Saturday, June 14, 2008

"I turn my camera on..."

I have discovered yet another sort of digital medium for me to delve into, and that is High Dynamic Range(HDR) photography. HDR is a technique which uses multiple images, all taken with different exposure levels. These images are then combined into a single image. The resulting photo has a higher level of detail, a greater variety of light, and it closer to what the human eye can perceive. It's really quite fascinating. At any rate, I've been experimenting with this technique. Our camera is by no means professional quality, it's just a simple Sony point and shoot model, but I've been able to get some pretty good results.

Here's one of the more interesting ones. It's just a view down my street...


I like the effect that you can get with the HDR, I was able to achieve a surreal, almost painting-like quality with this photo. Of course, HDR can also produce very detailed, natural looking images as well. It's really good for landscapes and wide panoramic shots. I plan to continue messing around with this, so I should have some more shots to post later on.

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