Photo Sharing: Canon

[wdwensel]

Bill, I was checking out your photos on your web page. They are awesome and beautiful!

Thank you!!

 

[dcg0317]

 

[PrincessInOz]

 

[dcg0317]

 

[KCmike]

St. Patrick's Church, Downtown KC

 

[Cafeen]

I've been absent from the boards for about 6 months now... but the itch is coming back. Still planning on taking this year off of Disney, but I'm still shooting away.

I was playing with HDR on Friday as I walked home through the campus of the University of South Alabama...

Shot on Canon T1i @ 8mm f/22 3 exposure HDR (base image at 1/250s)

I haven't done much HDR work in the past (a whopping 6 attempts at Disney last September!) so I figured I should get some work in on processing. I like the way this came out, as it doesn't quite have that obvious cartoony HDR look many have (though, I also processed quite a few in that manner as well).

 

[Donald Duck888]

I was playing with HDR on Friday as I walked home through the campus of the University of South Alabama...

Shot on Canon T1i @ 8mm f/22 3 exposure HDR (base image at 1/250s)

Ok I am a rookie and not afraid to admit it. So I have a couple of rookie questions if I may.

What is HDR? How is it done? Thanks for the info, I am trying out all kinds of new stuff with my ndew T2i.

 

[Cafeen]

Ok I am a rookie and not afraid to admit it. So I have a couple of rookie questions if I may.

What is HDR? How is it done? Thanks for the info, I am trying out all kinds of new stuff with my ndew T2i.

HDR stands for "High Dynamic Range" photography, it's basically a post-processing thing that allows for "a greater dynamic range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than current standard digital imaging methods or photographic methods." (--Much more info -- - Probably way too much ).

While shooting, you basically take x number of exposure bracketed images (that is, the same image taken at several different exposures, I typically go light and use the simple 3 that my camera allows me to do automatically, all bracketed 1 stop apart) and then meld them together with some sort of software (I use PhotomatrixPro myself). It's best to use a tripod for sure (and a remote release) as any movement of the camera between shots can easily throw the final product all off (and you may not notice until you're at home in the computer). It allows for some neat effects, either more or less natural (I prefer the more natural looking ones, though some of them do work quite well all processed up).

As a note, I've barely done any of these, I'm very much a rookie at them (and previous attempts came out far less ideal ). I'm sure that those who have been doing them a lot have a lot more advice and stuff to say.

For example - This was the +/-0 exposure (so, the "base" one) for the image above. This is more or less straight out of the camera (some minor clarity, color, white balance tweaks, along with lens correction and some heavy spot removal as I forgot to clean up my lens before I went shooting ><).

Another example, this one with some different settings (contrasting against the originally posted more natural looking effects)

 

[dcg0317]

 

[rdunative]

 

[rdunative]

 

[matthewsmom1]

Caught a pretty good "panning" shot during my Intro to DSLR class a couple of weeks ago.....


harmon-3 by AngelaFix, on Flickr

 

[mom2rtk]

Caught a pretty good "panning" shot during my Intro to DSLR class a couple of weeks ago.....


harmon-3 by AngelaFix, on Flickr

Nicely done!

 

[dcg0317]

Virginia Class fast attack submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

 

[I'm mikey]

Jungle Cruise, Disneyland, Anaheim CA

 

[Joe Buck]

Silverback Gorilla @ Pangani Forest Exploration Trail, Disney's Animal Kingdom

Took this with Canon Rebel T3: F/5, 1/250, ISO 200, 220MM

 

[KCmike]

Downtown KC, MO. Taken on top of the World War I Museum

 

[mom2rtk]

^^^Beautiful shot Mike!

 

[jenseib]

I was just there a month ago!

 

[PrincessInOz]