Questions tagged [hdr]
Acronym for High Dynamic Range photography - a method of combining multiple images with varying tonal ranges into a single image that shows a wider range of values (from dark to light) than can be captured in-camera in a single frame.
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What is tone mapping? How does it relate to HDR?
Whenever I read / hear about HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography, someone usually says something along the lines of "Actually, you're talking about tone mapping, not HDR."
Please can someone ...
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HDR then Panorama, or Panorama then HDR?
When creating a panorama for a scene of huge dynamic range, intuitively I always merge exposure brackets to HDR and tone-map them and then stitch the resulting images into a panorama. My intuition ...
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How can I get a good HDR image from a single RAW file?
I've heard that it's possible to create an HDR image from a single RAW file. (Obviously, it won't be as good as using multiple bracketed RAW files; I know that much.)
Every time I try — using ...
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What's the best number of shots to combine to produce an HDR photo?
What's the optimal number of shots to produce a high dynamic range
Does it vary from scene to scene? Do the capabilities or limitations of my camera factor in?
Are there different HDR techniques ...
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How can I stop my HDR shots looking so fake?
All my attempts at HDR come out looking remarkably fake, how can I reduce the halos effect?
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How does exposure fusion work?
I understand that "exposure fusion" is a method for combining different exposures into a single image. How exactly does it work, and how is it related to HDR?
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What tools do you recommend for creating HDR images?
Ideally the tool should be
easy to use
able to work with images taken without a tripod (i.e. allow to align the images)
free
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Why is software-based manipulation of images frowned upon while hardware-based manipulation is acceptable?
In my previous question someone pointed out that unnatural HDR based toning will get more objections from the photography community than cropping. I personally feel that slight HDR based enhancements ...
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How do I capture the moon and its surrounding context?
I wanted to photograph the full moon against a beautiful deep blue sky. I ended up with blown-out highlights of the moon:
So I switched to spot metering and captured the moon, losing the blue sky in ...
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When should I use graduated ND filters and when should I use HDR processing?
I'd really like to stop blowing out the sky and/or underexposing the ground in my pictures. The traditional solution would be to use graduated ND filters, but taking multiple exposures and applying ...
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What software should I use for HDR processing on Linux?
So far, I've tried software like luminance, bracket and fotoxx. While bracket is very fast to make the openEXR images, luminance is good with tonemapping tools, but I'd like to try some more options. ...
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How do I photograph moving subjects to allow good HDR processing?
I've started to experiment with HDR photography and would love to have a few shots of my family rendered via HDR. There's one problem - my family is human and they move, sometimes a LOT. How would ...
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TV or AV bracketing for HDR imaging?
I have recently entered into the HDR world, and I'm a little confused.
My new camera has bracketing features, 2 modes actually: one is TV bracketing and the other is AV bracketing. In other words, ...
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Things to look for in a camera to match cameraphone image quality
I have a 10-year old "upper-entry" level DSLR. I am considering upgrading to a new camera, but I am interested in knowing what sorts of things to look for that will allow it to match the image "...
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