Some of the Best HDR i have seen

[Anubis]

yes its really obvious and over the top but IMO for the subject matter it works

link in first post

http://forums.dpreview.com/for...m=1021&thread=29186502

 

[soydios]

whoa. wierd, but very cool.

 

[alfa147x]

too artsy for my liking

 

[OdiN]

Interesting, seen this type of work before.

I like how he uses a wide angle to distort the people in some....normally it doesn't work, but with this it does.

Some of them look more CG than real life.

 

[Aharami]

looks more like art than photography. some of them are pretty freaking cool

 

[GTaudiophile]

Sorry, but I don't care for the effect. Agreed, it's more art than photography.

 

[troytime]

photography IS an art

i can understand the effect not being your taste though

 

[Kaido]

Whoa, that's trippy. I'd like to see the originals to compare!

 

[angry hampster]

I'd love to see one of those on canvas.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Wow...looks more like CG and/or illustration than photography to me....like something you'd see in a very detailed graphic novel. I like it though.

 

[andylawcc]

somehow it reminds me of playing HL2

 

[davestar]

weird, i've been to Smalls. definitely a different perspective

 

[Triumph]

I think it looks horrible. Most of the shots would be pretty good "normal" photographs, except those with the EXTREME angles like with the pianist.

 

[yhelothar]

rendered!

anyways, looks overdone on a lot(ones with very noticeable shadow halos), but it looks amazing on most.
Works well, love it.

lots of hi-radii USM on a lot of them... i love that 3d effect.

 

[Munky]

Too artificial for my liking.

 

[jamesbond007]

Originally posted by: troytime
photography IS an art

i can understand the effect not being your taste though

Agreed. I look at it as two things: on one hand you have photography and on the other you have digital art, which I define as exessive processing.

Yeah, there is a ridiculously fine line and it's a completely gray, too. The casual touch-ups like removing some light blemishes, sharpening, color/contrast, WB, B&W conversions and the alike all fall into regular photography. Skin processing or air-brushing, selective coloring, or HDR is all digital art.

That's my take on it, anyways.