Re: French Creek hdr -- how much?

[Don Roberts <droberts@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed that some HDR photos are overcooked and look odd.  But the aim of HDR, to me, is to incorporate both ends of a spectrum into a coherent whole.  This photo looks like there were never extremes to accommodate to begin with.  Maybe I am wrong and the shadow/highlight areas needed HDR treatment but it doesn't look that way.  HDR should, for me, provide a little extra "pop" and this doesn't do it.  Moderation is a virtue in many instances but this could use a little more extreme treatment to me.  Just my opinion, I could be wrong.  To quote Dennis Miller.
Don

On 5/25/10 5:02 PM, YGelmanPhoto wrote:

My feeling is that HDR usually gets carried too far and looks fakey.  Bob's HDR tweak stayed away from fakey and is a good improvement.  Period.  

  -yoram

On May 25, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Lea Murphy wrote:

You're getting there but it still doesn't have the contrast that I think of when I think of hdr images.

That's just me and what do I know?

Lea

On May 25, 2010, at 11:41 AM, Bob wrote:

Lea and Mark,

http://www.flikr.com/photos/kneepayne 

Any more comments are appreciated.