• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

HDR Photography Just for Fun

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Well, it looks like the Macro Photography thread has dwindled away, so is anyone interested in contributing to an HDR thread? It can be any version of HDR, whether it's HDR in the purist sense or a little more interpretive.

I'll start off this thread with an HDR I did recently of a '48 Packard...

Please let me know which version you prefer - Cropped or uncropped?

Melanie

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I think it works great for capturing rays from a sunset as well as catching the varied contrasts. I am hoping to remember to start shooting more sets for HDR while photographing structure.







 
Wow, Jim, those are some real stunners! Anyone would love to hang those on their wall. The colors are perfect! Not too saturated at all; Just right.

Thanks to everyone for the feedback re: the Packard photo. Looking at it again, I agree that the bumper should stay.

More to come...

Melanie
 
Wow, Jim, those are some real stunners! Anyone would love to hang those on their wall. The colors are perfect! Not too saturated at all; Just right.
Melanie

Thanks. Actually the top 3 are pretty accurate but the last one is more saturated by the HDR effect as it was late after the sunset. I haven't had much luck yet finding scenes with clouds like yours to shoot. I like how they turned out. The full version is better to me. Nice shots.

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Actual
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I strive to produce photos/artwork that comes close to comparing to yours, Jim. Fantastic stuff.

I definitely go for the impressionistic look w/my HDR; It's just my style.

Here's the interior of a 1958 Nash Metropolitian.

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I have found I do not enjoy post processing of my images (at all!) but I gave this a try:

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I didn't play around with it too much but it was pretty fast to do and easy so I probably will do this more.

thanks to those in the hdr storm photography thread who provided tips and made it easier to do...
 
Ryan wrote:
I wrote a pretty easy to follow tutorial for Photoshop HDR work here.
I had no idea this was on your blog and I've been looking for information ever since I installed CS4! Thanks for referencing the post. I'll pay better attention from now on.
Great photos folks!
 
If anyone really wants to get into HDR photography hard-core, you might want to check out this guy:

http://thebestofben.com/

Click on galleries at the bottom of the page. He also has a training DVD. He also gives classes on XTrain.com. It's $15/month but you can cancel anytime.

And since we're talking about tutorials, feel free to check out my crappy BS tutorial here: :D

http://www.photosig.com/go/journals/read?id=1696&forward=userjournalentries

It's definitely a trial/error kind of process. I've refined my process over the last few months but I'm still learning.

melanie
 
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