This is HDR...True or False? :)

I'd say.... true. Or false cause of the smile in the title. True? haha. I'll go with True. HDR at first I thought was just completely over the top making your photo look "fake". But I realized after shooting a couple and processing in photoshop, that you can have great range in highlights/lowlights without the photo looking completely fake. I'm going to say True, but done in camera. ??

And then I realized none of the cameras listed to HDR. So I'm going false, and just a really nice picture.

I'll say false! Lol

No, seems to lack the contrast that HDR gives you

Given there's no official definition of HDR, I could make a ham & cheese sandwich and call it HDR.

It does not look like an HDR combined image.

With 14-Bit files available directly from cameras, the need for HDR techniques is less than it was with files with low bit-depth. A lot of detail can be pulled from shadows, and highlights do not saturate as easily. Applying curves to the native image before converting to 8-bit JPEG for display should work for most scenes.

I'll wait for more guesses and reveal the answer tomorrow.

False. But if true I will have a whole new respect for HDR.

Lol ooooh the frustration of waiting,my curiosity is going to drive me nuts! Lol Trust our buddy Jack here to keep us on the edge of our seats, and then postpone the gotcha moment! Lol

Good one my friend! Lol

fotojack said:

I'll wait for more guesses and reveal the answer tomorrow.

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It doesn't look HDR but that is why I think it probably is HDR processed. HDR should be done to make a natural looking picture instead of unnatural (in my opinion). This photo looks natural.

Looks like a tone mapped single image or possibly an HDR image with the detail ramped way down and tone compression set very high. I've gotten this look with some rather widely spaced HDR exposures and very basic, flat settings in HDR Efex Pro 2. So what the heck, I'm going to say HDR, even though I see no evidence of ghosting.

True.

I would say that it is lacking a bit in the dynamic range that I would expect to see in a multiple exposure HDR so I am going to say 'FALSE' this looks like a perfectly exposed image. It is lacking some darker shades / Contrast if you ask me. "Definition: High Dynamic Range, or HDR, is a digital photography technique whereby multiple exposures of the same scene are layered and merged using image editing software to create a more realistic image, or a dramatic effect. The combined exposures can display a wider range of tonal values than what the digital camera is capable of recording in a single image"

I'm seeing a snow shot with a CP filter sooc raw; have to say false.:cower:

An HDR image doe not have to to be overcooked. I have done 3 image hdr and left it in natural tone not creative tone. It has made a better picture. Jacks picture could be 2 images instead the average 3.

Mfrankfort said:

And then I realized none of the cameras listed to HDR. So I'm going false, and just a really nice picture.

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Most people don't do HDR in the camera anyway. To many great programs out there that do HDR better than any camera could.

Yes It is or is not HDR

Just-Clayton said:

Jacks picture could be 2 images instead the average 3.

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Absolutely. This definitely has the look of a 2-exposure merge to it.

Yes it's a HDR.....