Humayun "Also, I love saturated images. The more vivid the colour, the better!"
That's the best thing I have heard all day. I know what
you mean but I would love to see the literal interpretation of that rule by a new comer to image processing.... Saturation ------->
BOOST!!
With High Dynamic Range I think someone needs to coin a term, Medium Dynamic range.
Full range of exposure only works in very very few circumstances, most of the time causing some defects that need to be fixed.
They also look fake to my eyes, especially when things should by rights, be in shadow no matter what lighting.
IMHO the best HDR is when you get your dynamic range yet the veiwer, can not tell it has been used. That is when it is really effective. The user knows they are seeing greater details but can't tell why.
Like Mike's first shot, I can only just notice there should be a shaded side to the pillar, yet my brain lets me forget that as the shot has no tell tale defects.
