Photographer's notes: Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Lens: 28mm-135mm, Shutter speed: 0.6 sec., at f/23. ISO: 100, exposures: 0;+1;+2
So, Chris and I went out to the farm again. As we were driving there, I suggested we have a certain goal or challenge to strive for, just to make it less repetitive. Chris said how about an HDR? An HDR (high dynamic range) image is actually three images put on top of one another. You take three images at different exposures, one at the right exposure for the heavily shadowed areas, one in the middle, and one for bright areas (you'll notice in the above notes that I have three exposures). Everything else is kept the same. I'd seen Chris do this a couple of times, and I knew what the results could look like, so with this knowledge I chose the above topic. The three of us (Chris, young Peleg, and I) each chose a couple of subjects to shoot, we spent about an hour and then we left. Later Chris helped me put the three images into the special software that makes the HDR image. We then "tone mapped" to create the above image. Tone mapping is the mapping out of all the tones or tonal contrasts to achieve the look you want. You can make an incredible photo, that looks normal except amazingly accurate, or a grungy graphic looking photo like the one I have above. I'm not an expert, but if you are interested you can check out www.stuckincustoms.com. That's Trey Radcliff's website. He goes all around the world making HDRs.
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