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A 'successful' HDR image of a model
I've seen some HDR images that I think are pretty good in the genres of landscapes, cityscapes, etc., but I don't think I recall seeing any HDR portraits, fashion, nudes, glamour shots, i.e., images where the main subject is a person. I think this is because skin doesn't do well when subjected to HDR, but there may be other reasons. Bottom line, has anyone ever tried HDR with models and if so, how do you think it turned out (samples would be helpful). Jun 10 11 08:54 am Link Got quite a few model HDR (and tonemapped) images on this port... feel free to check'm out... here's one... software used was 'Dynamic Photo HDR'...   Jun 10 11 08:59 am Link  In my port Jun 10 11 09:02 am Link Jun 10 11 09:02 am Link For real (as opposed to pseudo-) HDR, you need multiple exposures. This means you have to have a model who can be really still. I think that is the main reason you don't see much people photography in that technique. Jun 10 11 09:06 am Link Amanda Stevens wrote: Nice! That's what I pictured when I read the OP... not just the dramatic focus and sharpness ... but great use of the multiple zones of exposure with the sky and sand and model... Beautiful! Jun 10 11 09:06 am Link Here's one I did.  and yes it's real HDR- 3 exposures -2 stops, 0, and +2 stops Jun 10 11 09:06 am Link Alan John Images wrote: Abuse in the tone mapping process? That's usually always the reason, and people think that is what an HDR image is supposed to look like. People ramp up the image so they look unnatural (sadly many look at it and thinks it's awesome). I don't like it, but that's me. Jun 10 11 09:06 am Link Found some more I did...  Pipe Dream by MikeAdamsPhotos, on Flickr  Suck it up! by MikeAdamsPhotos, on Flickr Jun 10 11 09:10 am Link Lars R Peterson wrote: thank you!! Jun 10 11 09:11 am Link As informed photographers know, and as needs being pointed out for the benefit of new photographers lest they get fooled by some sloppy use of terminology, tone-mapping is not HDR. HDR = High Dynamic Range scenes with a greater range of tones than a single exposure can capture, and the techniques to capture that range by bracketed multiple exposures. A single exposure is not the basis for HDR work. Jun 10 11 09:14 am Link  Jun 10 11 09:18 am Link If you like the HDR effect for part of the image but are not getting the tone you want on the model, you can always layer a non-HDR exposure of the model back on top. Jun 10 11 09:36 am Link Monito -- Alan wrote: I'm generally not a fan of the HDR trend but that is about the most successful use of it that I've seen. Jun 10 11 09:41 am Link markpix wrote: The abuse of tonemapping is the trend..... Jun 10 11 10:25 am Link Mike Adams Photos wrote: Jun 10 11 10:32 am Link Amanda Stevens wrote: Thanks for that link! I followed them. Jun 10 11 10:41 am Link Mike Adams Photos wrote: Outstanding image, Mike, on many levels. Jun 10 11 10:45 am Link Managing Light wrote: Thank you. It was an abandoned clothing factory on the east side of Cleveland, rarely explored. As soon as I saw that amazing reflection and all those levels of light, I knew I had to 'HDR-it". I believe I did 4-5 exposures. Jun 10 11 10:50 am Link As stated before, but well worth repeating, Tone Mapping is not HDR. True HDR requires multiple exposures to capture detail far beyond the normal dynamic range of your medium (digital or film) to catch. So unless the model is able to not move at all during 3+ exposures, you can't do it with a live person having light levels on them beyond the capture ability of your medium. Now HDR done with people in it usually has one exposure dedicated to the model with others exposures for the surroundings. The model doesn't even need to be in the other exposures and it would be easier if they weren't so you can blend the edges better. True HDR should look as if the image was captured in one shot as if the lighting on everything was perfect. Tone mapping has the exaggerated tonalities that most people associate with HDR, but it is not a result of HDR. Tone mapping must be done to the image later, and can be done to any image regardless of if it was done with multiple captures or not. Jun 10 11 11:20 am Link Monito -- Alan wrote: win Jun 10 11 11:27 am Link Here's one 18+: https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/23311979 Jun 10 11 12:34 pm Link markpix wrote: For people, agreed! Jun 10 11 12:38 pm Link A few:       not true HDR, just an "HDR look", with models Jun 10 11 12:43 pm Link Monito -- Alan wrote: Thank you, i was going to point this out, but you beat me to it. Jun 10 11 12:45 pm Link not a model but hdr I don't have the originals exposures unfortunately on hand  sunriseman by Moyer566, on Flickr  sunriseman2 by Moyer566, on Flickr and i want to say this one is too but i don't have it tagged as such  sunriseman4 by Moyer566, on Flickr Jun 10 11 12:54 pm Link Extreme Photo wrote: Cool... sweet stuff... great fan of 'the look' too... Jun 10 11 01:00 pm Link Mike Adams Photos wrote: Great setting to pull off a HDR picture like this. Jun 10 11 01:00 pm Link I don't think such a thing exists, lol! Jun 10 11 01:23 pm Link Monito -- Alan wrote: markpix wrote: 8541 wrote: jesse paulk wrote: Thank you all! Jun 10 11 03:40 pm Link  Jun 10 11 09:00 pm Link Mike Adams Photos wrote: Monito -- Alan wrote: This is how it should be done. 3 out of a few in this thread that doesn't look over-done IMO. The "HDR-look" which is really just tonemapping make otherwise good photographs look cheap and amateurish Jun 11 11 03:49 am Link  Jun 11 11 04:17 am Link Roy Hubbard wrote: This! so true. lol Jun 11 11 04:21 am Link |
