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Originally Posted by davemac
I too dont understand HDR, I know its a composite of a selection of photos at different exposures, but how do you get them, and then combine them
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dave hdr is just taking 3 or more photos at different exposure levels, so for example a sky that is "white out" but the foreground is clear then with a lower exposure you get the clouds but the foreground is dark and lose detail, you then use photoshop to "merge HDR", it then merges all of the photos together so you get all of the detail
i use cs6 on my mac and it does it all for me, quite happy to meet up some time and show you.
a lot of cameras now have an AEB (auto exposure bracketing) so you set the exposure to the correct one for a normal photo, then the camera will take one either side, i have mine set to 5 so it takes 2 either side, at 1/4 stop each photo, hope i have explained it.
as i say if you want to nip round or meet up sometime will show you
good for landscapes, but i dont use it all of the time just on the odd ones, but it comes in handy sometimes if you have got the exposure wrong, i also use raw rather than jpg, but thats another waffle sometime