Let’s Talk Photography – Ep.30 – HDR etc. 1

Panel:

• Bart Busschots (host) – @bbusschots – Flickr
• Antonio Rosario from Switch to Manual – @switch2manual
• Konrad Dwojak – @ konradphoto – Flickr

This month’s topic is HDR, Tomenapping, and everything related to dealing with the fact that our eyes and our cameras have different dynamic ranges.

You’ll find detailed show notes below the fold.

Reminder – you can submit questions for future Q & A shows at http://lets-talk.ie/photoq

Links

• Bart’s Article “In Defence of HDR”
• Bart’s two HDR train photos:
  
  
• Bart’s example of a composite tone mapped photo – the shaded area to the left is tone mapped, the rest of the photo is not:
  
• Examples of intentionally blocked shadows from Antonio:
  https://www.instagram.com/p/BCYxytPK7yf/, https://www.instagram.com/p/BAVMBN9q76q/,
  
  
• Fuji built-in HDR examples from Antonio: https://www.instagram.com/p/BANlAWrK7-j/,
  
• iPhone built-in HDR example from Antonio:
  
• Bart’s most extreme HDR:
  
• Some of Antonio’s Brooklyn Botanic Gardens shots where he used HDR to enhance textures: http://amrosario.photoshelter.com/… & http://amrosario.photoshelter.com/…
  
  
  
  
• Some Example HDRs from Konrad:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• An example of an intentionally blown out sky from Konrad:

  

• Articles about built-in HDR in some cameras (from Antonio):
  • What Is Canon’s Auto Lighting Optimizer?
  • ISOless Photography With the Fujifilm X-Series
  • Active D-Lighting: how to make your Nikon capture more detail in shadows and highlights
• An HDR tutorial (from Antonio)