HDR - Inside St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City

The impressive interior of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

HDR Handheld, 3 exposures, +/- 1 EV.

Copyright 2008, Amy Strycula

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grigorisgirl says:

I still don't understand how you do this HDR! You take three seperate pictures? (If so if it's hand held how can they all be exactly the same?) Or just take three copies of the same photo and alter the settings afterwards? And you have to have a special program?
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

astrycula says:

It's really supposed to be done with a tripod but I have nerves of steel and am pretty good at being completely still and shooting at high speed. You take 3 or more exposures, bracketing them +/- 1 or 2 f-stops from the proper exposure. My camera has a setting where it will bracket automatically. Thus you have a series of 3-5 or however many photos, some underexposed and some overexposed and some properly exposed.

You then use special software to 'merge' them together and it is able to then bring out a much broader range of tones than you can obtain from one single photo.

Check

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imag ing

stuckincustoms.com/2006/06/06/548/

www.hdrsoft.com/

It's really quite fascinating! When I bought my new camera I made sure to get one that had the kind of bracketing capabilities that I needed to do HDR.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

manlye1 says:

Nice color
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Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

zorg_the_indivisible says:

A fine example of HDR... often HDR can look overblown.. like the pic has been attacked by someone with bright un-naturally coloured crayons
this pic just seems to show to great effect what is there... nicely done
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

PJFB - Photography says:

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Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike G. K. says:

Impressive cathedral and great HDR processing
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

AbhijeetV says:

Wonderful treatment! the details and sharpness are amazing for handheld indoor shots!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

donjiva(away) says:

great shot, amazing detail and not too over-processed!

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NGW Photography says:

Awesome photo, especiall for a handheld one!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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