High Dynamic Range
After a good response on the photos from the previous blog, I thought I'd get off my ass and process a couple more from my trip in January. I've always had a thing for HDR photos, they're not the easiest to process and for me it's really trial and error with a couple of photo editing softwares.
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8
Settings: Variable
Location: The Venetian (or part of), Macau
To get a good HDR photo you need to have a good base of images to work with.
Here's the equipment that you need (or you should have)
- Camera (well .. obviously)
- Tripod (or something that'll keep your camera in the same spot)
- You must be able to change Exposure compensation (or have manual) in the camera
Then all you do is take a series of 3 (or 5 in this case) images with different exposure values. In this example I had -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 relative exposure values. Then get home and whack those images into the photoshop (or other software) automate HDR feature and let it do the work. If you're not quite happy with the brighness/contrast/colours, do some minor edits as you would to any other photo.
The reason I love HDR is that you get a ridiculous amount of detail in ALL parts of the photo, and that is a direct result of the different exposures. And apart from the detail, you can have some nice effects that you otherwise wouldnt be able to get.
I try to keep my HDRs as natural as possible, but I'll show you examples of other crazy effects here and here. Regardless of which style you prefer, it's a cool effect to have a play around with.
p.s - The Venetian at Macau (or Macao, whatever) is an awesome place to lose money. If you ever want to lose your life savings in style and don't want to do it in Vegas (or in my case, I'm also not 21) ... then head over to Macau and you won't even notice that your in Asia.
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