Hdr

[D40]

Originally Posted by bahgheera

Computers and software are simply a natural evolution from the old to the new. To say ps is cheating is like saying driving a car to work is cheating as opposed to taking the old horse and buggy. Man makes a machine to simplify a task, man utilizes said machine. One day people will look back on photoshop the same way we look back on the Daggeurotype, and they will say 'thats the *real* way to do it, back in the day when *real* photographers had skill'.

Yes comoputers and technology change a complicated task to a simpler one
and now photoshop simplifies what ? The abililty to change photos easier on a program or should i say completely remake photos on a program ?

[D40]

Heres what i found on a previous thread
about photoshop cheatings

ALLOWED:

• Cropping
• Adjustment of Levels to histogram limits
• Minor colour correction
• Sharpening at 300%, 0.3, 0
• Careful use of lasso tool
• Subtle use of burn tool
• Adjustment of highlights and shadows
• Eye dropper to check/set gray

NOT ALLOWED:

• Additions or deletions to image
• Cloning & Healing tool (except dust)
• Airbrush, brush, paint
• Selective area sharpening
• Excessive lightening/darkening
• Excessive colour tone change
• Auto levels
• Blurring
• Eraser tool
• Quick Mask
• In-camera sharpening
• In-camera saturation styles

Doing minor adjustments is alright form my opinon
because they could of done that in dark room

[baseballboy828]

I agree in some ways but not others. In regard to auto levels: do you shoot in manual mode on your camera? Even that tells you when the exposure is right. Auto levels is similar to the metering system on your camera. Is shooting in program mode/aperture/shutter priority cheating? I agree with the rest of the stuff that you put in the cheating category though.

[Nicole]

Quick note, these are actually from the Reuter's guidelines for photography. So I wouldn't necessarily take that to mean that everything else is cheating, but if you're using the photos in a "newsworthy & accurate" sense, these are the guidelines to adhere to.

Originally Posted by D40

ALLOWED:

• Cropping
• Adjustment of Levels to histogram limits
• Minor colour correction
• Sharpening at 300%, 0.3, 0
• Careful use of lasso tool
• Subtle use of burn tool
• Adjustment of highlights and shadows
• Eye dropper to check/set gray

NOT ALLOWED:

• Additions or deletions to image
• Cloning & Healing tool (except dust)
• Airbrush, brush, paint
• Selective area sharpening
• Excessive lightening/darkening
• Excessive colour tone change
• Auto levels
• Blurring
• Eraser tool
• Quick Mask
• In-camera sharpening
• In-camera saturation styles

[baseballboy828]

That's a whole different game. Like you said Nicole, Reuters has to present the image as news, not art. Reuters has to worry about being accused of doctoring an image. Although I still don't understand the Auto-Levels, even for a newspaper.

[D40]

Originally Posted by baseballboy828

That's a whole different game. Like you said Nicole, Reuters has to present the image as news, not art. Reuters has to worry about being accused of doctoring an image. Although I still don't understand the Auto-Levels, even for a newspaper.

Well yea i just wanted to hear your opinons...

[yodels]

Hi
I'm new to DSLR photography and I've only just started adjusting my images to make them look better. I saw some of the HDR images on here and flickr and was intrigued, so I gave it a shot. Here's my first go (well, my first that I've liked enough to put on flickr anyway).

[Sime]

Crumbs Chief!... that's pretty darn cool. Can't critique cause I don't know (have not tried) enough about HDR... but that looks pretty nice... Hope he 40D is treating you well?

S

[baseballboy828]

Nice image, but I have to use you as an example. This is what most people's HDR's look like, even those who have been doing them for a year. It becomes a separate art rather than a photograph. I understand that this was your first, and therefore a great job for a first try. Try toning down the HDR effect or picking a less contrasty subject. Same rules apply as always. 12 o'clock noon will produce OK HDR's, late afternoon/early morning will produce great ones. If you want to see some great sunset HDR's, check out this guy on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjivar/

[yodels]

Thanks Sime, I luuuuuuuv the 40D.

and thanks for the tips Baseballboy. I tried not to make it tooo fake. I'll check out his flickr page.

thanks
Barbara