I have noticed a few posts featuring photographs on Steemit that have been enhanced with some photo manipulation software called ‘Aurora HDR’.
Without explaining too much, just look at these images, the top one is the original and the ones following contains filters.
I think has used this software in the past, or something similar, but it did'nt really click with me when I saw them the first time.
(Original Image)
(Architecture HDR Look 3 Filter)
Like any aspiring Steemian, I jumped out of my car on the way home to capture this photograph of Pendle Hill in Lancashire. If you see things, you just need to stop and capture them!
Do you think they enhance the image or are they just a little too much? The product comes with many filters and I tried just a few. I even reduced the modified ones to 800 x 600 just for you !
The sky seems quite unreal compared to the originals but the detail on buildings and bushes is quite startling. Blacks are blacker and colours are sharper and more focused.
(Original Image)
(Architecture HDR Look 3 Filter)
This is the Leeds/Liverpool canal quite close to my home, and was taken several weeks beforehand while I was an unemployed bum. What good times.
The original canal picture is a little mundane but with the filter the reflections come to life and everything seems so much alive. The sky details are enhanced but once again I’m not taken with that particular detail.
The last photograph I took while driving home tonight. I stopped several times to try and get some good snaps.
The clouds were looking good and this one in particular was stunning. I tried a few filters on it, but I think the original still looks the best.
(Original Image)
(Foggy Morning Filter)
(Landscape Detailed Filter)
(Shelling Filter)
(Toot Goes Pillowbuns Filter)
What do you think of these filters? Good, bad or indifferent?
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