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HDR, too!

Posted: May 13th, 2008 | Author: amake | Filed under: Photography | 1 Comment »

Mountaintop photographer

HDR photography seems all the rage these days, so I thought I’d try my hand at it too. I thought I needed a fancier camera, but it turns out really all you need is to use the simple exposure adjustments that most cameras have.

So far all of my HDR photos have been from handheld shots, and they’ve turned out ok (especially at smaller sizes). On top of that, the software is all free! I used the Gimp and JD Smith’s excellent exposure-blend extension. So you, out there with your cheap point-and-shoot and $0 software budget, can do it too! Barriers to entry don’t get much lower than this.

But, I should say that aligning your shots is tricky without a tripod. I hope to get one one of these days.

One Comment on “HDR, too!”

  1. 1 Marie said at 7:05 on May 15th, 2008:

    Just thought I’d let you know that I stopped by and looked at your photos, and was incredibly impressed. The panoramas in particular are stunning. And obviously the HDRs are really beautiful.

    Perhaps you’ll submit a few to be posted over at Japundit (you can send them to Ed and completely avoid me), because I think people would really enjoy them.

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