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In the mid-2000s, HDR was all about jacking up local contrast, giving you that unique look of gritty skin and halos cropping up all over the place. I'm talking
by excite1997 4y ago
In the mid-2000s, HDR was all about jacking up local contrast, giving you that unique look of gritty skin and halos cropping up all over the place. I'm talking stuff like this:
https://digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/hdr-tips-too-big.jpg https://digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/20...
Less obnoxious tone mapping that compresses shadows and highlights is a more modern trend, I'd say post-2012. It's basically done by every cell phone today when shooting a high-contrast scene.
- Terretta 4y ago> It's basically done by every cell phone today Yeah, it's a problem. I shoot iPhone in RAW to back that off, or Halide RAW if it really ticks me off. // Disclosure: Like most everyone, my top community ranked Flickr photos were heavily HDR'd, such as this one that hit #1 on Explore on 2006-08-17: https://live.staticflickr.com/60/216486412_0e3542fb85_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/60/216486412_0e3542fb85_k.jpg At the time, I produced some top ranked HDRs out of annoyance, like, oh, use tone map plugin? Automatic upvotes! Called it the "Flickr craze" and polled on comparison between: HDR tool: https://live.staticflickr.com/91/212613394_c1db0694ad_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/91/212613394_c1db0694ad_k.jpg Hand balanced: https://live.staticflickr.com/88/213584770_8175d4ec45_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/88/213584770_8175d4ec45_k.jpg When compared side by size, the community preferred the hand mapped version, which hit #7 on Explore.
- daveslash 4y agoI thought those types of shots were "woah, cool!" when I first saw them. But they got old and overused fast. I'm so glad those days are (mostly) behind us. It's interesting to me how that came and went as a photography "fad" in less than a decade.