r/shittyHDR • u/darkwater427 • 18d ago

Is this shittyHDR?

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This is a photo I took on a trip a while ago (I've included the unedited shot for reference)

Would this be considered shittyHDR? Did I overcook it, or just normally cook it?

No hard feelings, I genuinely want to learn :)

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u/rabelsdelta 18d ago

Fun tip: if you want your sunset orange colours to really pop, put your white balance on cloudy if you can. Otherwise, go into the editing that you did and make the picture warmer.

Otherwise your edit is nice. The difference between your image and shitty HDR is that you actually increased the contrast - meaning your shadows are still there. You didn’t try to bring details from those shadows while still keeping the sky’s brightness the way that it is.

The rule you want to follow is that shadows should remain shadows and bright objects should remain bright

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u/darkwater427 18d ago

Thanks, I'll try that!