HDR

HDR is something I hadn't heard of before, but had seen. I know the effect that it produces but didn't know how it was achieved. I had a go today by seting up my camera on a tripod in an interesting place with multiple depths. I then took 5 pictures all with different exposures.
With the 5 photos I took to photoshop and automated an HDR image which I could then adjust to my liking.

I don't think I will be attempting to create HDR images maually, the idea behind it s simple enough, mask off the areas that are exposed incorrectly leaving a correctly exposed whole image. After this is achieved other effects can be used to touch up the image.

Glover Park Sculpture

The above image achieves an almost cartoon sethetic, there is depth in the clouds, the sculpture and the buildings and lampposts. I think it achieves artificial hyper realistic detail as I desired.

I will experiment with other HDR images and see if I can create other effects. I would like to do work like this with people, instructing them to be very still while I work.

To be continued...