Here's an example of a blended image using three shots but which still has a burnt-out sun. I tried adding another frame where the sun was not burnt-out but it just didn't look natural at all. Not sure if this works entirely, but personally think it's given a latitude handling closer to film (see Neil's previous post and our discussion around it). I didn't use ND filters for this.E
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Hi Emil - I really like this shot. Not just the blending, the actual shot itself. I love the composition and the light is amazing. I think the sun works here just fine. Can you send this to Gallo - do they accept blended or HDR shots?
Neil.
As far as I know they do. They've accepted a few already as is. In a way this is a good discussion to possibly have...is a blended image still legit as an image (Paul, if you read this you might be able to add a perspective that we don't get in the stock industry)? So far Gallo have accepted every stitch that I've sent them and frankly it doesn't take a genius to figure out that a D200 doesn't have a sensor with 10 000 pixels across the width. HDR is the only way to handle certain lighting conditions with anything approaching what you actually 'see' (I've found that even a ND grad, which i use regulalrly, doesn't suit digital as much as it did film. Maybe I should post the image as a straight shot as the camera would have captured without my intervention and you can see how appallingly the highlights would have come out.
Maybe what I'm really saying is that I yearn for a nice old large format loaded with Velvia 50 and a stack of Lee NDs ;)
E
i'd like to see the orginal image untouched, just for interest and learning sake.
Legit or not? To be all postmodern and fine arty ..... Any image is legit. The problem lies in finding the people to agree with you. I don't think this needs to be overly problematised. Personally I think HDR is perfectly legitimate and I would say that if you are trying to sell HDR images to someone and they have issues with their 'legitimacy', don't sell HDR to them! Find someone else to sell HDR's to. You will avoid endless arguments/ discussions around ethics and all the attendent drivel. These are conversations I would rather have with my mates, not with someone I am hoping will buy my images. If someone wants pics of milkshakes why try sell them images of icecream?
HDR images are beginning to find their way into the media now, as well, so if you like to use the media as a reference for 'legitimacy' (all I can say is DANGER!!) then there you have it. Admittedly these HDR images are 'stocky' and are not 'newsy' in a journalistic sense.
I did a shoot over the weekend for Sunday Times and sent them a few HDR images. I feel no ethical urge to inform them, just like I feel no urge to let them know how I edited the image, what iso I used or whether I polarised or not. They don't care and neither do I. They just called and said they like them so much they are dropping the ads on the page so as to run the images accross a full page! Dropping ads in favour of content? Well blow me down! My bum just turned into a biscuit.
The point is that HDR images have their place, are getting into new places, and are more common than we think. And if you brace yourselves I might have something to say about filters, photoshop and labouring with layers! ......But later! Paul.
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