Creating HDR Photos The Complete Guide to High Dynamic by Harold Davis

By Harold Davis

Because the days of the 1st photos, artists have used numerous recommendations to increase the variety of lighting fixtures and darks of their images. Photographic masters corresponding to Ansel Adams and Edward Weston spent numerous hours burning and dodging their prints to create photos with prolonged dynamic diversity. With the appearance of electronic images, new horizons in extending dynamic variety are attainable. HDR thoughts now make it effortless to increase the dynamic diversity of a picture well past the potential of the human eye. In growing HDR images, bestselling writer Harold Davis covers the total HDR workflow, from opting for the themes that paintings most sensible for HDR via processing uncooked documents to free up the dynamic strength of HDR. You’ll find out how to picture a number of exposures and mix them right into a unmarried HDR snapshot utilizing a variety of software program courses. better of all, you will discover out how one can keep an eye on the fashion of your HDR photos, from refined to hyper-real, utilizing a variety of photographic and post-processing ideas. filled with wonderful photograph examples, growing HDR pictures brings this crucial electronic process inside each photographer’s snatch.

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To 8 seconds, each exposure at f/11 and ISO 200, tripod mounted; exposures combined using Nik HDR Efex Pro. THIS TWO-SHOT HDR IMAGE, taken from a gallery above the Hall of Mirrors in the Revolutionary Museum in Havana, Cuba, is a good presentation of the ceiling mural showing both heaven and hell (another view of this room is shown on this page). The image also illustrates a couple points about exposing HDR multi-shots. First, using only two exposures can be a very effective technique for creating striking images; you don’t necessarily have to take tons of different exposures to get a wide dynamic range.

I am perfectly prepared to throw away the dynamic ranges that are darker. With the black background situation, I start with a reading for my foreground subject, and then go darker, and I don’t worry about any lighter tonalities in the image. In both cases, the idea is to create a kind of absolutist background with the subject against either white or black. Creating this kind of image may certainly require multi-shot HDR photography with many captures at varied exposures. But for this kind of situation, you only need half of the exposure range, starting from the exposure midpoint.

Shooting with a Tripod for Maximum Stability Develop a kind of mental checklist when setting up your tripod so it becomes second nature: Extend the legs, making sure all the joints are well-tightened. Also, a tripod will hold your camera more securely in field conditions if the center column is not extended. Make sure the tripod legs are positioned so the tripod is not wobbly and the top of the tripod head is level. Once the camera is in position for your multi-shot HDR photo, double-check that it is securely attached to the tripod and that all tripod joints are securely fastened.

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