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Offline Queen Chelie

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Not so over-cooked HDR
« on: February 20, 2012, 08:33:24 PM »
Until I joined the forum, I had no idea that there was such as thing as "over-cooked" images.  I did a bunch of edits from the fair and after looking at them again I was like AHHH!!!!

So this is me, trying to pull off a nice effect without over-doing it.  Whatcha think?

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Re: Not so over-cooked HDR
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2012, 09:29:59 PM »
Overall, just a little oversaturated (my opinion), but very nice.

However....honestly - everyone overcooks when they start HDR.  It's so much fun (especially at first), and many times too tempting to make thing a little hyper-realistic.

That being said, rarely will a photo come straight out of Photomatix or HDR Efex (or any other piece of HDR software) looking great.  You really need to be able to do some cleaning up in photoshop or photoshop elements later.

I did a small tutorial here that might help....

http://www.t2iforum.com/general-discussion/hdr-processing-video/msg24431/#msg24431
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Re: Not so over-cooked HDR
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2012, 09:56:08 PM »
Quote from: bgray on February 20, 2012, 09:29:59 PM
Overall, just a little oversaturated (my opinion), but very nice.

However....honestly - everyone overcooks when they start HDR.  It's so much fun (especially at first), and many times too tempting to make thing a little hyper-realistic.

That being said, rarely will a photo come straight out of Photomatix or HDR Efex (or any other piece of HDR software) looking great.  You really need to be able to do some cleaning up in photoshop or photoshop elements later.

I did a small tutorial here that might help....

http://www.t2iforum.com/general-discussion/hdr-processing-video/msg24431/#msg24431


Thanks!  I will definitely give it a look.  :D
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Re: Not so over-cooked HDR
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2012, 11:39:39 AM »
Nice hdr effect on this one - personally, the vivid colours help make the image stand out for us and suits the subject - a fairground should be a place of colour and excitement. As bgray said though,  the Hdr effect does require a bit of work in Photoshop or elements to make it more subtle and more natural. But this is a great image. Keep up the good work!

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Re: Not so over-cooked HDR
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2012, 11:53:25 AM »
I am not a great fan of overcooked HDR and in my opinion these are not overcooked at all. The vibrant colours are great and I agree with pixelrev that this is one scene that deserves a bit of extra saturation in the colours.

Very nice photo.  :)
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Re: Not so over-cooked HDR
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2012, 12:04:01 PM »
Thank you!
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