10 HDR: High dynamic range
Hyperrealistic, painterly images
Ásmundur Thorkelsson
The Idea
Most landscape scenes have such a wide dynamic range (that is, such a difference between the brightest parts and the darkest shadows), it can't be captured in its entirety, even with a state-of-the-art DSLR camera What you get is either blown-out highlights in the sky or a foreground that is too dark and with no visible detail.
← Clockwise from top left: A standard exposure will capture the midtone detail.
Underexposing will capture the highlights.
Overexposing will record the dark elements.
Combining all three gives rich color and detail.
The idea behind this remedy is to take three exposures-one normally exposed to §et the midtone detail, one underexposed ...
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