[Leica] the problem with HDR is ....

[kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy)]

HDR, of course, has many uses. over the years i've used multiple layers with 
different levels settings to do something similar, but the problem, or the 
trap, as i see it, is some of the very stylistic HDR -- done well it looks 
like an oddly beautiful painting -- it's captivating, and it gets a lot of 
attention, but i think it's going to date very quickly and not age well. 
with things like that or the tilt shift "ooh! we live in a tiny toy 
village!" effects is that you need to get in quick, on the ground floor, 
with them before it turns into the new Star Filter. 

Holgas have withstood the test of time and i think they will continue to do 
so but I predict that stylized HDR is going to be passe in a year, if not 
sooner.

(I'd like to say "Hello" now to those people in the year 2017 -- when HDR is 
the only type of photography done -- who are pulling this email out of the 
archives so that they can use it to ridicule me on the awards show where I 
am receiving my Pulitzer, I hope I take the ribbing well.)

Keep cranking the gain, there's an image in there somewhere,

kc