Looking around and didn't find one yet, so I decided to make one.

Here's a few of mine. I haven't been doing HDR for long, so sorry if they're a bit amateur

I've seen some really awesome HDR shots from other members though, so if you got 'em, post 'em

 

makes some of the colors pop nicely but i still dont understand the appeal of hdr. just too cartoony for me.

 

Those pics hurt my eyes.

 

Not all HDRIs are "cartoony." Just depends on the extent of the tone mapping.

 

Not a G, but one of my favorite HDRIs I've done:



A few more:

 

This one is cartoony, but that was the look I was going for. I did both HDR and non-HDR photos from this shoot.

 

My car (realistic) HDR
















prolly my fav because of the clouds



my car artistic HDR



other's cars

 

Above HDR pics are nice. Not over done

 

I think HDR like any other affect is just how far you want to go w/ it subjectively. Some images like Marcus' last shot look good w/ more added because of the car and it's background. I even did one of my car that way for a more "painterly" effect. The IS and 350z wanted it to be more "artistic" otherwise I'd have just added it slightly as I did for my pics.. I just like the dramatic clouds and the saturation of colors.. I think it's really easy to go overboard w/ HDR and get obtrusive haloing and darkness in areas.. It's all about moderation.

 

^Tony, thanks for posting you're "favorite" I was really hoping you would as it's my favorite too. Some of them have a lot of JPG noise though... did Photobucket do that? (Not being critical, just wondering)
I know with the gallery software I use on NFSPMotorsports, if I upload a pict that's too large, and it does the resizing, it makes a mess of the quality. But, if I resize the file myself in photoshop, and then upload the files so the gallery software doesn't touch it, the results are MUCH better.
Actually, you can see exactly what I'm talking about in some of mine. Look at the JPG noise in the B&W ones of my car alone, then notice how the color shots of the 350 have far less JPG noise. (they have less sensor noise as well because I remembered to set my ISO correctly on them )

Thanks for the contributions Marcus and Cal

And to the haters... if you don't like HDR, why post in this thread? You're not being helpful or productive.

 

The Green G is excellent.

 

This a fantastic thread. Full of win!
I have always loved HDR pictures but I can not figure out how to make them.

I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier!

 

Keep those pix coming

 

i understand that. i just prefer the sharp, crisp pics like the ones you and marcus normally post. i feel like hdr takes away from the car too much which is the focus of the pics in the first place. again, just my outspoken 2c.

 

Here are some of mine...