Entering the HDR world

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range, and reffers to multi-exposure photography. In a nut shell, human eye is able to see about 11 stops of light (a stop of light is a 1 stop of aperture in camera, i.e. set amount of light entering the lens, which is measured in f-stops, or stops of light), whilst camera can only see 3. If you ever tried to take a picture of someone backlit by the sun, you will know that your camera will not be able to expose properly for both your subject and the background, if the amplitude of stops of light between the two is huge. That is where HRD photograqphy comes in.

The above picture was captured by me in Kamakura, Japa. It is the Kenchoji Zen temple. The Photomatix logo is a logo of the HDR program that I am currently trying out, and the free copy is forcing their logo onto the photo. Photomatix comes highly recommended by most of the photographers who specilise in HDR, and after trying it out I can see why. It is absolutely brilliant. Naturally photos have to be further processed in other software, like photoshop, etc. but the HDR base that Photomatix delivers is WAY better than the one offered by photoshop. If you like this photo leave me a comment and share your thougts. I think more HDR photos of Tokyo are coming!