Extreme HDR

[patmoore]

I've been fooling around with an iPhone app from FotoRus that adds sort of an HDR effect to photos. The results usually don't work well but once in a while an interesting effect is produced. I'm curious what your thoughts are. The first shot is of the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, NM.




Here are a few more examples

[Ian]

Re: Extreme HDR

The second last shot in the left column looks like an illustration for a science fiction paperback cover from the 1960s

These effects can work really well with the right subject matter.

Ian

[Barr1e]

Re: Extreme HDR

The second last shot in the left column looks like an illustration for a science fiction paperback cover from the 1960s

These effects can work really well with the right subject matter.

Ian

Reminds me of times past when one might say 'Go Pat Go'.

I rather like effect seen in the smaller pix.

Regards. Barr1e

[Pops]

Re: Extreme HDR

The only one I don't care for is the bike pedal. I feel there isn't enough subject matter for the effect to be effective.

[patmoore]

Re: Extreme HDR

Thanks for the feedback.

I had seen some similar work by a Swiss photographer. She had applied the effect to shots taken where she lives near Lucerne. I really liked the results.

Here's a before and after comparison. I was having lunch at an outdoor restaurant in Vermont on Sunday and took this shot with my iPhone 5. It took less that 30 seconds to create the effect. It's certainly a dramatic change but is it too intense?

[patmoore]

Re: Extreme HDR

Back to experimenting with the HDR effect. This is Creek Street in Ketchikan, Alaska. The first shot is unretouched. Following is the HDR treatment and different gradations. Your thoughts?







Two versions of Alyeska, AK





And Icy Strait Point. The effect is only slight on it.