Quake3World

Posted: **Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:29 pm**

wow

Posted: **Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:46 pm**

Here's the same image with some adjustments to give it a more washed out, vintage look.

Posted: **Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:28 pm**

tnf wrote:Not doing much HDR lately, but had a chance to go through this cathedral by myself this morning (maintenance let me in after seeing me outside doing sunrise shots). Been wanting to try an HDR of a place like this for awhile. Regarding HDR, I know many think HDR is a fad, and there is definitely a fad aspect to it, but it does have some really practical benefits and you can generate some very natural looking scenes that are simply exposed more evenly than you could otherwise.

it's a nice technique for 'concept' shots (like your cathedral

). i've always found exposure-blending rather than HDR produces a more 'natural' image

eventually someone will figure out a way of simulating in still images what the eye does when tracking across a scene (adjusting the pupil/aperture on the fly), though probably somewhere at the sensor level rather than the aperture

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:42 am**

Here's another shot showing more of the entire hall:

Looks sort of like something from a video game.

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:46 am**

Yeah, it'd be fun to go in there with a pulse rifle. Tear that shit up...

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:53 am**

Pulse rifle? Are you some kind of UT noob? For shame!

Amazing shots tnf! Can I get that cathedral in 1920x1200 (or around that size)?

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:42 am**

tbf, the first thing that came to mind was indeed the unreal engine.

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:51 am**

It is true

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:11 am**

xer0brains is thinking of the shock rifle

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:50 am**

MKJ wrote:tbf, the first thing that came to mind was indeed the unreal engine.

same here i definately thought it came straight out of some game. Can't really dig that specific picture tnf. I have little to no knowledge about post processing and whatnot you all talk about, but for me it might be a bit overkill.

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:48 pm**

Zyte - those images are done with a process called HDR, where you take an overexposed, underexposed, and normally exposed image and use software to blend them. Following that, I use photoshop to dodge/burn/edit the thing.

I wouldn't expect those images to be viewed or critiqued as a photograph by the time they are in this state, and it's a matter of personal preference for sure - you'll find some who like the look and others who don't.

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:16 pm**

This style of image is popping up all over the internet and every time I see it I can't help but think, game engine image. Every picture looks like it's from a video game. Though they do look cool. They don't look real. Personally, I'd rather see a crisp clean image of that church. However, this does bring to question the future on HDTV. Would a company ever manufacture a TV that had this feature? It might be cool to watch your favorite show as a video game.

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:52 pm**

to have what feature??

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:02 pm**

I see, tnf. Do you also have the original (or another 'normal' photograph of this cathedral)? I'd like to see it, and compare with this HDR picture.

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:03 pm**

YourGrandpa wrote:Would a company ever manufacture a TV that had this feature?

if it works the way tnf says then no, the cameras shooting the show would have to do it in the right way, it'd get HDR'd in production and the tv would just deal with what it was given.
maybe a faux-hdr will crop up in a cheesy videocard menu (alongside sepia and mosaic) as PCs and TVs merge.

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:19 pm**

Here's one of the non-hdr'd versions with a curves adjustment. Sometimes I do HDR's that aren't supposed to look 'fake' - other times I am going for the processed look. This place is a local landmark, so I figured I'd try to do something different with it since there have been roughly 1 billion regular photographs of the place.

So this is one of the images that went into the HDR.

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:21 pm**

4days wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote:Would a company ever manufacture a TV that had this feature?
if it works the way tnf says then no, the cameras shooting the show would have to do it in the right way, it'd get HDR'd in production and the tv would just deal with what it was given.
maybe a faux-hdr will crop up in a cheesy videocard menu (alongside sepia and mosaic) as PCs and TVs merge.

Yea, it would have to be shot simultaneously overexposed, underexposed, and correctly exposed, then have all that merged. I'm no expert in the technology, so I don't know how they would really pull off real-time HDR'ing of a movie like that.

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:44 pm**

Well I'm not sure how you're making the pictures look the way they do. But if you're simply overlaying the same image multiple times with different exposures and then doing some minor processing, it should be possible to make it a selectable feature on a TV.

BTW, I like the "crisp clear" photo. It's teetering right on that real/fake line.

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:56 pm**

tnf wrote:
4days wrote:if it works the way tnf says then no, the cameras shooting the show would have to do it in the right way, it'd get HDR'd in production and the tv would just deal with what it was given.
maybe a faux-hdr will crop up in a cheesy videocard menu (alongside sepia and mosaic) as PCs and TVs merge.
Yea, it would have to be shot simultaneously overexposed, underexposed, and correctly exposed, then have all that merged. I'm no expert in the technology, so I don't know how they would really pull off real-time HDR'ing of a movie like that.

also, surely you'd need all three apertures in the same physical location to get a perfect match? the alternative would be three very close together, and an image made by cropping the area of the scene where they overlap, though this would really only work for distant objects

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:00 pm**

tnf wrote:
Looks sort of like something from a video game.

That is exactly what I was thinking!!!!! they look great though, i must say

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:06 pm**

No processing, no desire to really do it

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:51 pm**

This thread needs more Ford Mustang photos.

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:05 pm**

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:13 pm**

tnf wrote:Here's the same image with some adjustments to give it a more washed out, vintage look.

Hey, that's fucking awesome

Posted: **Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:08 pm**

If anyone wants wallpaper sized shots either cathedral shot, let me know. Obsidian I'll make that 1900*1200 for you soon.

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