Some incredible HDR

AM2 · 07-03-2009, 03:14 PM

Found this link while I was browsing photo.net, some of the most incredible HDR I've ever seen, very subtle and natural.

Maciej Duczynski photography - lonelywolf, forografia HDR, high dynamic range

07-03-2009, 03:42 PM

Beautiful.

Ever notice though how the most beautiful landscape photographers / artists always seem to be very well travelled? Throw in some judicious HDR processing and voila you have some masterpieces.

*Ash* · 07-03-2009, 03:46 PM

This photog knows the application of HDR well, and has the opportunity to exploit it in his settings.

AM2 · 07-03-2009, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by SouthShoreRob

Ever notice though how the most beautiful landscape photographers / artists always seem to be very well travelled?

Yeah, I noticed that too, wish I could travel all the time, nothing like traveling and making money at what you love doing, would be a dream job.

Cosmo · 07-03-2009, 04:39 PM

This is a good example of how to use HDR well.

rparmar · 07-03-2009, 07:14 PM

Lovely work there. Thx for the pointer!

netuser · 07-04-2009, 11:13 AM

Nice site.
Have t learn a lot

HGMonaro · 07-05-2009, 08:01 PM

some are most likely composities... didn't look too closely but the colour and B&W versions of the hills with road weaving up seem to have different skys. However nice to look at.

*pawzitiv* · 07-11-2009, 10:18 PM

Thank you for posting this link! This man displays mastery of HDR .. very judicious and restrained application of this technique. I may have to order a print or two of Maciej Duczynski's work .. his prices are very reasonable.

Perhaps I've been looking in all the wrong places but this is the first time I've seen HDR images that don't look over-cooked/unrealistic.

and · 07-11-2009, 10:25 PM

Extremely well done shots, a great gallery to browse through

*Rupert* · 07-17-2009, 09:08 PM

How advanced a shooter I really am............not very!

jstevewhite · 07-18-2009, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by HGMonaro

some are most likely composities... didn't look too closely but the colour and B&W versions of the hills with road weaving up seem to have different skys. However nice to look at.

No, there are two different shots. There's the one on the front page gallery - completely different photograph. Inside the B&W gallery there's a black and white rendition of the color one on the gallery:

Maciej Duczynski photography - lonelywolf, forografia HDR, high dynamic range

but it's the same photograph as the color one:

Maciej Duczynski photography - lonelywolf, forografia HDR, high dynamic range

I think what's fooling you is that the black and white right next to the color thumbnail looks similar, but it's not the same at all.

jstevewhite · 07-18-2009, 01:03 AM

Originally Posted by SouthShoreRob

Beautiful.

Ever notice though how the most beautiful landscape photographers / artists always seem to be very well travelled? Throw in some judicious HDR processing and voila you have some masterpieces.

Landscape photography is 15% equipment, 5% talent, and 80% being there.

Maffer · 07-18-2009, 04:16 AM

Hm? Being there is about 10% because you really have to know where and when. You do your homework beforehand and then go when you know the moment is right. With pure luck it might be 80%. 40% is about equipment (sharp & contrasty lens, good tripod, leveling tools, filters etc.) and 50% talent. You gotta know your gear you currently have. Sure you can just frame someting with wide angle lens, but for example the angle of the lens related to the ground can make or break the shot.

jstevewhite · 07-19-2009, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by Maffer

Hm? Being there is about 10% because you really have to know where and when. You do your homework beforehand and then go when you know the moment is right. With pure luck it might be 80%. 40% is about equipment (sharp & contrasty lens, good tripod, leveling tools, filters etc.) and 50% talent. You gotta know your gear you currently have. Sure you can just frame someting with wide angle lens, but for example the angle of the lens related to the ground can make or break the shot.

Hmm. I think obtaining a 'sharp and contrasty lens and a good tripod' is simplicity itself, nowadays. Any major DSLR system will provide the first, and any camera shop can provide the latter. If you go with money, you'll leave with good equipment - or good enough.

Doing your homework is part of being there. Time is a part of "there". That's all training, something that can be taught.

The point is that you can buy any mid-range DSLR, the best "normal zoom" the manufacturer provides, a decent Manfrotto Tripod - and you can get 'em all for the price of a trip to, say, Africa. You can read books or websites *for free*, for days, that will tell you everything you wanna know about taking beautiful pictures of landscapes. You can find guides that will tell you the time of day that's best, what time of year is best, what kind of clouds to look for, you name it.

But when the rubber hits the road, none of that other stuff matters if you aren't *there*. And the flip side of that equation - send someone there with a good quality P&S, a cheap Velbon tripod, and the heart of a poet, and you'll get beautiful images anyway. Any vista you look on that provides you with that sense of awe, the touch of the numinous, can produce breathtaking images, but only if you look on them, right? Send a rank amateur with a Holga there, and you stay home, and they'll bring back better images of wherever there is than you got.