August, 2009 | Peter Luk's Blog

HDR using a single RAW

This is a interesting topic since it need quite a lot of setup to take multiple exposure of the same scene (at least a tripod). If this can be done using single RAW file, the possibilities is unlimited to me.

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=3027

http://sheikhnaveed.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/high-dynamic-range-hdr-tutorial-using-1-jpg/#more-192

http://www.flickr.com/photos/busb/2343466265/

Using samples from photomatix

↑Normal

↑HDR

My testing

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↑HDR

August 28th, 2009 | Tags: hdr | Category: 攝影 | One comment

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