[Leica] How not to use HDR

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

I've been experimenting with HDR for a while now.  It's a little like using
unsharp masking in the darkroom - you can easily wind up with something that
makes your eyes hurt.  Every once in a while one clicks and you get an image
that looks "real" (if you weren't there at the time).

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:40 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] How not to use HDR
> 
> That is also my reaction to the vast majority of HDR images I see. I
> think that with every new technique, there is an initial flurry of
> people who overdo it, and then things settle down and people start
> using it in a serious way, to enhance images rather than to overpower
> them. I think HDR right now is very much in the "overdo" phase.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
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> 
> On Jan 7, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Henning Wulff wrote:
> 
> > I came across this blurb book on HDR:
> >
> > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/521399
> >
> > Looking at this has caused me to decide to stay away from HDR for a
> > while, lest I throw up too often.
> >
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