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Horribly Delirious Retouching...


...is what I think of HDR. Although, who am I to judge? I myself have learned to post process photographs heavily, to create something like "personal imaginary landscapes". I suppose it is sort of an escapism.
However, I guess High Dynamic Range editing was first and foremost invented to replicate visual perception in photography. Especially in situations like seen in this picture, the eye adapts way better to differences in amount of light than any camera sensor or film does. So, I very well understand the temptation to do something about it.
After my old camera stopped working, I felt tempted to finally buy a camera, which does things I have dreamed of for decades. I remember when I first time saw incredible 360 degree photographs created with some rotating panorama film camera. Unfortunately at that time all of those special cameras were way too expensive for a common amateur photographer.
Now finally thanks to digital photography and incredible software, somewhat everyone (at least in first world) can afford to buy a camera that does good enough panorama straight on camera. And now those affordable cameras also have dynamic range good enough to stretch the range of tones even within a single image. My current camera offers various methods to increase the dynamic range. I can take multiple shots, which then become combined on camera software. But it also gives an possibility to increase the range of tones within any taken picture, even on panorama images.
Here on top you see a picture taken without any "HDR efffect". In the middle, you see image where I used so called "high dynamic mode". And in the bottom is what I did on GIMP editor, to increase the light on dark areas even more.
Not perfect, I admit, but enough for amateur photographer like me. And what comes to HDR images, I think a good HDR is like a good tapestry: You don't notice it. In other words, in a good HDR image you don't notice there's something done to increase the dynamic range.
Finally one advice how to "dig out" tones on any taken digital image:
luminous-landscape.com/contrast-masking
Similar thing was actually done in lab during the film era:
www.freestylephoto.biz/contrast-masking-the-traditional-print
However, as a result of digital contrast masking cited above, you may get rather "flat" looking pictures. This is why I have learned to again increase the contrasts, like often done in HDR retouching. For that I have found this very good Elsamuko's "National Geographic Script" for GIMP:
sites.google.com/site/elsamuko/gimp/ng
However, I guess High Dynamic Range editing was first and foremost invented to replicate visual perception in photography. Especially in situations like seen in this picture, the eye adapts way better to differences in amount of light than any camera sensor or film does. So, I very well understand the temptation to do something about it.
After my old camera stopped working, I felt tempted to finally buy a camera, which does things I have dreamed of for decades. I remember when I first time saw incredible 360 degree photographs created with some rotating panorama film camera. Unfortunately at that time all of those special cameras were way too expensive for a common amateur photographer.
Now finally thanks to digital photography and incredible software, somewhat everyone (at least in first world) can afford to buy a camera that does good enough panorama straight on camera. And now those affordable cameras also have dynamic range good enough to stretch the range of tones even within a single image. My current camera offers various methods to increase the dynamic range. I can take multiple shots, which then become combined on camera software. But it also gives an possibility to increase the range of tones within any taken picture, even on panorama images.
Here on top you see a picture taken without any "HDR efffect". In the middle, you see image where I used so called "high dynamic mode". And in the bottom is what I did on GIMP editor, to increase the light on dark areas even more.
Not perfect, I admit, but enough for amateur photographer like me. And what comes to HDR images, I think a good HDR is like a good tapestry: You don't notice it. In other words, in a good HDR image you don't notice there's something done to increase the dynamic range.
Finally one advice how to "dig out" tones on any taken digital image:
luminous-landscape.com/contrast-masking
Similar thing was actually done in lab during the film era:
www.freestylephoto.biz/contrast-masking-the-traditional-print
However, as a result of digital contrast masking cited above, you may get rather "flat" looking pictures. This is why I have learned to again increase the contrasts, like often done in HDR retouching. For that I have found this very good Elsamuko's "National Geographic Script" for GIMP:
sites.google.com/site/elsamuko/gimp/ng
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The last image after GIMP is really brighter and illustrates the benefits of post processing for some images. Well done!
btw I am gradually learning GIMP offerings, so much in there :-)
try it, in a sunny day ....sometimes you get fantastic results (without halos (
.... I will send one to NON TSC- group, to show you. --- Übersetzt von Google. --- Ich meine: Ihre TZ hat eine besondere "HDR" motiev Programm (SCN) ....
es zu versuchen, in einem sonnigen Tag .... manchmal erhalten Sie fantastische Ergebnisse (ohne Halos )
.... Ich werde einen senden NON TSC-Gruppe, um Ihnen zu zeigen.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Heidiho clubOn TZ60 on iA (intelligent auto) it also sometimes suggest to take a kind of bracketed image, but then it seems to do it with two exposures only (or it sounds like the camera takes two shots).
So, on Lumix cameras there seem to be really many ways to stretch the dynamic range.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to AmazingstokerSami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Shuttering YukonMy own opinion on HDR for what it's worth is that it is just like any other processing technique - it suits some shots better than others and it is used to great effect by some people and not so effectively by others.
So, for me at least there's no good or bad HDR ... I either like the image or I don't! :)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to autofantasia clubHowever, to be honest, and again from my point of view, for this challenge many chose a subject where there really was no "need" for HDR. In other words, not much differences in light. And subject of mine was super extreme. I should have used multiple exposures, RAW images, and proper software. Although, it would have been damn difficult (or impossible to me) to get three or even five identical but differently lit panorama images.
I'm not sure if people really understood this idea of taking panorama images and then dig out the tones on them. Maybe I should have chosen a better subject where the differences in light were not so extreme.
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