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HDR photo for your critiquing/viewing pleasure..

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icantskiiFILM
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took this real quick before a huge storm and put it together on photoshop CS5.

this is my second attempt at making a HDR photo so id love to hear your critique and/or advice. so anyways heres the photo. enjoy!

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http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4689360768_70aa8c940f_b.jpg if it doesnt work
Jun 10 2010 6:11PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I usually dont like HDR but this one looks nice, it seems like you really didnt go crazy on photoshop, I like that. Also the angle is sick, what fisheye did you use for it?
Jun 10 2010 6:41PM
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dylansiggers
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Really nice man. Alot of people over do HDR this looks good
Jun 10 2010 6:49PM
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iamacyborg
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It's an HDR image with blown out highlights...
Jun 10 2010 7:01PM
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icantskiiFILM
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the reason i didnt go crazy on photoshop is cuz i dont know how to do too much to photos haha but ill keep it that way. i do like how this turned out. and its a pro-optics 8mm fisheye. its the same as the samyang and the falcon fisheye. not the best but i like it
Jun 10 2010 7:02PM
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icantskiiFILM
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thanks for telling me it's an HDR and ya I no. I shoulda spent more time on this
Jun 10 2010 9:09PM
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.jr
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irony...


house is black, clouds are fucked. Not way over done, just done wrong.

95% of HDR is still the picnik of real photography, cant make a great shot? Make pretty colors!
Jun 10 2010 10:09PM
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icantskiiFILM
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very true. i dont do much HDR because i do frown upon post. wait what do u mean by make pretty colors?
Jun 10 2010 10:18PM
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.jr
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the colors HDRs can achieve, your shot doesn't have anything of color, just the metalic look of the car.
Jun 10 2010 10:21PM
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icantskiiFILM
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oooh i gotcha yea im gna try some more in the future and ill work on that
Jun 10 2010 10:28PM
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^nate^
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I used to do a lot of HDR stuff and by no means was I really good at it, just thought it looked fuckin sweet.
I'd say just remember what HDR means, "high dynamic range" or bringing everything (shadows, midtones, highlights) into the right exposure. So no blown highlights or blacked out shadows. That should help when you're processing your next images. Nice photo tho, metallic shit always looks sweet.
Jun 10 2010 11:30PM
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canterbury
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cool pic, not true HDR though, since shadows are still super dark
Jun 10 2010 11:34PM
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jibbinc.
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Sick but the white is a bit over exposing
Jun 11 2010 2:19AM
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iamacyborg
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I'm not seeing where the irony is. Maybe you're referring to my avatar pic, which is neither HDR nor has blown out highlights.
Jun 11 2010 6:30AM
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MatRich
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this is sick, Im experimenting with hdr for video, shits getting complicated. Im doing fake hdr but still Im trying to get that effect, well see how it goes
Jun 11 2010 1:36PM
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.jr
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I was saying the irony was an HDR with blown out highlights.

Welcome to the internet.
Jun 11 2010 3:45PM
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iamacyborg
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Ah, gotcha. Thing is, I've seen HDR down well, ie used to increase the dynamic range of a photo, not to make it look like crappy plastic.
Jun 11 2010 5:06PM
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.jr
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leik omg no wai!
Jun 11 2010 6:34PM
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MatRich
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alright so you inspired me to create an equivalant for video and Im pretty sure Im the first one to have done this. it took me about 5 hours so I need to figure out a better workflow but I think the concept has potential. I know it looks wierd on people but Like I said this was just a test, I think it would look sick for a car video or streets... maybee soon Il work on that.



The video looks unconstant because I couldnt decide my look until the end since this is the first time I tried any of this hdr stuff. anyways enjoy and give some feedback
Jun 11 2010 7:10PM
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LC.
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I don't believe you. Evidence please.
Jun 12 2010 6:27AM
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DrZoidberg
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Is your house a castle? Or do you have a missile silo?
Jun 12 2010 7:52AM
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icantskiiFILM
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haha its a silo. but no missles. the top 2 floors on it is a bathroom
Jun 13 2010 3:16PM
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