Exposing to the right
Exposure is a critical element in photography. Until recently it was common practice for landscape photographers to slightly underexpose image to increase highlight detail and increase saturation. But there is a new school of thought which suggests over exposing just short of blowing out the highlights will actually give you a better range of colours. Film In the days of film, I used to consistently under-expose by half a stop because the slide would retain more colours and so the resulting image would have a richer saturation. Digital With digital images, it was commonly practiced to boost...
Read MorePhotoshop basics – simple colour correction
This is a quick and simple technique for correcting the colour of an image in photoshop. It is not always successful and will not give you the desired results 100% of the time. But as it is quick and easy it is definitely one to try first. My picture of Goðafoss has a dictinct blue cast. It was taken in low light and this is a common problem as my canon couldn’t really see well enough to decide on an appropriate white balance. I could have corrected this at the RAW stage, but for the benefit of this tutorial, I burned it as it came out of the camera. Duplicate the layer. Then apply an...
Read MoreHDR2 – RAW file treatment
HDR2 – RAW file treatment Click below to load an interactive flash tutorial covering the basic processing of files to be used in an HDR image… HDR RAW Processing Using Adobe Lightroom 2 (LR2) software. Please feedback to let me know what you think. Tours Experience this yourself with one of my Photo Tours news
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HDR 1 – taking the exposures
HDR 1 – taking the exposures HDR means High Dynamic Range photography. It refers to a method of capturing a larger range of light detail than is possible with a single exposure. This article will look at the technique of multiple exposure capture with a DSLR. Click Highlights and Shadows The idea behind an HDR image is that you are able to retain details in the highlights and in the shadows. On a single exposure, the shadow detail is lost (black) or the highlight detail is blown-out (white). By carefully controlling your exposures, you should be able to prevent losing shadow detail and...
Read More HDR3 – Photomatix Engineering
HDR2 – Photomatix Engineering Click below to load an interactive flash tutorial covering the generation of an HDR image… Tonemapping with Photomatix Using the photomatix software to generate an HDR image. Please tell me what you think?? Tours Experience this yourself with one of my Photography Tours home
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