http://www.digital-photography-school.com/knowing-my-limits-%E2%80%93-why-i-dont-do-hdr

Let me know what you think about this subject.

I suppose everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I like HER but I have to admit if it goes too far then I dont like it. I generally like what it does except for skies.

Like everything else it is a move forward. If it is not good then why are the likes of Sky brining in more and more HD channels and 3D. Is it natural to sit in your lounge wearing strange glasses and having things pour out of the TV at you. I must admit I wont be going for 3D TV. The thought of seeing something like Wayne Rooney in 3D coming out of my TV is frightening.

So like everything else there is a nitch for HDR, plenty of sites are dedicated to it or have dedicated sections.

There are times when I use just a hint of HDR and I like the boost it gives to an image in certain cases. There are times when weather or merely the location dont seem to lend themselves to a good shot but HDR can make a difference. I am not saying it can make a bad shot a good shot but at times it can boost an image and make it pleasing where once it would have been ditched.We cant always get the ideal lighting and location.   

I don't think it is a question of knowing ones limits, more the ability to advance those limits to those who wish to go that route.

It isn't going to go away so love it or hate it I think it is here to stay.

I agree with ejn.

I like HDR but up to a point.

One can see many HDR picture which have been overdone.

I have not experimented much with true HDR as of yet!  I find I can get a psuedo HDR at times using filters like Topaz Adjust or using the Develop setting available directly in Adobe Camera Raw, which is less time consuming in my view.  Depending on the image, that really "cooked and saturated" artsy look has its place, but it also gets over used alot of the time.

Joe

to put a slightly different twist on an above comment:

"One cannot see "HDR" in many pictures which are excellently done"

And i dont mean there is a lack of excellent HDR pictures - read the sentence again ;)

When people first hear the letters HDR, they often immediatly think of over processed, over saturated images. But they are the bad ones! Quality tone mapping can be beautiful, and often captures what the human eye sees more closely than a shot 'straight out of the camera'. The human eye can perceive a greater dynamic range than is ordinarily possible with a camera. If we were to consider situations where our pupil opens and closes for varying light, our eyes can see over a range of nearly 24 f-stops. The dynamic range of a digital camera does not even approach the A/D converter's theoretical maximum; 5-9 stops is generally all one can expect from the camera.

Check out the work of Tray Ratcliff. I think his work is wonderful. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/sets/72157603505606537/

Attached Link: http://laughingsquid.com/first-true-hdr-video-made-using-two-canon-5d-mark-ii-cameras/

Interesting JC. Thats the same camera I use for my stills! It's a pity I only have one though! I guess I could always borrow one from a friend of mine!

I like HDR images very much and sometimes i also made HDR shots by myself.

However, i think you should consider very well for what you use HDR.

Personally, i think HDR went very well with some nice landscape shots or architecture shots.

On the other hand, i think that one should not overdose the tone mapping.

To me its all about having fun with your hobby or art, if you like it go for it and experiement once in a while but I agree that a gallery with pages and pages of treated photos can be quite boring. 

Thanks for sharing the article.

Lynell

Do I like hi fi or high definition music? Absolutely.  I do not want to go back to quite limited frequency response.  Then again, high dynamic range in vision to me is best when it approaches that which I actually see.  Honestly, to take any printed or projected image and compare it to actual vision is very, very difficult. Many other factors are at work at the time we "see somehting" which are not present in even the best hdr images.

As with music, it can be over done depending on tastes.  When the image is rendered in a grarish manner..forget it for me.  When it is excellent hdr, I will not honestly know how the image was processed except that it is excellent to my view.    Rich has said a lot.

And, Lynell is right...there is certainly time to "go beyond" and see what can be done. To know what is too much would imply knowing what is enough, well, maybe not.