The Nature, Wildlife and Pet Photography Forum: HDR Blend Tutori. Digital Blending. This subject is featured in Issue #6 of The Luminous Landscape Video Journal. The Problem Being Solved In nature when doing landscape work that includes sky, especially early or late in the day, the contrast range encountered often exceeds that which film or imaging chips can handle. It's therefore necessary to find a way to reduce the contrast range to something that the camera can handle so that the highlights don't burn out and the shadow areas don't turn inky black.
The Traditional Approach The traditional method of dealing with this is to use split neutral density filters (graduated filters, some call them). This works well much of the time, and I have rarely gone out shooting without my full filter kit at the ready. 1 stop, 2 stop and 3 stop grads, and soft and hard edged versions of each. Add filter holders and adaptor rings and the whole kit can cost over a thousand dollars and fills a small shoulder bag. An additional downside is that using them takes time. Is there a better way? Selective Contrast. Photomatix « Before the Coffee. You can download a free trial version of Photomatix from www.hdrsoft.com Get 15% off the Photomatix program (reg. $99) just by entering “beforethecoffee” in the coupon code box of the Photomatix purchase page. Getting Started With Photomatix Version 4.0 It’s not unusual for a company to come out of the blocks in a full sprint and leave the competition in the dust.
Look at Google, Ebay and the iPhone; they lead the industry in their categories and everyone else plays catch-up, When it comes to HDR software it’s Photomatix created by HDRsoft. Each new version of Photomatix incorporates new tools giving us more control over the final image and Version 4.0 is no disappointment. This Photomatix tutorial covers Version 4.0 and will take you through it’s most popular tone mapping tool, Details Enhancer. So let’s get started. In Bermuda I used a Nikon D2x with a fish eye lens and a tripod to capture the source image set of 5 images, each a different exposure: 0EV, -2EV, -1EV, +1EV and +2EV. 1. 2.
Return To The Digital Photography Connection. Digital Photo Professional. Blonde's guide to bird photography - Canon Digital Photography F. Before i begin i would just like to say that i do not view myself as a good bird photographer but i still decided to write this guide because i received a few PM's from people asking me questions about the subject (don't ask me why...) Now that we got this out of the way, we can begin with the actual post. Introduction: everything about bird photography is dynamic so the only way we can make sure that we do come home with a few good shots is by being ready and be willing to really walk the extra miles. and yes, often times you will have to do some crazy stuff to get the right shot like sitting in the blazing sun for hours, laying on the ice, crawling in the mud and even get into the river only to get a single shot of a bird that you have never seen before. Ethics!!!!!!!! : both blind do really work and will allow you to get shots that you wouldn't be able to get if you are just standing there all exposed. here is a shot i took from the doghouse blind: Attire for the field: Know your subject!!!