Experiment with HDR photography on the FJR

[bhendron]

I don't like this composition, but I think it's a fun photo anyway.

 

[mavrik]

looks good ....hdr is fun to play with

 

[FlyWheel]

Thats a cool pic.

 

[HotRodZilla]

What don't you like about it? I think it's cool.

 

[puppychow]

HDR is fun. Is this in camera HDR or post processed using some other software?

I know Iggy has posted some HDR shots of his FJR using his Canon 5D MkIII. Which camera are you using?

 

[Nanahanman]

What don't you like about it? I think it's cool.

OK...first off, get the gloves off the seat.

The colour of the bike doesn't stand out from the dark sky and pavement.

The rain clouds and dark sky delivers a bit of a dark mood and doesn't lift the viewer to think of a great day riding.

The lighting of the whole picture is just plain "off" and the HDR effect is heavy handed.

The composition makes the bike too big in relation the the back ground.

There's more but, overall, it looks plain fake.

But other than that, it's great!

Hey...you asked

That said, I will admit it is fun to play with photos and digital these days makes it easy.

 

[HotRodZilla]

I totally missed the gloves on the seat, but the rest...I see it as a picture of the bike with an interesting background, not the othe way around. Because of that, I think the bike is sized perfectly.

I guess I've misunderstood HDR. I thought it was supposed to look fake. As far as the pic being "dark" that never came to mind. I really like the color of the bike against the road. As much as I like the color of my bike, I thought this bike was way better. Mine would have thrown the whole grey thing off.

Different strokes I guess. Lol...

 

[Twigg]

I totally missed the gloves on the seat, but the rest...I see it as a picture of the bike with an interesting background, not the othe way around. Because of that, I think the bike is sized perfectly.
I guess I've misunderstood HDR. I thought it was supposed to look fake. As far as the pic being "dark" that never came to mind. I really like the color of the bike against the road. As much as I like the color of my bike, I thought this bike was way better. Mine would have thrown the whole grey thing off.

Different strokes I guess. Lol...

HDR is a technique that allows photographs to reproduce a higher dynamic range than contain under normal circumstances. That is because they are not one photo, but three (usually) I know you know this.

The result is that scenes look more natural to the human eye than a single exposure ever could. When you looks at a pastoral scene, for example, you see perfectly exposed landscape AND sky. The camera cannot do this, it either under-exposes the land or blows out the sky. HDR fixes that.

The software used to manipulate the images has a bunch of filters and effects. Designed initially to remove artifacts, people started using them to add effects, turning a photograph into something more than the sum of its parts.

The effects can be stunning, but it is not easy to produce something pleasing. The OP managed that quite well

Still, those effects are not what HDR was originally meant to do, it's just a happy accident.

ps ... The gloves make the bike come "alive", like it has been somewhere, or is just about to leave. The picture is better with the gloves in it.

 

[puppychow]

I totally missed the gloves on the seat, but the rest...I see it as a picture of the bike with an interesting background, not the othe way around. Because of that, I think the bike is sized perfectly.
I guess I've misunderstood HDR. I thought it was supposed to look fake. As far as the pic being "dark" that never came to mind. I really like the color of the bike against the road. As much as I like the color of my bike, I thought this bike was way better. Mine would have thrown the whole grey thing off.

Different strokes I guess. Lol...

HDR is a technique that allows photographs to reproduce a higher dynamic range than contain under normal circumstances. That is because they are not one photo, but three (usually) I know you know this.

The result is that scenes look more natural to the human eye than a single exposure ever could. When you looks at a pastoral scene, for example, you see perfectly exposed landscape AND sky. The camera cannot do this, it either under-exposes the land or blows out the sky. HDR fixes that.

The software used to manipulate the images has a bunch of filters and effects. Designed initially to remove artifacts, people started using them to add effects, turning a photograph into something more than the sum of its parts.

The effects can be stunning, but it is not easy to produce something pleasing. The OP managed that quite well

Still, those effects are not what HDR was originally meant to do, it's just a happy accident.

ps ... The gloves make the bike come "alive", like it has been somewhere, or is just about to leave. The picture is better with the gloves in it.

What he said. From one bald man to another. Good explanations Twigg!

 

[Nanahanman]

OK...I'll go along with the gloves thing.

