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HDR Tutorial | High Dynamic Range Tutorial. HDR Tutorial – How to Make Beautiful HDR Photos with Ease! Which HDR Software to use – Mac or Windows? The first thang you’re gonna need is some HDR Software. If you have a Mac, I strongly recommend Aurora HDR 2017 then follow the Free HDR Tutorial for Macs. If you use Windows, I recommend getting Photomatix Pro and use the coupon code “TREYRATCLIFF” to save 15%. Once you have the software, I can show you how to use it to make beautiful photos. The Free HDR Tutorial for Windows I wrote this HDR photography tutorial over six years ago and I update it about every three months. Hundreds of thousands of people have used this tutorial to learn how to make beautiful HDR photos — I am sure it can teach you too! Who is the best audience for this HDR Photography tutorial? This tutorial is great for new photographers as well as intermediate to beyond.

HDR (High Dynamic Range) is still a relatively new way to create photos. Interested in a Complete HDR Video Tutorial? Free Newsletter from Trey! HDR tips » Before The Coffee. A photographer sent me an email, “Ferrell, I am enjoying reading your book on HDR photography. I have a Nikon D700 and thought perhaps that it might be possible to take one photo and the bracketing take place in the camera using the menus. Thanks in advance. Paul Fretts Hi Paul, A common approach among new HDR enthusiasts is to take a single image and in post processing create an over and under exposed image, save each one, then follow with HDR processing. Two important scene indicators of High Dynamic Range.

The Sun – Compose any landscape or cityscape image with the sun in the scene and you’ll have High Dynamic Range. Cave Effect – The cave effect is created when sunlight is blocked from all directions except the one you are looking. The HDR knowledge base tells us that dynamic range can be as high as 1,000,000,000:1 That’s 1 billion to one and what does it mean? Is it common in nature? Should I worry about it? I often see posts that say “tone mapping a single image is not true HDR.”