There is an HDR setting on my camera which I have never used before. I have used the HDR conversion within photoshop - I often try it and then revert straight back to the original , but occasionally it offers something which really enhances the shot.
So with the one week only challenge for today being HDR, I switched my camera to the mode and set off to work looking for a suitable subject. This is the one which seemed to come out the best. I have cropped it a little, but other than that it is as the camera chose to portray the scene.
Beautiful tree! I don't have HDR on my camera, but I used bracketing (under, normal and over exposed) and in LR there is an option to merge them. It works best with a scene where the are very bright and very dark parts.
I admire your efforts and it is a beautiful result. I feel a sense of deep sadness when I look at it, so the scene has tapped into something as yet unidentified.
My the river is high, I'm seeing standing water and high rivers around here but can't think that we've had excessive rain (or snow). I'm pinching Bab's word about HDR looking "overcooked" and agree this looks perfect
I love the picture. It has beautiful colors. I'm curious what it looked like without HDR! I tried a number of photos both with and without on my cell phone (which has HDR, unlike my camera), and sometimes there was very little difference!
I'm looking at the river and thinking it won't be long before that bench is not suitable for sitting! It's interesting to me how your camera chose to portray this as HDR because to me it doesn't look that much different than a traditional processing. Just like the others I'm not a huge fan of HDR as it often looks over done. But this rendition is very nice.
this is a lovely scene and the HDR effect has worked well. I agree that it sometimes looks overcooked and unnatural but this works well. I think I am going to have to try and do it in Lightroom and not just flicking a button on the camera :)
@overalvandaan thank you. I'm understanding a little more about what HDR does through this process. @onewing I agree - it can do disastrous things to a photo @suzanne234 thank you Suzanne. I think our overflowing rivers are no surprise - we seem to have had no end of rain following the snow. @francoise ill never know what it looks like without HDR as all the process was in camera. I tried to take the same shot again today - just to see, but conditions were different so I abandoned attempt,. Thanks for your comment. @pdulis thank you very much @olivetreeann I read somewhere today that the in-camera HDR function tends to give a less extreme result than the computer software generated one. The bench, by the way, is already out of action unless you have wader boots. @helenm2016 yes have a go - the results I found to be surprisingly good for this type of picture. Not for my reflections though since there is too much movement in the water. @flowerfairyann thank you Ann. Yes, buckets more rain to add to it today! @jyokota thankyou Junko. I think my camera is taking three photos - I can hear the distinct clicks as when I use the autobracket setting. It seems better at processing them to a satisfactory result than photoshop, but, I loose control over all the other settings. @taffy thank you very much. I don't like an overprocessed look - but I guess that is subjective. @fbailey I agree it would be interesting, but I do not have access to the single exposures - the camera just gives me the finished result. @carolmw thank you Carol. The water level is indeed very high - I got water in my boots on Monday when underestimating it. @quietpurplehaze thank you so much Hazel.
Oh, my goodness...a whole other world here...looks as if I'll have to do some research on HDR to see what the effect is/should be. Whatever, this is lovely in its clarity.
@onewing I agree - it can do disastrous things to a photo
@suzanne234 thank you Suzanne. I think our overflowing rivers are no surprise - we seem to have had no end of rain following the snow.
@francoise ill never know what it looks like without HDR as all the process was in camera. I tried to take the same shot again today - just to see, but conditions were different so I abandoned attempt,. Thanks for your comment.
@pdulis thank you very much
@olivetreeann I read somewhere today that the in-camera HDR function tends to give a less extreme result than the computer software generated one. The bench, by the way, is already out of action unless you have wader boots.
@helenm2016 yes have a go - the results I found to be surprisingly good for this type of picture. Not for my reflections though since there is too much movement in the water.
@flowerfairyann thank you Ann. Yes, buckets more rain to add to it today!
@jyokota thankyou Junko. I think my camera is taking three photos - I can hear the distinct clicks as when I use the autobracket setting. It seems better at processing them to a satisfactory result than photoshop, but, I loose control over all the other settings.
@taffy thank you very much. I don't like an overprocessed look - but I guess that is subjective.
@fbailey I agree it would be interesting, but I do not have access to the single exposures - the camera just gives me the finished result.
@carolmw thank you Carol. The water level is indeed very high - I got water in my boots on Monday when underestimating it.
@quietpurplehaze thank you so much Hazel.