Weekly #634 HDR Competition

I'm really not sure what the judge is expecting for this given HDR is a processing technique rather than a subject in itself. HDR can be used to make a contrasty subject look quite normal, HDR doesn't have to be used to create one of those goudy obviously overdone HDR'd shots. I simply don't understand the requirement for this competiition.

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John K

John. HDR isn't just a processing technique the K1 at least has it built in and can be shot straight from the camera with anything up to 3 stops either side. I'm not sure about any other models though.????.
CHEERS Vic.

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Thanks Vic I appreciate that. The competition brief doesn't suggest doing that but to use an underexposed image. Is what's wanted a gaudy over saturated HDR image or something that looks quite normal? The brief doesn't make that clear at all. HDR doesn't have to look like it's HDR if processed subtly!

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John K

Reading through the requirements, I interpret them as simply wanting an HDR image, the subject being open. My soft focus competition was also a technique, any subject, and I'd approach this one in the same way.

HDR can be many things of course, sometimes just a means of getting a huge dynamic range down into something that can be reproduced. Or, at its gaudy best, something quite grotesque!

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Best regards, John

Thanks for your thoughts John.

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John K