Still playing with exposure blending and HDR

Still playing with exposure blending and HDR
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2007

Still playing with exposure blending and HDR

Experimenting with a new beta FFDD script kindly provided for testing by Timothy Farrar, I must say that I am having a whole lot of fun with photography and HDR, and have come to the following uncorrelated conclusions:

The level of noise reduction achieved by blending multiple bracketed exposures into a final HDR digital negative is amazing;
I need a better lens or two. The generic zoom lens that came with the Canon XTi is just not good enough, too soft and cheap, as any bundled lens;
I must, repeat, MUST get myself very soon to an area that has reds and yellows and oranges. BC’s beautiful blues and greens are getting on my nerves.

Posted at 6:57 PM in Photoblogs: & Vancouver:

9 Comments

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1 - Anonymous says:

« while waiting, with you, for the fiery colours,
we enjoy the symphony in blue very much.
»
Date of comment: 2007-06-25 09:13 •
2 - Craig says:

« Have you seen this?

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=2709&pq-locale=en_US&gpcid=0900688a80720f9d »
Date of comment: 2007-06-25 15:36 •
3 - Gricelle says:

« Bring on the blues and green I truly enjoy your pictures. »
Date of comment: 2007-06-25 20:59 •
4 - Vince says:

« Anonymous and Gricelle: Thank you both, lad to know someone enjoys cold colors...

Craig: Yup, we’re getting there. I guess I’ll make the best of my XTi for another year or two and then some truly amazing new cameras should arrive on the market... »
Date of comment: 2007-06-26 16:01 •
5 - Vancouver Island Daryl says:

« Those are stunning photos. I’d love to see you write an article on how you like to do your HDR. I’ve read a few articles but none of their results were as stunning as yours. Cheers. »
Date of comment: 2007-06-27 18:23 •
5.1 - Vince answers:

« Well, I was trying to avoid the cliché of writing yet another HDR tutorial, especially since I am no authority on the matter, but maybe I’ll do it anyway just for the hell of it... »
Date of comment: 2007-06-28 12:46 •
6 - Vancouver Island Daryl says:

« That would be great Vince, my only attempt at playing with HDR required more patience then I have. But I’ve been playing with a lot of layer effects and such on my photos. Btw what do you think of my new Vancouver Island Photography BLOG I start justed working on. Cheers, and good up the good shots. »
Date of comment: 2007-06-28 23:56 •
6.1 - Vince answers:

« Well, I’ve done it, let’s see now if I’ll regret it...

Good job on the blog, BTW, I can’t wait to see pictures of the Sooke river, my favourite in your area... »
Date of comment: 2007-07-01 00:45 •
7 - Vancouver Island Daryl says:

« I think it will be a while until I make it to Sooke... but you can check out a corporate photography gallery I did for a housing development right on Sooke River :) http://www.quenet.org/Gallery/Sunriver2006/ »
Date of comment: 2007-07-02 19:16 •

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