Comments on: HDR. If you could put your camera on drugs http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/05/05/hdr-if-you-could-put-your-camera-on-drugs/ where the road goes... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/05/05/hdr-if-you-could-put-your-camera-on-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Richard Mon, 11 May 2009 09:14:38 +0000 http://www.richardstupart.com/?p=590#comment-374 I think that debate may be valid for proper photomanipulation, but HDR is more compensating for the inability of the camera to actually capture the full range of tone and light in a wide-ranging scene. Even the top end cameras would never be able to capture the contents of a shadow amidst a sunset and do justice to both. HDR just compensates for that. It is also certainly no substitute for good composition either. A boring, if well-made, picture can only entertain for so long. I think that debate may be valid for proper photomanipulation, but HDR is more compensating for the inability of the camera to actually capture the full range of tone and light in a wide-ranging scene. Even the top end cameras would never be able to capture the contents of a shadow amidst a sunset and do justice to both. HDR just compensates for that.

It is also certainly no substitute for good composition either. A boring, if well-made, picture can only entertain for so long.

]]> By: Gordon http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/05/05/hdr-if-you-could-put-your-camera-on-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Gordon Fri, 08 May 2009 09:00:04 +0000 http://www.richardstupart.com/?p=590#comment-369 Ah, very intriguing, but is HDR "Real" photography. It could be argued that the real skill of the photographer is determined at the instant he presses the shutter release (Composition, Exposure, Depth of Field etc.) - not all the hocus pocus that occurs when he sits at a computer with Photoshop putting his mother in law's head on the cow... Ah, very intriguing, but is HDR “Real” photography. It could be argued that the real skill of the photographer is determined at the instant he presses the shutter release (Composition, Exposure, Depth of Field etc.) – not all the hocus pocus that occurs when he sits at a computer with Photoshop putting his mother in law’s head on the cow…

]]> By: Richard http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/05/05/hdr-if-you-could-put-your-camera-on-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Richard Wed, 06 May 2009 08:25:30 +0000 http://www.richardstupart.com/?p=590#comment-362 Drat. And I thought I had stumbled upon something really cool. Drat. And I thought I had stumbled upon something really cool.

]]> By: John http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/05/05/hdr-if-you-could-put-your-camera-on-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-361 John Wed, 06 May 2009 07:15:35 +0000 http://www.richardstupart.com/?p=590#comment-361 Those are natural rust-holes, retard. Take it from someone who knows bullets. Those are natural rust-holes, retard. Take it from someone who knows bullets.

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