hdr images look darker on 100% reflective material

[flipside]

Hi,

Look at the pic below. Why does the reflection of the hdr image on a 100% reflective sphere have way more contrast than the same map opened in hdr shop? When I up the multiplier, the reflections get lighter of course but the high contrast remains the same.

Every hdr I tried has this problem. Also with the brazil hdri loader.




Is it supposed to look this way??



wouter

[jacksc02]

wouter, have you got any gamma correction activated?

[vlado]

I suppose that HDRshop applies additional transformation on the image colors (probably gamma correction).

Best regards,
Vlado

[flipside]

Yes, I noticed that hdr shop uses a display gamma correction. If I set this at 1, the hdr looks identical as that in the rendering. But the light/dark balance of the hdr is completely different than that of the original pics. Anyaone else have experience with creating hdri's? How can I get the hdr look the same as the original pics?

(the famous hdri's like kitchen probe and ufizi also have the same problem)

thanks,

wouter