Greetings...
I have just began experimenting with HDR photography as of today actually, so I thought I'd take to my blog and talk a bit about it.
So HDR (high dynamic range) is basically taking the same photograph in 3 different exposures and then merging them together later in Photoshop. You have to use a tripod so as every scene is captured in exactly the same position.
Today was a great day so I headed off to Castlewellan to see what I could find (incidentally I did this after stopping off at tesco to take advantage of the great wine offer they have on at the moment) Anyway, yes so I arrived at Castlewellan, and obvious as it is I headed for the castle as I figured this was the best place to start. I had a magazine with an article about capturing the images with me, (you didn't think I could do it without some point of reference did you?)
I set up my gear and proceeded to take what I needed, it was lovely just getting away on my own, I even packed a lunch! I didn't feel particularly inspired to capture anything else so I headed home to get to work on some post production.
So below we have to of my best efforts, lots more to practice on in this area, got to try and think what else what be a great subject... Feel free to suggest something :)
It's a great new thing to try, and I believe it gives the pictures a great bit of punch. but got to be careful not to over do it.
K
Nice work miss. You've shown admirable restraint - I've seen some real over-engineered efforts elsewhere on the Net. That said, I'm really interested in how stylized the composites can become, like a graphic-novel effect or real heavy bloom. A lot of the landscapes I've seen look like they're a CGI render, even though they are all in-camera shots. Can't wait to see more from you.
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Cheers Neil,
ReplyDeleteYeah you could really go over the top with it, although as you say if you are going to go to town on it, it does work out nice and graphical.. Kind of all or nothing type of technique.
Gotta do a lot more experimenting over the next few week. Hopefully have some more stuff to put up on here :)
K