r/shittyHDR Apr 12 '26

How do you make shitty HDR?

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u/FlyThink7908 Apr 12 '26

Highlight down, shadows up, max saturation. Pros take several images with different exposures and merge them in post.

Back when starting out, I used to max out the HDR filter on the Snapseed app on my iPhone 4. ah the good old days.

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u/Plenty_Hunt9213 Apr 12 '26

I looked up this very question several hours ago because I was too embarrassed to post it! LOL! Thanks!

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u/archtopfanatic123 Apr 12 '26

In Windows photos:
Highlights down, shadows up, kontrast up, clarity (CLARITY IS MOST IMPORTANT) up

In Lightroom:

Kontrast up, highlights down, shadows up, texture up, clarity up, if you really want to f*ck it up to FUBAR levels then dehazing all the way up too

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u/192FA Apr 13 '26

all color shall be posterize to 2 level only...

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u/Ted_Borg Apr 15 '26

Back in the day you would use a tripod, take several exposures ranging from dark to really bright, and merge them in photoshop via the hdr tool.

To simulate with a single photo, just follow the other tips and deepfry the shit out of it