Do you thibk HDR images look over processed or fake?

Netaddict

I ask this because we don't see in HDR as our eyes continually adjust the "exposure" of what we are looking at.

As an example, the attached Ifle tower picture is supposidly an HDR picture but it looks to me like it's been photoshopped. If you were to stand at that exact place ( in real life) and look at the tower, your eyes will adjust the exposure of the tower so the sky and the flowers in the background won't look so "detailed". Looking at the grass, you will see the details in the flowers but not the cloud details...

Auieos · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:54 am Post subject:

Moderation is the key.
IMHO a lot of it looks fake. I know many photographers don't like it because its used as the image equivalent of 'pimp my photo'.
The average pleb off the street seems to love HDR unless its way over the top.
Personally I think its best used certain circumstances, for instance taking a photo of a sunset and using it to highlight to foreground so its not just a black outline of the horizon.

Rarity · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:14 pm Post subject:

Matt · VIP

I think it all depends on what you are looking for.

I'm a fan of HDR as long as it's not overcooked. As you say, it can render details that the eye can not see when at the scene - however, it can also offer a better tonal range than just one exposure can capture.

If you get the balance right it can be a very effective type of photography.

Matt

Netaddict · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:32 pm Post subject:

OK, so moderation is the key word here.

While we're on the topic, how and where is CS6 extended can I stack 3 different exposures of the same photo to get an HDR output?

Rarity · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:53 am Post subject:

Image -> Adjustments -> HDR toning

Netaddict · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:28 am Post subject:

Rarity, Image -> Adjustments -> HDR toning only provides sliders but does not allow stacking

Rarity · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:40 am Post subject:

My bad, File -> Automate -> Merge to HDR

Netaddict · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:59 am Post subject:

Tank you Rarity for the path to stacking, and thank you mattyboy777, Auieos and Rarity for your opinions on HDR

glaston1 · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:07 am Post subject:

My 2 cents on HDR is that once you strive to take the photo beyond what the eye can see at the actual time of the exposure, you're overdoing it.
That's why it looks fake at that point. The idea behind HDR is to bring a digital photo up to the amount of stops of exposure that the eye can see. Once you go beyond that, it starts to look fake and overdone.
Originally HDR was used to make a digital photo match the levels of exposure that traditional film is capable of. Then it got brought up to the level of exposure the human eye can see.
Now it's being brought beyond that again.

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