I was lucky enough to see an exhibition of prints by the man himself quite recently. What struck me was just how much darkroom manipulation he must have been up to. I'm not therefore sure how much of what you see is the result of the format, and how much arises as the result of his obvious dodge/burn/develop skills.
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HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography - post your HDR
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I was lucky enough to see an exhibition of prints by the man himself quite recently. What struck me was just how much darkroom manipulation he must have been up to. I'm not therefore sure how much of what you see is the result of the format, and how much arises as the result of his obvious dodge/burn/develop skills.
Ansel Adams had small teams working on each negative. He oversaw the teams and sent them off to make changes he wanted. Ultimately, he decided which prints were ready for mass production and show.
Actually, if you view his work chronologically, you'll see an interesting trend of more contrast as time goes on. Rumor has it that his eyesight was starting to go at this point, so that he'd want/need more "pop" and dynamic range to get the same effect for him.
Well there we go. I have yet to read much about the man, all I know is that they were 'mental' in a good way, mostly.
I have one, too. That is my third HDR shot.
Wow this is epic! Would you mind handing out a wallpaper sized version?
And now for something completely different...
This is an experimental 'HDR'. Shot on Fuji Velvia film, and scanned in three times on my Nikon Coolscan at different exposures. Combined in Photomatix in the usual way, with EV's of -3, 0, 2.
BTW, the bird is called a 'Kea'. It's the world's only alpine parrot and can be found in the South Island of New Zealand.
This is an experimental 'HDR'. Shot on Fuji Velvia film, and scanned in three times on my Nikon Coolscan at different exposures. Combined in Photomatix in the usual way, with EV's of -3, 0, 2.
BTW, the bird is called a 'Kea'. It's the world's only alpine parrot and can be found in the South Island of New Zealand.
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I have one, too. That is my third HDR shot.
This shot looks great but its a little unbalanced for me (sky vs landscape). I think if you cropped the top a little bit to get rid of that dark cloud (its pulling my eye) then I think it would be even better. Great colors!
Nice photo and great result. This is the first I have heard of this technique and your thinking "out of the box" certainly can make you a better artist.
yes it's from the inner harbor in baltimore...i took that shot when i was there for new years...
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Its both. He was a master of exposure, using the zone system, and a master at printing. You cant make a print like Adams unless you have a rich negative and the skills with which to print it. I was fortunate to do a workshop with his assistant, John Sexton, and its unbelievable all of the tricks that these guys have in the darkroom. John Sexton is imo the single best printer alive today and if your interested in darkroom work then you should sign up for one of his workshops. Its worth 10 times the price you pay.
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If you lighten the horse up, that would be a really nice picture. As is he is just too dark and your eye simply goes to the bright spots in the sky. Thats the problem I see with most of the HDR shots I see today. The picture becomes more a statement about the technique itself than it does about the subject matter in the picture. The images should still be about the subject matter first and technique second. Most of the HDR work I have seen, the technique actually distracts you from the subject and this is a perfect example of that.
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean... I really didn't mean to have it end up like that but I couldn't get a balance between the sky looking good and the horse looking goof too! In the end I just settled for this... Still, I'm working on it and my technique is getting better and better!
Ok so ive been reading on how to do these so I figured I would give it a shot. Here is my first attemp. I dont have a camera so I used my girlfriends d40 even though I didnt really know what I was doing haha.
I think it turned out ok. I just dont know if I like how the blinds turned out. Any ideas on how to fix that?
I think it turned out ok. I just dont know if I like how the blinds turned out. Any ideas on how to fix that?
ok, let's look away from that blurriness and look at the hdr part:
take your last one f.ex.: soooo much blown detail and some parts are pure black.
the whole point of hdr is to prevent such things from happening.