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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 11:11 AM
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Looks nice
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by illjim69
i don't quite get that statement.

you might be right........maybe 90% of the "HDR" posts i ever see on many of the forums i frequent aren't "real HDR". but it doesn't change the fact that HDR is becoming the Alteeza tails of the photo world; a lot of people are doing it and it's uniqueness is floundering really fast.

btw - i am not bashing the OP in any way, i am just tired of hearing about HDR HDR HDR.........whatever happened to a good picture out of the camera that needs NO post processing other than a resize?

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I don't think you can take a bad picture and with HDR turn it into something good. there still needs to be good composition and lighting. if you take that attitude then different lenses are cheating as well since a wide-angle will substantially change the look of a picture, ditto on fish-eye or whatever the other ones are... polarizing lenses... that is what I meant; it seems people give HDR more credit than they should.

this isn't like playboy where you airbrush all the zits and stretch marks out. all it does is mess with the exposures. if you take a boring picture, you will have a boring HDR picture as well
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by taurran
Thanks for the compliments.

And you're right except that I'd disagree that the Jeep and other "extreme" HDR's composititions are quality. massive Halos and grayed out areas of underexposed muddiness does not mean good HDR.

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that halo effect looked deliberate (to dull out the surround to make the jeep the focus) but that is just my opinion. and there you go bashing someone else's artistic expression j/k
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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I told you none of those pics are my best work, if you wanna see some good stuff, just let me know.......

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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 02:45 PM
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Pretty cool. To me its alllllmost crossing over the line into looking like it belongs on an ultra bright airbrushed t-shirt...but not quite.

Perhaps this is the post-apocalyptic 370z weve been waiting for?
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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Delako
Pretty cool. To me its alllllmost crossing over the line into looking like it belongs on an ultra bright airbrushed t-shirt...but not quite.

Perhaps this is the post-apocalyptic 370z weve been waiting for?
Yeah, I've been thinking about trimming back the saturation on the red channel by just a few points, but I haven't had the time to yet. On some monitors it looks different than others. I'll have to mess with it again when I finally get some free time from work...
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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Taurran, your car is gorgeous. with or without HDR. and btw, i liked ur pics..

keep it up..
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by maXmood
Taurran, your car is gorgeous. with or without HDR. and btw, i liked ur pics..

keep it up..
Thanks, much appreciated.


Here's another example of a less 'extreme' HDR. I took the smoothing down to 4 for the awesome "halo" effect too.

And yes, I know my Z looks like the nuts of a phallus.

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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 06:52 PM
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Nice, thanks for the wallpaper.
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 07:24 PM
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Nice Job!!
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 07:41 PM
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MOAR!!!

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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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F*ck what all the haters say Taurran! I think your photos came out awsome! As soon as I re-coupe some of my funds (I just bought a new King Size bed set, and a Mustang). I plan on getting my feet wet in the photography game, and HDR!!
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by taurran
Thanks, much appreciated.


Here's another example of a less 'extreme' HDR. I took the smoothing down to 4 for the awesome "halo" effect too.

And yes, I know my Z looks like the nuts of a phallus.

Wow, that picture is awesome.
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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 10:55 PM
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thats bad ***! Have anything in the 1680x1050 range? lol
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 03:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Infinus
thats bad ***! Have anything in the 1680x1050 range? lol
These are the largest I have:
http://www.craiglofton.com/hostedima...nset021280.jpg

http://www.craiglofton.com/hostedima...nset041024.jpg
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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ok thanks
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 10:31 AM
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I'm going to fix the last pic a little when I get home. I noticed some issues I didnt when I was working on it last night. At work now so...
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 11:34 AM
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i like the photos alot. Good work, and lol at your edited version of the jeep. "jesus down at the boats docks". hahaha i laughed for at least a solid 4 mins.
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 12:52 PM
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Thanks!

I touched up the last one and its all better. (noticed a dust spec on the lens)
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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 05:22 AM
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Bump for _NIZMO_ to keep this fresh in everyone's mind, and so "_NIZMO_" can continue to hate in other threads.
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