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masks: Photography 101: HDR (High Dynamic Range Imaging) - 09/12/07 08:24 AM

Way back around when I first joined Active Rain I did a bit on Dynamic Range, in hopes of illustrating one of the common limitations of current imaging devices and some ways to work within those limitations.
Of course, few of us are ever satisfied with limitations of any kind and I wanted to share with you one way to address DR in photos.
I'm talking about HDR of course. In simple terms HDR is a process where a camera in a fixed position (such as a tripod) is shot multiple times at different exposure levels. Using specialized software, the images are then blended … (20 comments)

masks: Photography 101: Masks Pt 2 - 08/24/07 07:36 PM

Recently I [attempted] to offer a clear explanation of what a mask is. Now I'm going to give you a quick demonstration of how it works. Pt 3 will be some actual use cases you might enjoy trying.
I'm going to take a brightly colored image and create a very basic B&W layer on top of it. I'm then going to show you how some different masks (applied to the B&W layer) might change the image.
First off, here's our main image. This is a shot I took of pearl harbor during Christmas, from the memorial area. If you've never … (13 comments)

masks: Photography 101: Masks Pt 1 - 08/19/07 01:42 PM

I'm going to talk about masks for a bit. Since I don't have much free time these days I'm going to break this into two sections. In the first we will discuss the general concept of what a mask is. In the second we'll get into practical application.
First let's take a look at an image that is heavily dependant on masks. Here's the first mid tone exposure more or less straight out of the camera.

Well, yuck. That's not a very exciting picture, is it? It's a little muddy, and a lot hazy.
Basically the Mt is very … (20 comments)

 

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