Yeah, it's a problem. I shoot iPhone in RAW to back that off, or Halide RAW if it really ticks me off.
// Disclosure:
Like most everyone, my top community ranked Flickr photos were heavily HDR'd, such as this one that hit #1 on Explore on 2006-08-17: https://live.staticflickr.com/60/216486412_0e3542fb85_k.jpg
At the time, I produced some top ranked HDRs out of annoyance, like, oh, use tone map plugin? Automatic upvotes! Called it the "Flickr craze" and polled on comparison between:
HDR tool: https://live.staticflickr.com/91/212613394_c1db0694ad_k.jpg
Hand balanced: https://live.staticflickr.com/88/213584770_8175d4ec45_k.jpg
When compared side by size, the community preferred the hand mapped version, which hit #7 on Explore.
Yeah, it's a problem. I shoot iPhone in RAW to back that off, or Halide RAW if it really ticks me off.
// Disclosure:
Like most everyone, my top community ranked Flickr photos were heavily HDR'd, such as this one that hit #1 on Explore on 2006-08-17: https://live.staticflickr.com/60/216486412_0e3542fb85_k.jpg
At the time, I produced some top ranked HDRs out of annoyance, like, oh, use tone map plugin? Automatic upvotes! Called it the "Flickr craze" and polled on comparison between:
HDR tool: https://live.staticflickr.com/91/212613394_c1db0694ad_k.jpg
Hand balanced: https://live.staticflickr.com/88/213584770_8175d4ec45_k.jpg
When compared side by size, the community preferred the hand mapped version, which hit #7 on Explore.