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Iv been looking at some HDR shots on here and they are amazing! How do i take them?? Im a little bit clueless about this.....:thinking:
 
Photmatix do a free download (working but watermarked} that would allow you plenty of time ie. more than the usual 30 days to see if ti was for you before purchasing.
Paul
 
Thanx Guys but i was more thinking more of how i actually take the pics on my camera!!!:help:
 
did you look at the link? im new to this too
Take multiple photographs at varying exposure levels
 
As far as i understand you need to take 3 photos at different exposures... 1 for shadows, 1 for mid tones, and 1 for highlights... i could be wrong ***...
 
The number of exposures needed depsnds on the dynamic range of the scene in front of you. As Gary says the bare minimum is three.. but in my opinion any scene where you can capture the entire dynamic range with three shots +/-2 isn't worth the bother of HDR. It's a technique that really comes into it's own when you've got a scene that needs six or more exposures to capture fully.
 
Alastair said:
The number of exposures needed depsnds on the dynamic range of the scene in front of you. As Gary says the bare minimum is three.. but in my opinion any scene where you can capture the entire dynamic range with three shots +/-2 isn't worth the bother of HDR. It's a technique that really comes into it's own when you've got a scene that needs six or more exposures to capture fully.
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Yes possibly to perform it correctly on a very static scene, but to do it with a single shot I've found under exposing by .7 and then adjusting the exposure in your raw processing does the trck.
 
diggerz said:
Yes possibly to perform it correctly on a very static scene, but to do it with a single shot I've found under exposing by .7 and then adjusting the exposure in your raw processing does the trck.
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But I personally wouldn't refer to using a single exposure in that way as HDR. But this is an old argument when it comes to this technique.
 
Set your camera up somewhere steady - tripod, wall, etc and set it for bracketing exposures -1, 0, +1 and then combine the photos in a HDR prog. I prefer Photomatix, but I'm sure there are other equally good ones around.

Having said use a tripod or other static surface, if you are careful you can hand hold the camera while it takes the three bracketed photos.

Dave
 
Im not that sure how exactly to do that, I use a sony a200, can anyone offer me an idiots guide to doing this?:nuts:
 
A lot of people shoot 3 shots, 1 picture -2 stops 1 on the " correct" exposure and 1 +2 stops, this produces a pretty good HDR in many cases, but a lot depends on the scene and dynamic range. You can take 5, 7 or even more shots. Some cameras have auto bracketing (don't know if yours does) if not switch to manual put the camera on a tripod and ajust the exposure (shutter rather than apeture) to get the different exposures. This works on static scenes, if your after a moving subject you haven't got much choice other than use a single RAW shot and tonemap that.
 
The A200 can do bracketed exposures.
 
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