This weekend I decided to try some HDR photography. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and refers to the difference between the highlights and shadows in a photo or scene. Have you ever taken a photo where some parts of the scene are pefectly exposed while other parts are too dark or too light (blown out). The scene looked great to you but the camera just couldn't capture it. This is because our eyes can see and adjust for a much broader range of highlights to shadow then our camera can.
HDR is a photographic technique of taking multiple exposures and combining them to create a photo that captures a much wider dynamic range then a camera can do with one single exposure. I will explain HDR in greater detail in an upcoming post, but this is one of the pictures I took this weekend. It is a bridge over the Truckee River in Reno. There are a couple of different ways you can use HDR. One is to recreate an image as you saw it... in other words realistic. The other option is to create a surreal type of image that leans more toward fantasy. I used a surreal style with this photo.
Here is what the image looked like coming out of my camera as a single exposure.
To create this HDR photo I used Photomatix and Lightroom 2.
That's it for today. I plan to continue this discussion on HDR in this weeks blogs so check back in if you're interested, or if you just want to see some cool looking pictures.
Keep shooting!
Ryan
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