First HDR Portrait

TCMony · Sep 10, 2008

I know that the processing is very extreme but that is the style I was trying to make. I have learned that you really have to make sure the model holds absolutely still. You can tell she moved a little too much. Feel free to critique on this of what you would do different or change. Thanks for looking.

Getson · Sep 11, 2008

Why did you do HDR? I think it would have looked far better and more natural had you just used two exposures (even processing them from the same frame) and blended them together to get a good exposure for the sky and another for the model.

Not a fan of the colour cast the HDR has put over the whole image. The glow around the model totally ruins the rest for me. The sky looks nice though.

Sorry to sound so harsh. The HDR just doesn't work for me in this case.

TCMony · Sep 11, 2008

Getson said: ↑

Why did you do HDR? I think it would have looked far better and more natural had you just used two exposures (even processing them from the same frame) and blended them together to get a good exposure for the sky and another for the model.

Not a fan of the colour cast the HDR has put over the whole image. The glow around the model totally ruins the rest for me. The sky looks nice though.

Sorry to sound so harsh. The HDR just doesn't work for me in this case.
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That is quite alright. I know that this is not for everyone. I just like the difference of the image. I have many exposures and I will merge two shots together and then blend them manually. Thank you for the suggestions.

drdrew · Sep 11, 2008

i can understand the desire for the HDR look and toning. and i don't think that is the problem. if you had wanted natural looking you would not have done this, so given that we are not after a natural looking photo, we move on to critique of it for what it is. i think the composition is generally okay, maybe if you moved a step to the right so that the tower in the background had it's own space rather than intersecting with the model. but the main main main problem with this image is the haloing around the model especially. you could try to burn it even, but this is not an easy task. maybe reduse the overall effect to recuce the halo as well as attempting to gently burn the halo.

BarkisPhoto · Sep 11, 2008

TCMony said: ↑

I know that the processing is very extreme but that is the style I was trying to make.
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Well, I like it. Kind of ... erie!

Best Regards,

zerocool · Sep 11, 2008

interesting PP ... however i agree with others, it would of looked better as a double exposure rather HDR... HDR kind of takes away from it .... or atleast in this case..

mattsteg · Sep 11, 2008

I don't like the treatment at all, but also am curious how necessary using "HDR" techniques was in the first place. Was the scene really that contrasty? (It's obviously tough to tell how bright the sky etc. was things now stand) If not, could you have gotten "better" results by just faking things and developing a RAW with multiple settings to feed to your program?

TCMony · Sep 11, 2008

drdrew said: ↑

i can understand the desire for the HDR look and toning. and i don't think that is the problem. if you had wanted natural looking you would not have done this, so given that we are not after a natural looking photo, we move on to critique of it for what it is. i think the composition is generally okay, maybe if you moved a step to the right so that the tower in the background had it's own space rather than intersecting with the model. but the main main main problem with this image is the haloing around the model especially. you could try to burn it even, but this is not an easy task. maybe reduse the overall effect to recuce the halo as well as attempting to gently burn the halo.
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Thank you for the critique it is very helpful. I tried to tell her to stay absolutely still. The halo is from her movement, I did not think about burning to reduce the hightlight. I am still working on positioning and pose, I have a long way to go until I am confortable with my instructin skills.

interesting PP ... however i agree with others, it would of looked better as a double exposure rather HDR... HDR kind of takes away from it .... or atleast in this case..
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When I have time I am going to put two images together so that we can compare the two and I am sure that it will look great. I am just messing around with different looks. Thank you for the comment.

I don't like the treatment at all, but also am curious how necessary using "HDR" techniques was in the first place. Was the scene really that contrasty? (It's obviously tough to tell how bright the sky etc. was things now stand) If not, could you have gotten "better" results by just faking things and developing a RAW with multiple settings to feed to your program?
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This picture was a very high contrast area. The only way I could have achieved a great picture would have to use CLS with a few lights. This image would have been even better if I would have used an external flash at all but I was just playing around to see what it would look like. Thank you for the comment.

Well, I like it. Kind of ... erie!
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I was trying to get an extreme artisit look, and this is very extreme. Thanks for the comment.

evokel · Sep 11, 2008

love it !
did you do it through cs3 or photomatix?

drdrew · Sep 11, 2008

the halo is not from her movement. it's from the HDR.

Getson · Sep 11, 2008

drdrew said: ↑

the halo is not from her movement. it's from the HDR.
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You are correct.

If she moved, she would be blurry, even with HDR.

TCMony · Sep 11, 2008

evokel said: ↑

love it !
did you do it through cs3 or photomatix?
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I used Photomatix in CS2

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