[lotuseclat79]

40 Beautiful HDR Pictures You Would be Amazed.

Whoa - what incredible color composition!

Note: HDR refers to High Dynamic Range Imaging in Photography.

-- Tom

[telecom69]

Thanks for posting and sharing them lotusclat7, they really are amazing photos never seen anything quite like that before,they stand out so much more than ordinary photos ...

[Stoner]

I've seen this complaint several times and I think this group of HDR photos seems to exemplify the point.....there is just too much exaggeration of saturation added to those photos. They seem to embrace the concept of surrealism to such an extreme that the original point of gamma correction is over ridden by shocking and distracting the eye.

Yes, they are interesting, some very much so.....but, imo......more as art than photography.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi Jack,

Photography is an art.

-- Tom

[Stoner]

So are a lot of endeavors......the point being those other endeavors intrude on the art of photography too much in the images you provided, imo.
Most photography is enhanced to some degree, even in the days of developing with chemicals.
But much HDR is starting to swing to distortion than neither a camera can produce on it's own or the eye can naturally perceive.
As I understood the early purposes of HDR.....it was to approximate the experience of perception of the eye and uncover the darkness and contrast that a camera lens induces, but the brain resolves.
Mostly what I saw in those photos was the distortion of color on top of gamma adjustment to contrasted elements.
I'm not knocking HDR......I've seen some fantastic shots from inside a Cathedral on a sunny day with light streaming in, and HDR capturing the experience of being there instead of being exposed to the limitations of a len's perception.

So.....distortion is essentially an art form, too
And that's my comment on some HDR.
I have seen some incredible HDR with out having to jack up contrast and saturation .
That was interesting art, but as photography....meh.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi Jack,

If you could practice the art of concision with your comments - now, that would be art!

-- Tom

[Stoner]

Originally Posted by lotuseclat79

Hi Jack,

If you could practice the art of concision with your comments - now, that would be art!

-- Tom

Sincerely.......your personal comments at my expense don't add to the rationale of your posting those exaggerated images in this forum as 'photography' with a title suggesting they are 'beautiful'.
To be concise....they are no more than what they look like.

[Guyzer]

Originally Posted by Stoner

Sincerely.......your personal comments at my expense don't add to the rationale of your posting those exaggerated images in this forum as 'photography' with a title suggesting they are 'beautiful'.
To be concise....they are no more than what they look like.

Both your posts sum up my opinion as well Stoner.

Matter of fact while we are on the subject of photography I wonder what this site has to offer when it allows numerous people the freedom of grabbing pics off the net and plastering them on these pages. Any fool can do that. All they have to do is Google and it's there for the taking. Wanna impress me, get your own camera out and post what you take.

[poochee]

Originally Posted by lotuseclat79

40 Beautiful HDR Pictures You Would be Amazed.

Whoa - what incredible color composition!

Note: HDR refers to High Dynamic Range Imaging in Photography.

-- Tom

Interesting. I just looked at a couple. Being on dial-up prohibits me, too slow. But the price is right.

[Littlefield]

Originally Posted by Stoner

Sincerely.......your personal comments at my expense don't add to the rationale of your posting those exaggerated images in this forum as 'photography' with a title suggesting they are 'beautiful'.
To be concise....they are no more than what they look like.

They really look way too extreme on my HP LP2475W calibrated wide gamut monitor in IE8 and way over the top and not real pretty and even in Firefox with mode 1 all color mang they look fake plastic as hell
Some photographers can make good realistic photos using HDR but these ain't my cup of tea.