Your Most Artistic NON-DISNEY Pictures

I have a love hate relationship with HDR photography. On one hand I've seen some lovely images that just would not have ever happened without it. When used well it can really enhance the natural beauty of a shot. I think your picture of the ship is a great example of that. On the other I think that when HDR photos are posted without a note saying that they're HDR or have been edited, it gives basic point and shoot photographers and unrealistic expectation of what a picture "should" look like. I also think that sometimes HDR can be taken too far an look very cartoony, and that doesn't appeal to me.

That's real, untouched.

Sylvan Lake, Black Hills, SD

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Kristen point and shoot cameras are able to take hdr images.
Z nice getaway I bet it makes the day more bearable.

You are completely right. Now I'm searching for the right words.

I guess what I meant to say was that all the editing and layering makes it hard for someone who just wants to take a picture and have it look like that. Joe average can't grab their camera snap the picture and have the same color and crispness. However Joe Average also doesn't know that images are manipulated in that way. Unless you do the research and find out about techniques and "how to" you can't just snap a picture that looks like one that's been enhanced with HDR technique. I have an "HDR" function on my point and shot, and it also doesn't really so the same thing as something that's been carefully hand edited. When you look at an HDR picture you're also looking at a second layer of art. The primary artistry goes into taking the right picture, but then editing that adds "more" that people don't always realize has been added.

I feel that It creates a false expectation of beauty, sorta like air brushing and thinning out a model does.

actually HDR brings out every detail so its the opposite of airbrushing over defects. you dont have to know how to paint to appreciate a beautiful painting and when you pick up a brush for the first time you cant expect to paint a masterpiece. (yes I paint too) theres always someone out there thats better than you at something you can be upset about it or try to learn from them

My first oil painting

My first watercolor

and my second watercolor

Those are really good. I like them a lot.

That is just too cool.....

how about this one its not HDR just a long exposure

FLickr decided to delete a few of my photos today and I lost my place in a bunch of contests I was in the lead too, sp thats why some of my pics have disappeared.

Rockefeller Center, NYC

I like that nice job

that looks like Portsmouth va we used to have a bridge just like that

the F/A-18 is going 550mph in this shot and you can see the landing gear starting to come out.

ah ok heres some more from the airshow

Love the picture of the Blue Angels. I'm quite partial to the Navy....my brother spent 22 yrs and retired to Pensacola his last station. My SIL still works for the Department of the Navy at the Pensacola Naval Hospital. It's in the blood.

heres some more for ya I have been in for 14 years so far 6 more and I can bug peg all day everyday hehehe

Those are amazing shots as well as amazing planes.

Since I can't make it to the French quarter I will just have to wait until I can make it to the French Quarter. POFQ I mean.

Did you enjoy your Beignets?

That picture was taken at the NOLA French Market Cafe' and I think that of all the beignets that I've eaten, they were probably the worst! They are much lighter and fluffier at POFQ. We also hit the Cafe Du Monde near the airport on that trip and they Beignets there were much better. I think that they pump so many people through French Market at such a high rate of speed that they have really lost the quality of the product there.

Here's my Disney version of that picture:

Yummo!