06Redfire3V

I love HDR photos. Yours is very nice!!

DarkFireGT

With photoshop, you can create a very saturated image, and bring up SOME of the highlights and shadows that the RAW file retained. But RAW is only 16bit. HDR images are 32-bit, and on top of that, you can use as many exposures as you want. There are some details in the photo that simply aren't there. And even if they are hiding in there, they're not properly exposed so when you do pull them up, they won't look good. With an HDR image, generally you use 3 or 5 exposures. And in those exposures, you've got everything in the photographed properly exposed on one picture of another. Combining all of those into a pleasing image is an art, and if done right, could not be duplicated in any way with photoshop and 1 RAW image.

I'm not trying to say that you're wrong or don't know what you're talking about, but you freely admit that you don't use photoshop much and don't rely on post processing. So, I don't know that you're the best to be giving out photo manipulation advice.

I agree, great equipment can lead to great photos, but if the photographer doesn't know what he/she is doing, it doesn't matter. I use just a Rebel XT for my big shoots. But I always have a point and shoot Canon on me. And many times I've had people ask me what I took my photo with, only to find out it was my point and shoot. But I do agree that if I had taken the picture with my Rebel, it probably would have came out better. Would the average person notice, though? Someday I hope to have some better lenses. But the cheaper lenses that I have right now have still yielded me ads in magazines, and very soon, an album cover (and more ads from the same group).

Please don't take any of this as attack. Not trying to be at all. But I spend a lot of time with Photoshop. A great image doesn't need Photoshop, but if you know what you're doing, pretty much any image can benefit from it. ESPECIALLY if you had to shoot only using available light, which tends to be my issue (though I just picked up a Vivitar 285HV and a couple of umbrellas, so that's going to be changing). Most of the pictures you see in advertising these days have been Photoshopped quite a bit. They're almost all some blend of multiple exposures and photos as well. Someone who has a huge fanbase (which is growing larger by the minute) is Dave Hill. His photos have appeared in countless ads and such. But there's also some serious post processing there. Everyone has a different method. But the ones that get noticed generally have more post-processing work done.

PiggySmallz

very nice shot. I wish I had that kind of talent

07PonyVert

Now THAT'S what I call a reaction! Thanks and glad you liked it!

wolfpup

i dont know **** about cameras, lenses, or taking pictures but what i do know is that those pics are bad *** and sexy as hell AWESOME JOB MAN!!!

LinkTheWorld

I liked the pic with the blue car BOOM right in your face, and everything else black and white.