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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Chris Calohan on November 18, 2012, 09:02:37 pm

Title: Playing about with a new HDR program from NIK Software
Post by: Chris Calohan on November 18, 2012, 09:02:37 pm

They made a gift of this to me, so I thought I'd give it a try. As a general rule, i don't much care for HDR but the more I play with it, the more I at least can appreciate the difficulty of getting a good range.

I shot this a couple of hours ago with the intent of making an HDR image but had some difficulty getting the three exposures to align just right, so did a "Norma" edit, an HDR and a combo of the two with the overlay at 38%. Still playing and learning.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8345/8197569275_2559859412_o.jpg)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8489/8197569161_771a27f81f_o.jpg)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8198661550_0252447f1f_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Playing about with a new HDR program from NIK Software
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on November 19, 2012, 06:51:23 am

The HDR looks, with respect, vile. I'm not convinced, looking at them on an old MBP, that the combination shot is an improvement over the simple edit.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Playing about with a new HDR program from NIK Software
Post by: Chris Calohan on November 19, 2012, 08:10:35 am

I quite agree....back to the drawing board as to getting a decent HDR mind you, just to say I can....I still think I don't like the effect.

Title: Re: Playing about with a new HDR program from NIK Software
Post by: armand on November 19, 2012, 08:52:34 am

What was wrong with the first exposure? Looks properly exposed to me, I don't see why you would need HDR for this particular shot.

Title: Re: Playing about with a new HDR program from NIK Software
Post by: Chris Calohan on November 19, 2012, 09:27:47 am

Like I said, just playing about with exposure ranges. Can't learn if you don't experiment and get feedback.