Look at Fletch’s photo of the blue bridges in Chattanooga.
I can look at the bright blue bridge and it gets brighter as surrounding areas get darker. Then I can look at the gray areas of the roof/landing/whatever in the middle of the picture and its colors shift. Freaky deaky.
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If you like that, you may also enjoy some HDR photos done by a guy that used to run the photo club I’m in.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/capturedjourneys/3220820291
http://www.flickr.com/photos/capturedjourneys/3194555761
Nice. Those pictures are why I want my next camera to have exposure bracketing. (And it’s a slight rip-off that Nikon’s D40 doesn’t have that feature. My first point and shoot from six years ago could bracket exposure.)
You need a bit more than just basic exposure bracketing to get some of those shots.
He’s a firm believer in using Photomatrix Pro over using the built in features in Photoshop. Also, if you get a camera with built in bracketing, the D90 and below will only bracket up to 3 exposures. You need to start getting into either the D300 or D700 to be able to do 5+ exposure bracketing.
From what he has told me, you need at least 5 shots to get a good HDR (but even just the shots is only half of the battle). I’m still a long way from making good HDR pictures. But I do understand now that identifying what will make a good source for one is a lot harder than mastering the software. It’s not easy to start looking specifically for shots that won’t expose well in a single frame after 25 years of doing the exact opposite.
Yep, but without exposure bracketing I can’t even get in the game.
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