Monday, September 29, 2008

High Dynamic Range

Lately I've seen some great HDR creations on flickr that have now led me back to this place... to get into HDR, or not to.

I never got into it because most images I remember seeing had that HDR halo which I am not fond of. I'm not sure if the software has got any better or if there are more (and better) users of various HDR tools, but the HDR posts I see now are much better and more subtle really bringing out more tones than just an overly saturated image.

Technically I love the concept of merging the images for a more dynamic scene, but then again - is it cheating or just using another tool to create my own art?

Of course, all that said and I couldn't resist putting this image through Posterization using Photoshop. I dunno. Do you like it? Is it overly done thus making my a hypocrite? Or is it something I should play with more?

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