To HDR or not
I am experimenting with HDR images. There is probably fine line in the middle and I have yet to find it.
The image above is standard image
The image below is the HDR image
The HDR image looks surreal and almost dream-like. The challenge in this image is the fact the sky is completely blown out and creates a massive backlight. From an artistic point of view I enjoy working with the HDR version of the image but from a journalistic point of view I prefer the raw image.
I have an old bias, having been a photojournalist much earlier in my professional life I believe that photos should largely be untouched other than maybe adjusting the brightness and contrast similar to what we used to do in our dark rooms.
If I can learn to dial in the HDR tools a bit more I would lean towards using an HDR version of this image.
The image above is standard image
The image below is the HDR image
The HDR image looks surreal and almost dream-like. The challenge in this image is the fact the sky is completely blown out and creates a massive backlight. From an artistic point of view I enjoy working with the HDR version of the image but from a journalistic point of view I prefer the raw image.
I have an old bias, having been a photojournalist much earlier in my professional life I believe that photos should largely be untouched other than maybe adjusting the brightness and contrast similar to what we used to do in our dark rooms.
If I can learn to dial in the HDR tools a bit more I would lean towards using an HDR version of this image.