So, I've been messing around with creating some high-dynamic-range images using multiple exposures for the fun of it. Some of my pictures have very dark shadows and bright highlights, and it's impossible to capture all of the information in one exposure. SO I'm trying out HDR to get the effect I'm looking for.
For example:
In this picture, the vehicle is exposed correctly, but the sky is completely blown out, and the shadows are very dark and contain little information. To help the picture out, I take two additional pictures, one purposely underexposed to capture highlights, and one purposely overexposed to capture shadows. Then I combine the best parts of all 3 in photo editing software to get the picture I want.
Underexposed:
Overexposed:
Final combined picture:
HDR photos will tend to have a bit of an unnatural look to them purposely; mainly because our brains are used to seeing a certain amount of information in a picture. Here I've regained a lot of detail from the tire tread, wheel wells, and undercarriage, and at the same time have great detail in the sky with the dramatic clouds and stuff. What do you think?
Originally Posted by GoodTimes
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