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Editing with NIK software
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Graham, I tend to agree with you and John in preferring realism. This one feels quite different from what would usually be regarded as a photograph, and is more like a painting by a skilled artist.

There is a problem with misuse of terms. For example, HDR photography should simply mean applying techniques to fit the range of brightness of tones that human vision would normally perceive in the actual scene, into the final photographic image that we produce from the captured light, in order to make it look more realistic by revealing detail in shadows and highlights. In my view it has, unfortunately in many minds, come to mean producing images with the exaggerated and strange colours, saturation, and contrast, that often result from the more extreme use of those same techniques. HDR applied well should not be obvious.

Cheers.
Philip
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Editing with NIK software - by Freeman - May 1, 2016, 14:26
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 1, 2016, 14:32
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Freeman - May 1, 2016, 14:45
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 2, 2016, 01:01
RE: Editing with NIK software - by JOE19 - May 8, 2016, 07:35
RE: Editing with NIK software - by EdMak - May 2, 2016, 01:55
RE: Editing with NIK software - by GrahamS - May 2, 2016, 06:29
RE: Editing with NIK software - by MrB - May 2, 2016, 08:10
RE: Editing with NIK software - by dave1712 - May 3, 2016, 02:03
RE: Editing with NIK software - by dave1712 - May 3, 2016, 02:14
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 3, 2016, 03:48
RE: Editing with NIK software - by dave1712 - May 3, 2016, 04:47
RE: Editing with NIK software - by MrB - May 3, 2016, 06:35
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Freeman - May 2, 2016, 14:13
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Phil J - May 2, 2016, 18:05
RE: Editing with NIK software - by EdMak - May 2, 2016, 14:25
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 2, 2016, 15:06
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Freeman - May 6, 2016, 15:16
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 6, 2016, 16:02
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 17, 2016, 03:19
RE: Editing with NIK software - by GrahamS - May 2, 2016, 15:31
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 3, 2016, 08:31
RE: Editing with NIK software - by EdMak - May 3, 2016, 08:55
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 3, 2016, 09:04
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 3, 2016, 09:10
RE: Editing with NIK software - by MrB - May 3, 2016, 09:28
RE: Editing with NIK software - by GrahamS - May 3, 2016, 12:40
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 3, 2016, 13:35
RE: Editing with NIK software - by EdMak - May 3, 2016, 13:36
RE: Editing with NIK software - by MrB - May 3, 2016, 15:51
RE: Editing with NIK software - by GrahamS - May 4, 2016, 03:50
RE: Editing with NIK software - by MrB - May 4, 2016, 18:44
RE: Editing with NIK software - by WDHewson - May 4, 2016, 05:56
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 4, 2016, 06:09
RE: Editing with NIK software - by GrahamS - May 4, 2016, 06:38
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Freeman - May 6, 2016, 15:31
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 6, 2016, 16:03
RE: Editing with NIK software - by GrahamS - May 7, 2016, 01:23
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Freeman - May 7, 2016, 14:46
RE: Editing with NIK software - by EdMak - May 8, 2016, 01:45
RE: Editing with NIK software - by MrB - May 8, 2016, 02:40
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 8, 2016, 03:41
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Freeman - May 8, 2016, 07:34
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 8, 2016, 07:37
RE: Editing with NIK software - by JOE19 - May 16, 2016, 08:47
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 16, 2016, 09:04
RE: Editing with NIK software - by JOE19 - May 16, 2016, 09:09
RE: Editing with NIK software - by JohnF - May 16, 2016, 08:41
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Jocko - May 16, 2016, 11:12
RE: Editing with NIK software - by jogesh12345 - Aug 10, 2019, 02:02
RE: Editing with NIK software - by jogesh12345 - May 28, 2020, 04:24
RE: Editing with NIK software - by Sabion - Jun 12, 2020, 03:35

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