I would agree with you, Paul, but that is not the context of the discussion (in the PF thread). It is not simply a display of a photographer's imagery. It is done in the context where it is implied that "This is what the 645D can produce for you (that a lesser camera cannot)." If the 645D is only a part of the story in that production, then it is a bit misleading.
You may get the impression that the 645D has a dynamic range greater than what it has, if you are judging it on the basis of HDR images that are not labeled as such, on the web. I would love to see the same scene shot at the same ISO with the 645D and the K-5 and processed with exactly the same workflow, to be able to see the differences between the two images. I suspect that, like the film cameras of old, you don't really see a big advantage for the 645D until you make a print of a certain size, when the 645D's 40MP images shine over a lesser MP image. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 20, 2011, at 10:34 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > >> There are several of the guy's imagery that look HDR to me. Not the >> overblown kind of HDR that passes for "HDR" these days, but HDR as it >> is supposed to be done. >> >> I'm not looking at the page right now, but the Golden Gate bridge >> photo is the most obvious HDR to me. The chain in the foreground is >> clearly lit by a strobe. >> >> I think it is more than a little bit deceptive for him not to explain >> some of that. > > A photograph should speak for itself. While we sometimes offer explanations > here, that's for discussion and enlightenment. It's certainly not a mandate > and, IMO, it's inappropriate in some venues. > BTW, I think it's much more likely that he employed gradient filters than > HDR. But either is fine with me. Again, no explanation required. The artist's > tools are his own. > Paul > > >> Makes one think the 645D is capable of doing what he >> shows right out of the camera. It is more a testament to his >> post-processing skills than 40 megapixels (at least as far as web >> resolution images is concerned). >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
