Months ago I’d written about Breathing Color’s new Lyve Canvas. A higher dynamic range then their Chromata Canvas? Yes, I tested it then, and I use it now. Does it add additional pop to my personal HDR photography? Yes again. …
Photographing Arizona Podcast Episode 13: Why Do I Personally Use HDR? Part one of the HDR Series
Over the past few weeks I’ve been reading a lot about HDR. It seems to be one of those hot button topics that’s getting hotter. Don’t know why that is, but it is. Personally, I stumbled across HDR several years …
A “stare and compare” moment by request: Coyote Buttes Paw Hole photo as is versus Topaz Detail and Photomatix HDR
As readers know, I do follow up on requests when I can. And I’m following up on one right now! This morning a commentor asked for a three way battle, and I’m providing it. While sorting images this afternoon I …
Photomatix Version 3.2.2
Ok, I haven’t upgraded Photomatix in a while, clearly. I was running on 3.1.3, and now we’re on 3.2.2……. Where have I been? Oh, right, out shooting photos, running the gallery, making prints for customers, having web design meetings with …
Total HDR Setup Cost – What an interesting topic
Looking through my recent web statistics and hits I saw an interesting search topic linked into me from Google. A google user somewhere in the universe typed in “Total HDR Camera Setup Cost,” into a search and eventually made their …
Playing with HDR settings
I should have labeled this post, “Seeing how sausage is made…..” 🙂 This morning I’ve been working on my latest round of images from yesterday’s trip to the Sunset Crater National Monument. Lots of photos to sort, experimentation with HDR, …
A Panoromaic HDR….or, how to mush a ton of shots together
Click on the image to view a larger version! 🙂 Last week’s Borrego trip gave me plenty of opportunities to try out some new things. With Photoshop CS4 on my laptop I wanted to play with a few new features. …
Knowing how to use the tools….
Doesn’t mean you’re going to get great results. Heck, you might not even use them! How many digital imaging books have I read over the past few years? Too many to count. And guess what….. I understand the mechanics of …
HDR Processing – The final touches
Well, I’ve covered all of the basics in my HDR process. Took the photos, sorted the photos, and did the initial processing of the photos. What else could there be? Really, two more items only. The first is pretty simple. …