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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 37704" data-attributes="member: 1061">Take any &quot;normal&quot; photo, and a lot of people won't even offer up an opinion on it.&nbsp; Do the same photo in HDR, and the critics come crawling out from beneath their rocks to tell you how over-processed it is.&nbsp; Let them eat cake.&nbsp; I'm reminded of reports of a recent execution here in the state of Ohio:Point being, how do you want to be remembered?&nbsp; Do you want to go out with a bang, or a whimper?HDR can often turn the mundane into something fantastic and surreal.&nbsp; The naysayers of this photo are obviously shutterbugs on some level themselves, or else they wouldn't be playing the HDR card in the first place.&nbsp; Had any of them seen this Caddy, I doubt any one of them would've thought it was worthy of photographing in the first place.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because they have no vision.&nbsp; You saw something more.&nbsp; You saw what this scene could be, not just what it was.&nbsp; Nothing is art unless someone hates it.&nbsp; Atta-boys and &quot;that's cool&quot; can only stroke your ego to a certain point, because it's a lot easier to fake being nice than it is to be mean.&nbsp; So when someone comes along and offers a strong negative response, you know you're on the right path.Keep up the good work, sir.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 37704, member: 1061"] Take any "normal" photo, and a lot of people won't even offer up an opinion on it. Do the same photo in HDR, and the critics come crawling out from beneath their rocks to tell you how over-processed it is. Let them eat cake. I'm reminded of reports of a recent execution here in the state of Ohio: Point being, how do you want to be remembered? Do you want to go out with a bang, or a whimper? HDR can often turn the mundane into something fantastic and surreal. The naysayers of this photo are obviously shutterbugs on some level themselves, or else they wouldn't be playing the HDR card in the first place. Had any of them seen this Caddy, I doubt any one of them would've thought it was worthy of photographing in the first place. Why? Because they have no vision. You saw something more. You saw what this scene [I]could be[/I], not just what it was. Nothing is art unless someone hates it. Atta-boys and "that's cool" can only stroke your ego to a certain point, because it's a lot easier to fake being nice than it is to be mean. So when someone comes along and offers a strong negative response, you know you're on the right path. Keep up the good work, sir. [/QUOTE]

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