986_7_8_tonemapped_large.html

Finally, this was deep in the redwoods with the trees in the distance in 
full sun (you can see the guy (red hat, blue jeans) walking to the tree and 
behind the tree from the 2 separate frames):
http://raflexions.com/Maui2/content/L1002986_7_8_tonemapped_large.html

The last one was on 6x6; last time I'll do that as it took forever to align 
the scans.

At any rate, I prefer to use this technique to try to achieve a realistic 
image from a scene that my camera can't entirely record.
Others are using it for more "artistic" reasons which I don't aspire too.
Different strokes for different folks :-)

Keep having fun!
Bob

 Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.raflexions.com




________________________________
From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 7:09:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG:  HDR?

Ted Grant wrote:
> My reaction to the HDR image was, it was some kind of painting rather than 
> a
> photograph. 
>  
> ted
Thanks, Ted.  Yes, I have always been a frustrated artist ;-)
The HDR stuff is all the rage for stock right now so I'm playing with it.  
It won't ever take the place of real photography, but maybe I can sell a few 
if I get the software figured out.

Tina



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