tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156248092240493103.post6594776498345022385..comments2024-03-28T07:41:39.861-07:00Comments on The Gondola Blog: Full Spectrum of ColorGondola Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851059697312050099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156248092240493103.post-79776678406923225512009-10-24T14:26:36.326-07:002009-10-24T14:26:36.326-07:00> The only unfortunate thing:
there's no wa...> The only unfortunate thing:<br />there's no way my camera could truly capture the magic of the perfect moment. <<br /><br />There is something called HDR, which is fasionable nowadays among photographers.<br /><br />Essentially the digital camera takes several shots in quick succession, with a different exposure setting for each frame. <br /><br />The data is then fed into Adobe Photoshop CS2 or newer and combined into a single "high dynamics range" image.<br /><br />The result looks surreal or even computer-generated for its perfectness and captures an incredibly wide range of shadow, light and colours under adverse lighting conditions, although the result often looks a bit "metallic".<br /><br />You do not need to have a very high end digital camera, some have consumer level models have unofficial support for this method.<br /><br />If your memory card is fast enough the camera may be able to take 3 (rarely 5) shots quick enough to prevent ghost image problems, provided the gondola is not going too fast and there is no grade 7 storm going on...<br /><br />Here are some examples:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StLouisArchMultExpToneMapped.jpg" rel="nofollow">St. Louis Arch</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2TE10U_Russian_Locomotive.jpg" rel="nofollow">Locomotive</a><br /><br />(There are a lot of HDR photos on the englishrussia.com site, s well.)Tamas Feher from Hungarynoreply@blogger.com