On 9/4/2013 2:22 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
I have a question for John Sessoms: John, you wrote for your photo: "This is not an HDR image. It is a blend of 4 exposures 2 sec to 45 sec using layer masks & blend modes." How is it different from HDR? As I understand this description, you used 4 different length exposures and combined them in one images. Just because you were not using a program/module that is called "HDR", but rather implemented the same functionality manually, it doesn't change the essence of the process.
It's not HDR because I didn't use HDR & it's not tone-mapped. There's nothing wrong with HDR per se, I just didn't use it. Mainly, I didn't use HDR because I couldn't get it to do what I wanted it to do in this image, i.e. not look like it was HDR. It does still look kind of HDRish, and to the extent it does, I'm not happy with it.
IMHO, there is nothing wrong with the HDR process itself. What sometimes is wrong (or rather not even wrong, but just not tasteful, which is by itself subjective) is how some people use it. I see that some people run away from labels that developed some stigma, just because of the labels, not because of what is behind them. Unless I misunderstood you, it is a similar situation here. Classic example is that MRI ("magnetic resonance imaging") which is based on NMR ("nuclear magnetic resonance") does not have the word "nuclear" in the name, so that people are not afraid to do it. [BTW, it has nothing to do with the context of "nuclear reactions", which people are so scared about. Unlike in "nuclear reactions", nuclei used in NMR are stable and do not change.] Igor-----Original Message----- From: Brian Walters Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 3:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: September PUG - 'Long Exposure' - is up G'day all Another enjoyable gallery with some outstanding work. Thrainn's 'Strips of green LEDS' is probably the most visually stunning and innovative while Rick's 'On Main Street' provides a different take on the theme. As usual, you'll find the gallery here: http://pug.komkon.org/
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