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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 675049" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>You can simulate an HDR effect with one image, but it isn't true HDR. The problem is when raising shadows on an image, that can add noise. If you have to raise the shadows a great deal, more noise might be visible. </p><p></p><p>In your case, personally I don't perceive the final image to be HDR. Yes, it has the 'cartoonish' effect, but some of your shadows don't come off as realistic. Take a look at the shadow underneath the picnic table. Then look at the shadows that show up on the left from a roof's peak. The shadows under the table look to be scorched tiles...much darker than the shadows from the peak. Then compare the mortar around the stone facade. The after photos make the shadows <em>darker</em>--and makes the mortar look dirty when in reality, the mortar should show up lighter. In true HDR, you are supposed to lighten the shadows to bring everything within a dynamic range. Some of your shadows went in the opposite direction. But then again, you didn't start with an image that had especially dark shadows or a high enough dynamic range. </p><p></p><p>See if you can take another image that has very dark shadows along with very bright highlights. Maybe something where the sun is just outside of the frame. It's definitely a great learning experience though!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 675049, member: 13196"] You can simulate an HDR effect with one image, but it isn't true HDR. The problem is when raising shadows on an image, that can add noise. If you have to raise the shadows a great deal, more noise might be visible. In your case, personally I don't perceive the final image to be HDR. Yes, it has the 'cartoonish' effect, but some of your shadows don't come off as realistic. Take a look at the shadow underneath the picnic table. Then look at the shadows that show up on the left from a roof's peak. The shadows under the table look to be scorched tiles...much darker than the shadows from the peak. Then compare the mortar around the stone facade. The after photos make the shadows [I]darker[/I]--and makes the mortar look dirty when in reality, the mortar should show up lighter. In true HDR, you are supposed to lighten the shadows to bring everything within a dynamic range. Some of your shadows went in the opposite direction. But then again, you didn't start with an image that had especially dark shadows or a high enough dynamic range. See if you can take another image that has very dark shadows along with very bright highlights. Maybe something where the sun is just outside of the frame. It's definitely a great learning experience though! [/QUOTE]
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