Not knowing what HRD was I googled it. It appears that "HDR photography reveals details lost in the shadows or highlights of a single shot by merging several images, all taken at different exposures together into a single image. HDR is an excellent tool for revealing all the details in a high contrast scene." Unfortunately, my camera doesn't do this and my editing program has no magic HRD effect. I tried merging a few differently modified shots of this abstract of a bat flower to see if it was possible to achieve the HDR effect. On the left is the unmodified abstract - on the right is the modified version. I have no idea if this is what HRD is supposed to do??
I think you accomplished it very well. I'm not sure but Picmonkey may have the HDR ability and as an ace member you can upload your Picmonkey to complete the effect.
@casablanca Hi Casablanca - this was for the "One Week Only -2" Challenge - otherwise I wouldn't have even known to google it! It has been good to learn about and apparently this is going in the right direction. So many people know so much ! and are very kind about sharing their knowledge - it's just marvellous. Cheers Rob
@jyokota Thanks so much Junko! It did make a big difference to the middle bit - so it has been a worthwhile thing to learn. Thanks for your kind feedback! Cheers Rob
@stillhappysnap Thanks so much for your feedback. I think this idea will be handy - but it was tricky to do without having all the good gear! Many thanks Rob
@suzanne234 Hi Suzanne - I thought the HRD copycat mechanism worked OK on the dark section - but it seemed to make the bright areas not as defined. Obviously needs more practice ( like lots more!!) Thanks for your comment. Cheers Rob
@olivetreeann Hi Ann - I had a look and PicMonkey does have a HRD function. I tried it on this final version - it is quite vicious - I only used it at 10% intensity. It made a little change to the second version - but not much - so maybe that's a good sign that it was already Ok Thanks for your advice. Cheers Rob
You've done really well. It's all about bringing out the details (highlights and shadows) by merging different copies of the same photo. This is what gives it a bit of a surreal effect. You see more details than you would normally see and the colours are usually brighter.
@bintal Thanks so much for your feedback Sylvia!! That's what I've been trying to do and I'm really pleased that you think it is working. Its all trial and error and no doubt needs practice but I think I've got the concept now. I didn't like the Picmonkey edit - it seemed a bit uncontrollable so being able to do it yourself will be much better. Cheers Rob
@granagringa Hi Madelaine - it's not too tricky once you get the hang of it - at least on my old program it's not. I think the new versions use a palette of layers and you work on each individually and then flatten them into one image. I'm pleased that you thought this was OK - it was my first go at it. Cheers Rob
April 5th, 2018
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