Tuesday, May 09, 2006
New Photo Technique
Hi everyone -- wanted to share a new photo technique I tried out last weekend -- it's called High Dynamic Range imaging, or HDR. You take 5 different exposures of a photo and combine them to represent all the values of light originally there.
Why is this important?
Because cameras can only see a certain range of light, often you'll lose something in exchange for keeping the subject properly exposed. An example would be: taking a photo inside the house, but the windows appear all white from the bright sun.
With HDR, you could properly expose for both the interior of the house and the sun outside.
I used this technique (in an incredibly amateur way) to capture the scene below:
It might not be the best example, but in this picture, keeping the sun from being too bright while still keeping the trees somewhat lit is difficult. By combining exposures, I was able to do both!
And that's today's photo lesson.
Why is this important?
Because cameras can only see a certain range of light, often you'll lose something in exchange for keeping the subject properly exposed. An example would be: taking a photo inside the house, but the windows appear all white from the bright sun.
With HDR, you could properly expose for both the interior of the house and the sun outside.
I used this technique (in an incredibly amateur way) to capture the scene below:
It might not be the best example, but in this picture, keeping the sun from being too bright while still keeping the trees somewhat lit is difficult. By combining exposures, I was able to do both!
And that's today's photo lesson.
# posted by Jake and Elspeth @ 5:55 PM 
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i uploaded to flickr and then they give you a url to use.
or you can do it from within the posting stuff, there's a button for it
cause you just want to post that damn chicken anyway
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or you can do it from within the posting stuff, there's a button for it
cause you just want to post that damn chicken anyway
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