John Mitchell Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I'm not a huge fan of a lot of HDR images. However, the winter blues have got me experimenting with "artistic" HDR (in post-processing) as I've got quite a few old images that would probably lend themselves to this effect. Is there anything to watch out for as far as HDR images and QC are concerned? There are plenty of HDR images -- some of them pretty extreme -- on Alamy, so there doesn't seem to be a problem with acceptance. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 "Is there anything to watch out for as far as HDR images and QC are concerned?" . . . ummm . . . the end result? . . . Sorry. DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 hours ago, dustydingo said: "Is there anything to watch out for as far as HDR images and QC are concerned?" . . . ummm . . . the end result? . . . Sorry. DD Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I have never had a problem with them. One thing that you have to keep an eye on though is CA - it can really show up. Aurora HDR does a good job of controlling it, and processing in DxO (I think you do use DxO) in the first place is also a good idea (if you are merging Tiff/jpeg instead of RAW). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Colin Woods said: I have never had a problem with them. One thing that you have to keep an eye on though is CA - it can really show up. Aurora HDR does a good job of controlling it, and processing in DxO (I think you do use DxO) in the first place is also a good idea (if you are merging Tiff/jpeg instead of RAW). Thanks for the reply. I'm actually experimenting with single-shot HDR only using the presets in DxO as starting points. So far so good. There seems to be little or no effect on sharpness. I've had to clean up some noise (using the "prime" setting in DxO) in opened up shadows. That was a bit of a concern, but again the results look fine to me. Here's one I uploaded yesterday that was pretty much unusable before the HDR treatment. It was taken in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, a very colourful town, a number of years ago. Edited January 14, 2020 by John Mitchell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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