HDR Hobo Shots

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Got my sister to wear my coat and beanie, and she looked like a real homeless kid...

But the pics turned out really nice imho:

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http://img209.imageshack.**/img209/6474/rimg008201pr9.jpg

http://img386.imageshack.**/img386/7620/rimg008867tk9.jpg

Let me know what you guys think; some feedback would be really appreaciated...
 
Good HDR job but generally people don't HDR people because they end up looking very unnatural and weird, or if they do they add just a light touch of it. Kinda looks more zombie than hobo. But you've got the right idea and skill to do it just need different subject.
 
Yeah, I was gonna say less "hobo" and more "zombie". Also taking away from the "hobo" factor is the beanie she's wearing... :p

I like the middle one the best, methinks. It conveys the most forlorn emotion of all of them, and there isn't too much in the background to distract you from said emotion (e.g. the woods make the picture too noisy). Also, I like that you can see the end of the coat, and how it's too big for her; it adds to that displaced feel. How that zipper stands out is kinda weird, though.
 
Nice effort and well done, but HDR effect on human subjects? i'm not so sure...
 
Stop, just stop. Fake HDR is fucking annoying, looks horrible and a disgrace to real photographers.
 
They look fuzzy...did you use a tripod, or handheld? Especially the first two...
 
Those pics are so horrible that I now want to claw my eyes out. Seriously, never again.
 
hansvonaxion said:
HDR works fine with people, but works better with lighting (or at least bounce).

http://www.davehillphoto.com/

I would've backed off a little from what you've done and evened the face out.
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I quite like those "photos", even though there's a lot of HDR. But it's artistically executed, so it's fine by me, whatever the no-photoshopping-snobs might say :p

The ones made by the author of this thread however.. Not to sound too rude, but you've waaaaaaaaaaaaay overdone it, and I'm sure you'll see it yourself as soon as the novelty factor of the new tool wears off.
 
MXM said:
I quite like those "photos", even though there's a lot of HDR. But it's artistically executed, so it's fine by me, whatever the no-photoshopping-snobs might say :p

The ones made by the author of this thread however.. Not to sound too rude, but you've waaaaaaaaaaaaay overdone it, and I'm sure you'll see it yourself as soon as the novelty factor of the new tool wears off.
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I guess you might call them "photo-illustrations". Have to admire the skillz. :p
 
OK, I think some explanantion is in need :p

First off, I agree completely with what you guys say about HDR pictures. I don't like them myself, and they are completely different to normal pictures.

So I did this as an experiment just to see what it would look like. The point of it was to have really fucking weird pictures. They creep me out every time I look at them, because they have that scary HDR quality about them with the shadows and the glow.

So I think if you look at it more like a painting than a picture, it's different, and better.

I've done a lot of HDR shooting, and even more non-HDR shooting, so it's not the novelty that gets me, it's the impression they give when you look at them. They are more like these renders you get sometimes.

So before you bash my photography skills, you should remember that really wasn't the point.

And guys, neg rep for taking a bad picture? Come on.

Thanks for the feedback though ;)
 
In fairness the way tonemapping is approached within the software makes it all too easy to make things like this happen, the same with the abominations throughout flickr. I have to admit that I have used HDR perhaps where I shouldn't have. To me ideal HDR is where you can't tell it's been done at all and is not to be done to get any kind of 'HDR look'.
 
Dr_Q said:
In fairness the way tonemapping is approached within the software makes it all too easy to make things like this happen, the same with the abominations throughout flickr. I have to admit that I have used HDR perhaps where I shouldn't have. To me ideal HDR is where you can't tell it's been done at all and is not to be done to get any kind of 'HDR look'.
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Some photos do managed to pull off that HDR looks though.
 
I think that it would have been better with some higher contrast and 50% color. Composition is fine, but the tone mapping....
 
BerserkerCatSplat said:
Those pics are so horrible that I now want to claw my eyes out. Seriously, never again.
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No offense to the OP, but I agree.

HDR should be, IMO, reserved for situations that, technically speaking, need it. Like when you want definition in high and low light areas at the same time.
 
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