Pictures, art, women, beer... it's all about what works for you.

There really is no right or wrong.

After all, someone buys the velvet Elvis paintings or the dogs playing poker

 

[puppychow]

What don't you like about it? I think it's cool.

OK...first off, get the gloves off the seat.

The colour of the bike doesn't stand out from the dark sky and pavement.

The rain clouds and dark sky delivers a bit of a dark mood and doesn't lift the viewer to think of a great day riding.

The lighting of the whole picture is just plain "off" and the HDR effect is heavy handed.

The composition makes the bike too big in relation the the back ground.

There's more but, overall, it looks plain fake.

But other than that, it's great!

Hey...you asked

That said, I will admit it is fun to play with photos and digital these days makes it easy.

Gee. Sounds like it is you, who "took the gloves off". Remind me never to ask you for critique, you are brutal.

 

[Geezer]

If I tilt my screen forward and back it changes the overall brightness of the picture. I prefer it in the brighter position. Anyway, my point is that when looking at pictures on a computer we are not all looking at exactly the same thing. Aside from brightness, other things also vary with the hardware you are using to view it.

Regarding the gloves, I would prefer they be more obvious if they are intended to be there.

I would like to see the stop sign deleted.

Overall, I like it.

It would be much better if the FJR was Bass Boat Blue, or red.

 

[wfooshee]

I'm a bit of a purist, and I don't like the exaggerated effect most people strive for and make with HDR. To me it should be a tool to recover detail in an image that's simply beyond the camera's ability to capture. The scene has a wider range of light and dark than the camera can record.

The processing of the images until it looks metallic, or painted, simply doesn't appeal to me. This one borders on that threshhold, staying just the side of what my eye calls acceptable.

But if someone was going to go to all that trouble, I think they ought to remove the lamp post that pierces the top case, the lamp post and tree above the tank, and paint out that stop sign above the front wheel.

That's just me. I'm opinionated!

 

[Redfish Hunter]

My goodness, I had no idea how horrible that picture really was. When I first saw it I liked it. I liked it a lot.

I completely agree with Twigg about the gloves on the seat. The gloves add authenticity. Looking back through my personal photos I almost always see my helmet and gloves on the seat. Only when I am "posing" the bike do I remove the helmet and gloves. The FJR is not a "poser" bike.

Now that you good people have educated me and showed me all the flaws in that picture I am less happy than before. A picture I thought was cool is now garbage. My own self-esteem has been crushed because I now see (partially) how ignorant I am. Now I know that my photos in my Ride Reports are all wrong and therefore worthless. My own sense of self worth is less because of this.

I consider myself in Excellent Company because I once again agree with HotRodZilla. That is a cool picture. I like it even if you experts do not.

 

[Nanahanman]

What don't you like about it? I think it's cool.

OK...first off, get the gloves off the seat.

The colour of the bike doesn't stand out from the dark sky and pavement.

The rain clouds and dark sky delivers a bit of a dark mood and doesn't lift the viewer to think of a great day riding.

The lighting of the whole picture is just plain "off" and the HDR effect is heavy handed.

The composition makes the bike too big in relation the the back ground.

There's more but, overall, it looks plain fake.

But other than that, it's great!

Hey...you asked

That said, I will admit it is fun to play with photos and digital these days makes it easy.

Gee. Sounds like it is you, who "took the gloves off". Remind me never to ask you for critique, you are brutal.

It's only my opinion and you know what they say about opinions

What I think makes no difference.

 

[Nanahanman]

The respones to this picture just go to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Everyone sees it differently and there is no right or wrong.

 

[Redfish Hunter]

The respones to this picture just go to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Everyone sees it differently and there is no right or wrong.

Well let's get one of those Bee-holder's then and ask him what he thinks. I tried to hold a bee one time and it stung the hell out of me.

I understand that it is not a perfect textbook photo but it still looks cool.

 

[wfooshee]

My post was intended to be sarcastic about all the things that could have been fixed. It's true that I'm no a fan of high "HDR-ness" in images, but the fix the lamp posts and stop signs was a little over the top.

Still, it looks like whoever shot that 2004 tried to make it a 2005, there's so much blue in it.

(More sarcasm, BTW....)

 

[puppychow]

Funniest part is that the OP never asked for critiques, but we "really gave it to him" anyway!!