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The OP
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I'd like to point out to you all that yes, this is a satirical get :)
I, like you, hate the abusers of HDR photography. I wanted>>40000to symbolise everything that's wrong with HDR n00bs, epitomising the movement by taking some shitty photo I took while driving and pushing the sliders in Photomatix to ridiculous values.
I very rarely use tonemapping, but when I do, I try to keep it very subtle - usually to recover blown highlights. However, I've found that Adobe Photoshop CS3 can do this job quite amicably from a single .NEF and thus I haven't used an HDR program in months.
The attached picture is probably my only serious application of the technique.
HDR photography does NOT magically make bad photos good. HDR makes good photos interesting. Occasionally.
Camera-Specific Properties:Camera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop CS3 (10.0x20061208 [20061208.beta.1251 02:00:00 cutoff; m branch]) WindowsImage-Specific Properties:Image Width2014Image Height3039Number of Bits Per Component8, 8, 8Compression SchemeUncompressedPixel CompositionRGBImage OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution72 dpiVertical Resolution72 dpiImage Data ArrangementChunky FormatImage Created2007:04:07 20:40:05Exposure Time99/10000 secF-Numberf/3.5ISO Speed Rating400Focal Length18.00 mmColor Space InformationUncalibratedImage Width403Image Height608
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