Archive for October, 2008
Sunset Pictures
by razipix on Oct.19, 2008, under Panorama, Pictorial
Sunsets and Sunrise colors facinatess anyone. Sunsets are more beautiful for their contrast with clouds. During the first weekend of October 2008, I happened to be on a trip to Grand Marias, MN. Its famous for scenic drive and fall colors.
On the second day of the trip, I happened to be on the Docks during the sunset and here are the most spectacular Sunsets that I have ever captured.
Some are HDR and one in panoramic for a stick of 7 photos.
This is a HDR combined from 3 bracketed pictures.
This is a stich from 7 different photos
Landscapes in HDR
by razipix on Oct.19, 2008, under Nature, Pictorial
Ever wonder how to capture the Grass Greener, Sky Bluish with details of the clouds, the building with details of the siding? There is an easier answer to this these days.
It occurs in nature that not all objects reflect the same amount of light and hence for photographers, it’s difficult to capture them all in one photo since if exposed for one setting, the other objects and areas might be either over-exposed or under-exposed.
In the film camera days, there used to be multiple exposure on single frame. Today we can expose in different frames, combine them ‘after the fact’ and finally get one picture. This technique is been popularly called “HDR” or “High Dynamic Range”.
Here is my attempt at HDR (though I should say Photoshop – even CS4 sucks at properly merging the photos. Manually merging them makes it a lot better!)
To take HDR, key things to note:
1. Try to capture still images like landscape shots.
2. Capture one at recommend exposure, one above and one below. The more the better. So bracket the shots at least in the range of -2eV to +2eV.
3. In Photoshop, select the photos and merge them to HDR
OR
Use Photomatix which is better than photoshop.
OR
Put the photos in different layers and do the work yourself.
Non HDR
HDR
Non HDR
HDR
My new Canon!
by razipix on Oct.19, 2008, under Still objects
You know something? The first idea I got after I received my new Canon 40D was to try some HDR since now I can take some pictures which has some color saturation and details captured too. Canon 10D was good, but the color and details captured were not that great.
But before that I knew I had to take some detail pictures of my new 40D from my 10D as a tribute to the 10D that has been with me for the past 5 years. (Wow! Did I really have that long? As a matter of fact, I am still interested in photography which is very different since I have not stayed on a hobby this long)
Some captures of my new 40D!
