Playing with HDR photography

Mind you, in terms of increments ... I am just an amateur with HDR photography.

Honestly, I didn't know what HDR was until I starting seeing some beautiful work done by people on Google Plus.    

 I spent some valuable time listening to a "Hangout" with Trey Ratcliff and learned so much so fast that I thought it would be great to see what this photo filtering would do for my work. 

                                                  With HDR

Without HDR ..

For me the usefulness comes in the ability of HDR to show the painting from the perspective of  full light.  It's very difficult to capture this when I am photographing the work in my studio because it requires the elimination of shadows.  i.e.  less shadows = less light.  

The richness of the piece is better expressed in HDR when the observer has not actually seen the work him or herself.   HDR exposes the brightest essence of the work without the uses of natural sunlight.  

My art is made to work with the days light and the days night.  Different aspects come out and are intended to come out at different times of the complete day. 

So the HDR works as a platform for presentation with my work.  This would be a plus for a Jury Slide or a blog, or social networking.   What it can't show is also important.  Conveying the nuances of artwork on the Web is difficult.  It is a medium which is meant to be scene with the naked eye.  It is never as vivid in a picture as it will be in person.  

What do you think?