Quote Originally Posted by james
if by plenty of situations you mean new photographers that can't compose a shot, then load the three images into photomatix and "create" a more pleasing image, then lol, maybe you are right.

hdr is rubbish.

and LOLOLOL....a wrong opinion? subjective much?

also, "clients" asking for HDR? LOL
How on earth does this come out as somebodies opinion?

Quote Originally Posted by james
hdr is a cop-out; a scapegoat - for bad photography.

no offense to the op.

post the originals please.
And yes, when a billion dollar real estate company challenges you to do something nobody has been able to do before I will bite. Dark 2500 sq. ft. house, with dark walls, and a covered back porch for $995,000 with a bright ass white back courtyard and a pool the size of the house. There is no way possible to shoot the view through the house looking out the back without multiple exposures. Got a dark room, an even darker porch, and a bright ass pool. Expose for all three accordingly, blend, and done...i've never even used an HDR program. Using all layers and manual level adjustments after masking each.




Look in a Dupont Registry Homes, Luxury Homes, Trends Magazine and tell me you don't see HDR being used.

http://www.dupontregistry.com/homes/





http://trendsideas.com





http://www.luxuryhomemagazine.com/



I can't stand this pic but you get the point:









Think none of these are using multiple exposures?

http://www.americangolf.com/luxhome/