I came into photography about 7 years ago, during which I think HDR editing must have recently hit its zenith because every Youtube photographer was teaching you to pull down the Highlights and push up the Shadows, in effect flattening the image before any more editing was to be undertaken. Yes, you got a high dynamic range, but the imag…
I came into photography about 7 years ago, during which I think HDR editing must have recently hit its zenith because every Youtube photographer was teaching you to pull down the Highlights and push up the Shadows, in effect flattening the image before any more editing was to be undertaken. Yes, you got a high dynamic range, but the image lost any character before moving on. As my experience has grown, I've stepped away from this practice realizing a "balanced" image often lacks the character we found so appealing in the original scene.
Where I do love HDR is in the new display technologies and techniques for on-screen image presentation. Especially for sunsets and neon scenes. Editing for HDR monitors like those on the M series MacBooks or XDR display is awesome. But that's not a print.
I came into photography about 7 years ago, during which I think HDR editing must have recently hit its zenith because every Youtube photographer was teaching you to pull down the Highlights and push up the Shadows, in effect flattening the image before any more editing was to be undertaken. Yes, you got a high dynamic range, but the image lost any character before moving on. As my experience has grown, I've stepped away from this practice realizing a "balanced" image often lacks the character we found so appealing in the original scene.
Where I do love HDR is in the new display technologies and techniques for on-screen image presentation. Especially for sunsets and neon scenes. Editing for HDR monitors like those on the M series MacBooks or XDR display is awesome. But that's not a print.
"you to pull down the Highlights and push up the Shadows"
I could not stand when this was something portrait photographers started doing for a spell
Oh boy... this one I could rant on for days.
Thanks for sharing, Chris. You make some good points.