Ultimately HDR photography makes it possible to capture images that were once pretty much beyond our reach. At the same time, it offers up a lot creative options. Tony puts it this way: "Your camera is capturing information. HDR is about how you decide to use that information to create an image. By clicking Sign Up, you are opting to receive educational and promotional emails from Nikon Inc. You can update your preferences or unsubscribe any time.
Search Articles. Glossary Off On. In nature photography, the more realistic the better, but there are times when I want to make a graphic impression—and there are many subjects that work better with more interpretive processing.
Here's a five-step bracket and the HDR image it produced:. Top Row l. Nikon's Built-in HDR Mode In addition to creating High Dynamic Range images the traditional way by shooting bracketed exposures and combining them in software , select Nikon digital cameras offer a built-in HDR mode that simplifies creating these unique images. Check your camera's manual to determine if your specific model has this functionality. With the HDR mode, multiple exposures of a scene are captured and combined—according to user selected parameters—to form the HDR photograph.
The processing is done in-camera so there's no need for post production computer work. And because your camera takes a quick burst of shots, it removes the importance of needing a tripod as it reduces the differences in alignments between shots — although we would suggest using a tripod if you have one handy to ensure better accuracy. For full creative control, more advanced users will therefore still want to shoot a bracket of RAW images and manually merge them after the fact in HDR software.
But for those new to the technique, auto HDR mode is a great way to get started. Nowadays, even the most basic smartphones capture impressive HDR images. The process for capturing HDR photos on your smartphone is almost identical to capturing them on a dedicated camera — a series of images are captured at varying exposures to ensure the greatest possible dynamic range in a scene.
The big difference is that capturing HDR photos on a smartphone is far less complicated, thanks to software. Rather than capturing three separate images at different exposures, overlaying them, and merging them together for the best tonal range, your smartphone will do all of this for you — and likely with a single click. The only thing you should have to do, besides pressing the shutter, is make sure the HDR mode on your phone is enabled.
Apple devices will have three distinct HDR options that can be used with any of the still image modes: On, Auto, and Off. In iOS 11 and later, however, you only have Auto and Off. When shooting in this camera mode, your Android device will capture multiple exposures in a quick sequence and automatically stitch them together to create a final HDR photo.
By Whitson Gordon. Photo: SergeyIT Shutterstock. Photo: Mszklanny. Photo: Jacob Reiff. Photo: William Hook. Screenshot: Joel Cunningham. A stop is a measurable amount of light. A camera can see about 3 stops of light. I think this goes to show how mainstream and accepted HDR can be, if the technique is properly applied. Here are some tips when it comes to choosing your camera and what tools I recommend to bring along.
What equipment do I have? I started with a very low-end camera, and I have continued to upgrade over time. For great equipment reviews head over to Reviews Section on my website.
To make an HDR image, get a camera that fits any of the following:. You might want to use a tripod if you are planning on low-light photos like sunsets and these sorts of things. You can do everything handheld, but using a tripod is actually a lot of fun.
Your box of 64 Crayons will be your software. I prepared a list of software that I use myself to put HDR photos together. The first list of software is my personal absolute must and will be discussed in this tutorial , and the second set is fun recommended software.
All programs that I mention work on both Mac or Windows. I have converted from a Windows guy to a Mac guy. You will have to take multiple photos of the same scene at different exposures, so that later you could stitch these photos into one HDR image.
This is when having a tripod will come in handy. The idea is to take under exposed, over exposed photos and photos with normal exposure. Later you will merge these photos with post-processing software and will compensate the high dynamic range which your camera could not see, but your eye could.
Autobracketing allows your camera to take multiple photos say 3 in rapid sequence. Each one of those photos will be at a different shutter speed.
0コメント