High Dynamic Range
High Dynamic Range or HDR is an abused process that bad photographers use to hide the fact that they can’t shoot. I am paraphrasing here but I heard it, I read it and I disagree and here is why! A good, not an over the top, over done HDR, a good HDR requires planning and [...]
I cannot say that I am an expert in HDR or even photography, but I can say that i truly enjoy most type of photography. As many, I wish I had more time to practice it. However I digress, this post is about basic HDR. Firstly, if you are really serious about HDR there is [...]
In my last post I talked about Rick Sammon’s HDR Secrets for Digital Photographers book, I finished reading it last night and thought that it was a good time to share my thoughts on it. In short, if you are thinking of going HDR this is a brilliant book to start with. It has step [...]
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A while back, here to be exact, I touched on HDR, in fact I even tried it. I found it rather disappointing and uninspiring, so I gave it up. But that was last year!!! Since I stumbled on 2 of the HDR masters, Trey Ratcliff and Rick Sammon, bought both their books, A World in [...]
Location: Johannesburg Suburb, Gauteng Province, South Africa A test in High Dynamic Range of a place I have taken before in summer, I will definitively try this spot again this coming summer in HDR.
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Location: Johannesburg Suburb, Gauteng Province, South Africa A test in High Dynamic Range of a place I have taken before in summer, this panoramic view, bellow, was done using a 400mm lens and is stitched from 5 photos where as the HDR above is not stitched but took a total of 7 photos to achieve, [...]
Continue reading about Photo of the Day – Johannesburg park with city in the background