RHP Photography: Unexpected Combinations

Originally posted by Ragnorak
Ummm, in case you missed it, I posted a shot of shoed feet and a hand covered breast.

Oops, that's right! I completely forgot about that shot over all those wedding pictures. That certainly was an unexpected combination.

Good to see you back Wheely!

What do you guys think of hdr (High dynamic range) images? I find much examples horrible (like this one: http://www.chromasia.com/iblog/archives/0806111949.php). Many of the pictures that use hdr overdo it in my opinion. But I think it's an interesting technique when used moderatly. This is my attempt to make an hdr image that still seems somewhat natural: http://www.justanotherphotoblog.be/index.php?showimage=211
Any thoughts?

David

Originally posted by DdV
Good to see you back Wheely!

What do you guys think of hdr (High dynamic range) images? I find much examples horrible (like this one: http://www.chromasia.com/iblog/archives/0806111949.php). Many of the pictures that use hdr overdo it in my opinion. But I think it's an interesting technique when used moderatly. This is my attempt to make an hdr image that sti ...[text shortened]... t natural: http://www.justanotherphotoblog.be/index.php?showimage=211
Any thoughts?

David

That hdr is perfect as it looks totally natural. Well done. I've tried a couple and didn't have great results, namely because of the presence of moving objects in my shots (leaves, trees, deer, monasteries).

I've seen some examples of hdr which looked terrible in colour but excellent in b&w.

I would have referred to this shot as exposure blending, but I was speaking to an enthusiast at the weekend and he reckons this is hdr...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2653935168_71cbf91c3d_o.jpg

My work process was to prepare the file ignoring the sky, and then using Camera Raw, I underexposed by 2 stops and then pasted the underexposed image onto a layer which I then used a layer mask on, to only show the sky.

D

Originally posted by Ragnorak
That hdr is perfect as it looks totally natural. Well done. I've tried a couple and didn't have great results, namely because of the presence of moving objects in my shots (leaves, trees, deer, monasteries).

Thanks. What software do you use? Photomatix has a feature to eliminate the ghosting effect of moving objects. I don't know whether it's powerful enough to deal with moving monasteries though 🙂

I've seen some examples of hdr which looked terrible in colour but excellent in b&w.

I would have referred to this shot as exposure blending, but I was speaking to an enthusiast at the weekend and he reckons this is hdr...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2653935168_71cbf91c3d_o.jpg

My work process was to prepare the file ignoring the sky, and then using Camera Raw, I underexposed by 2 stops and then pasted the underexposed image onto a layer which I then used a layer mask on, to only show the sky.

D

I wouldn't call this hdr either, exposure blending seems a more appropriate term. I guess it's subjective how you define both terms, but I associate hdr with more complicated exposure mixing. What you did seems much closer to simply burning in the sky. I think a similar effect could be quite easily produced in a traditional darkroom (still a reference point for me) by burning and split grade printing. There's no way to manually reproduce the HDR I posted, either in a digital or a traditional darkroom.

David

Originally posted by Wheely
Has to be a good Brandy of course.

Hello Nordles, how are you 🙂 🙂

Apologies for the disappearing trick. Wasn´t intentional you know.

Well, I did actually write a fair bit of software for the RHP Photo comp but am not really in a position to do much with it for the time being. Hopefully I can get back on track on that one in the not too distant fu ...[text shortened]... rds. Guess I´ll just have to go and get one now.

Hope all is well with you though Nordles 🙂

I don't think there is such a thing (good Brandy).

I never thought your disappearing trick was intentional. Which, of course, made me all the more worried. I hope everything is okay with you now.

I am leaving for Germany and the UK in two days, so I probably won't be around much for the next three weeks. But I hope I'll be able to take some nice pictures. 🙂

Originally posted by Nordlys
I don't think there is such a thing (good Brandy).

I never thought your disappearing trick was intentional. Which, of course, made me all the more worried. I hope everything is okay with you now.

I am leaving for Germany and the UK in two days, so I probably won't be around much for the next three weeks. But I hope I'll be able to take some nice pictures. 🙂

I hope you have a great trip. I understand the weather in the UK is a bit hit and miss at the moment but that shouldn´t stop you being able to take some nice combination shots 🙂

Look forward to being able to see some of the results!

Regards

Originally posted by Wheely
I hope you have a great trip. I understand the weather in the UK is a bit hit and miss at the moment but that shouldn´t stop you being able to take some nice combination shots 🙂

Would sun in the UK count as an unexpected combination?

At the moment I am still in Germany. I have taken many pictures of my nieces, but I haven't found any unexpected combinations yet.

Canon have released images of a new SLR camera-phone.

I can't wait.
http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/cameraphone.jpg

D

Originally posted by Ragnorak
Canon have released images of a new SLR camera-phone.

I can't wait.
http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/cameraphone.jpg

D

That's an unexpected combination! Wouldn't it be a bit heavy as a phone?