In the past few weeks I have been getting interested in HDR( high dynamic range) images. You take 2 or more different exposures, usually using your "AEB" settings in your camera, and blend them together in a third party hdr software or photoshop. The results are very detailed and interesting images. They typically represent more of the range of shadow and highlight that the human eye can see. DSLR's cannot cover the same range that a human eye can cover....at least not yet! Just type HDR photography in your favorite search browser and see what you get. There are alot of amazingly talented people out there.
The image above is 3 seperate exposures at 1 and 1/3 f stop difference. I used a Dynamic Photo HDR software trial version to compile and then used lightroom 2 to convert to B&W with slight tinting. This shot was taken on monday evening as Hurricane Gustav was moving into the Shreveport area. I was trying to take advantage of the dramatic clouds that the weather was producing b/c I wanted to get some good exposures to practice my hdr and other techniques. I noticed some rain droplets in the image but disregarded them b/c this was just my first run of this software and was looking at the range of exposure rather than the detail. I have learned that hdr photography is very time intensive and takes time to master. Like I said, this is my first try at this newly popular technique.
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