I've been experimenting lately with a newer style of photography. HDR or High Dynamic Range has been around for a few years, it deals with fact that digital cameras are unable to capture the same range of light that the human eye can. We have all seen it, a photo that is properly exposed for the highlights and the shadows have no detail, or the opposite, details in the shadows but washed out or blown highlights.
The way to fix this problem is to take several shots (3-7), each exposed a little differently and then combined using a special program in Photoshop. The end result can be a picture that more accurately represents what you originally saw.
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Horseshoe Bend HDR |
Another technique that has come from this is "Faux HDR", this can be done with a single image.
Depending on how you manipulate the settings you can process the picture and get some interesting results. While this doesn't work for all images, I really like how it gives some pictures a cool retro look. I did this with a friends old firetruck, and have gotten a lot of positive comments on it. I have a copy hanging in a local coffe shop right now and have been asked if I can do several others. While it takes awhile to process the picture, I think the results are worth it.
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