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What do you think of this photo?

glocke12 said:
This looks like it was an HDR shot converted to b&w...

I actually find it a little hard on the eyes, and it takes a little bit too long to figure out exactly what you are looking at.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/beezerboycom/6112267528/lightbox/
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its not bad the bonnet is a bit too distracting for me, I dont think its a genuine HDR, I'd guess at a single image made to look HDR,

There's a plugin called topaz adjust that would get you a look similar to this.......

check out this guy...he does amazing b and w hdr, Piet Van den Eynde not sure of his homepage but you can put his name into google images to see some of his work
 
as far as the black and white conversion, i think it's a great photo. a lot of depth as far as yielding a lot of contrast. however, the photo itself is way too busy for such a conversion. the post-processing would yield much greater results on a simpler photo
 
I think it is an interesting photograph, but not necessarily one my eyes enjoy looking at. It's in your face.
 
a couple things
the border sucks - doesn't fit the photo at all, and creates another distracting layer.
also the photo has far to many elements, it would look better perhaps with just the car in the frame.

on a more positive note i like the processing you have done, and i think the "gritty" "experimentalist" style really fits with what the photo _could_ look like. as is its a bit much, but their is potential, and it definitely isn't a bad photo.
 
hansolo669 said:
on a more positive note i like the processing you have done, and i think the "gritty" "experimentalist" style really fits with what the photo _could_ look like. as is its a bit much, but their is potential, and it definitely isn't a bad photo.
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actually it is not mine..it was on a friends FB page...just curious to see if I wasn't the only one who found it unappealing.
 
I have a friend who keeps processing his photos similar to this and they look equally as bad. He thinks its HDR, and to an extent he is right, but its HDR done badly.

Good HDR doesn't look like HDR, it looks like how you naturally see things. Christmas tree lights are a great way to practice an HDR technique. Try and get the shot so you see both the bulbs lit and the tree the way the human eye sees it.
 
Man, truck (in background), and other vehicle (in foreground) are distracting, and the processing destroys any subject/background separation (especially with the reflection of trees/grass on the hood). Maybe that was the point, but as it is, it's just a mess, imo.
 
One word comes to mind

Annoying

And thats from a car lover and a builder of many a 55 Chevy in his time.

Def. would rather see the original picture and in color.
 
HarleyMan said:
Annoying

And thats from a car lover and a builder of many a 55 Chevy in his time.

Def. would rather see the original picture and in color.
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lol..glad Im not the only one.

This picture actually makes me feel nauseous.
 
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