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Situated on the far west coast of Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia. Its benign climate (the warmest winters in Canada) and placid lifestyle make it a favorite retirement location as well as a popular tourist destination. About 400,000 people live in Victoria and adjacent communities.
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9 comments:
I like the top one the best, but both are fantastic!
Michaela
The HDR looks fake (read: unnatural)to me, especially when enlarged. I much prefer the second, "normal" image. Is HDR the new latest best thing?
Thanks again for your well-articulated thoughts over at GDP. Cheers!
Michaela, thanks for your kind comments - I agree about liking the top one best.
Hmmm. I confess, I'm with Snapper. I could tell instantly, even at thumbnail on the portal, that the first one was "processed". I understand the interest in seeing the cloud detail, but you end up with a gray halo effect on everything else that doesn't improve on the original, in my view.
Elaine and Snapper, thanks for your comments - my feelings too when I first saw some HDR. But I think it has great potential. As for being the latest/best new thing - the basic idea has been around for a long time under the formula (for BW photography) "overexpose and underdevelop" to bring out details in the shadows. What's lacking here is my ability to fine-tune the result so as to minimize the side-effects.
Here's a link to some interesting HDR info and examples.
I did the "overexpose underdevelop" thing for 20 years with 35mm Tri-X so I can wrap my brain around that conceptually. And I looked at the link you posted. I have to admit: That kind of techtalk makes my head hurt. The sunset photos they used as examples, well one was badly underexposed and one was badly overexposed and HDR was used to make a usable image from the two and it looked great. But the thing is, just about anyone could've gotten a good exposure of that scene with a little experimental bracketing, even with a point and shoot, no HDR necessary. Or am I missing the big picture (pun intended)?
Snapper, my feeling is that HDR can be a useful tool for certain difficult lighting situations. Also that it can be used to produce some interesting (albeit unnatural) effects. I don't expect it to revolutionize photography. However, working with it has made me look a little more closely at what a photograph is and what I expect from a photo, in a similar way to your experiments with color. Now infra-red photography looks interesting too...hmmm...heh heh
You should check out St Louis DP - he's been experimenting with HDR, both color and b&w.
I think it looks like one of those postcards from the 40s - colors seem exaggerated, but somehow flat.
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