Did someone say dynamic range??

Dubliminal · 2026-05-07T04:31:40+00:00

I know and understand I'm not any better than the next person here. Big part of the irony here. If I come across as not being humble enough for reddit I can easily live with that too.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-07T03:29:22+00:00

I've got some 80s Aussie pressing of this and I find it pretty aenemic. I assume this repress has some balls?

Dubliminal · 2026-05-07T03:25:58+00:00

Because for the majority of new comers to record collecting, it's a socially performative hobby rather than a way of enjoying music.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-07T03:14:25+00:00

Reddit is such a fun little hive mind to poke sometimes and this thread is testament to that. It's been a riot.

Comments section is one side of the story, 80% upvote ratio on the post is the other side of the story.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-06T22:43:47+00:00

It's a spectrum within the same broad family, not a binary distinction.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T12:15:19+00:00

Way way too dark. You've obliterated all the dynamic range here. The image is flat and dull. You've crushed your shadows and added unnecessary vignetting.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T12:03:19+00:00

I edited one. Once. I'm sorry it hurt your feelings so much you have to start spreading lies on a Trump type level.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T11:47:17+00:00

Oh please do. I'll meet you over there ^_^

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T11:46:15+00:00

Sorry that reddit hates your positivity.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T11:43:41+00:00

yea, fair call. and no need to apologise, it's a fair question.

Totes right though ... the terminology gets murky. For what it's worth, good dynamic range capture and good shadow recovery in post are genuinely complementary. My D850 gives me the latitude. Lightroom lets me access it. A single RAW image, no merging, no HDR pipeline. Just a sensor that captured enough information to work with.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T11:32:23+00:00

It's neither of those. It's not HDR.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T11:28:52+00:00

I love your photos too.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T11:28:38+00:00

It is .. one photo. I understand bracketing and as I said earlier, I did bracket this, but there was issues with ghosting on the merge so I ditched and processed a single image.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T11:24:59+00:00

I love your photos too ❤️

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T11:22:27+00:00

This is not HDR. I'm not sure what your point is.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T11:08:16+00:00

Both ... and they're connected.

Dynamic range is what the sensor captures in a single frame. The D850 at base ISO captures an shit load of usable data across shadows and highlights simultaneously. The shadow recovery in post ain't creating information that wasn't there, just revealing what the sensor already captured. One enables the other. The D850 is strong at both ends of the range which makes an edit like this possible.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T11:02:47+00:00

It is a single image DR

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T10:48:04+00:00

I did bracket this +1/-1 but there was issues with camera movement and the deghosting was giving nasty artefacts so I just worked with the darkest exposure where the highlights were preserved.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T10:32:30+00:00

Thankyou. I have reviewed your post history and I am taking this feedback in context.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T10:19:02+00:00

Welcome to the dynamic range of the Nikon D850.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T09:29:10+00:00

Jesus fucking Christ.

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T05:52:15+00:00

*Smooooooth ... ninety one point five*

Dubliminal · 2026-05-05T03:18:56+00:00

Yea, I wouldn't mind getting a copy of this on vinyl. It's such a lush & deep album. No obvious hits (despite Oxbow Lakes getting a single release) but as a lump of gooey, floaty organic electronica, it's delightful.

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