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Is HDR and abomination as it exists today?
RichA writes:
Honestly, I think it is. Most of it we see is GARBAGE. Pretty, hyper- colourful pictures that one person pointed out are probably done mostly by people who live under cloudy skies and yearn for vibrancy. A handful of pictures might look ok, otherwise, it looks 99% of the time like crap. Garish, is the right word. Until software comes around that can render a natural-looking HDR'd image with minimal fuss, HDR will look like a clown show. Huh? "HDR" is not an abomination, it's a technical tool, which allows the photographer to record more information so that he has more flexibility in post-processing. There certainly exists software which is perfectly capable of doing nice-looking natural tonemapping (and you don't need to use _any_ clever algorithms, you can tonemap using global brightness/contrast adjustments and hard clipping if you want -- just like your camera would have done without HDR...). The real problem is a social one: People somehow have decided that they like these freakish renderings, and intentionally seek them out. It's a fad. It'll die out, just give it time. But HDR the tool is here to stay. -Miles -- Saa, shall we dance? (from a dance-class advertisement) |
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Is HDR and abomination as it exists today?
John Navas writes:
But HDR the tool is here to stay. Not necessarily -- HDR is a tool to overcome range limitations of current sensors, and because less useful as sensors improve. I don't mean "HDR" as in "take N pics and combine them", I mean "HDR" as in "high-dynamic range", in the original sense (remember, HDR as a concept predates its use in photography). As sensors become better, HDR results will be done with a single snap, instead of the current clumsy multi-snap methods commonly used today. Of course, as HDR formats become the norm, the term "HDR" will probably fall by the wayside -- no need to have a special term to refer to the normal state -- but the formats will continue. -Miles -- Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. |
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Is HDR and abomination as it exists today?
John Navas wrote:
Not necessarily -- HDR is a tool to overcome range limitations of current sensors, and because less useful as sensors improve. Not really. Most HDR software is used to re-map tone. So areas in shadow aren't lightened, they're "re-lit" in the image bringing out images that ring false - but may be pleasing to some, me too if not overdone. Put another way, no matter how much sensors improve, they will never change lighting value at different parts in the scene as many HDR efforts are shown to do. |
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