Lars
Active member
A recurring problem in photography is to compress the dynamic range of reality into something printable. I'm sure we all have faced this numerous time. Some approaches include ND grads, negative film with a long toe, HDR merge, and various image processing workflows.
I propose a challenge for us to post our best results in compressing DR in an image. Not a competition, but more to let us compare approaches and results.
Simple "Rules":
- Color photos only (color is more of a difficulty than B&W)
- Post source image as well as final image
- Tell us how much of a challenge you faced in the lighting conditions, and how you handled it.
I got the idea after noticing Graham Welland's "Cow Bikers & Sunset" in the image gallery:
Beautiful photo, obviously the DR is enormous, shooting straight into the sun. The camera (digital Leica?) handled the transition to blown highlights nicely without being able to actually show the outline of the sun (which is probably 5-15 stops overexposed). Lens coating performance is also remarkable. That is one clean lens.
I'll post my own favorite high-contrast image here soon.
Lars
I propose a challenge for us to post our best results in compressing DR in an image. Not a competition, but more to let us compare approaches and results.
Simple "Rules":
- Color photos only (color is more of a difficulty than B&W)
- Post source image as well as final image
- Tell us how much of a challenge you faced in the lighting conditions, and how you handled it.
I got the idea after noticing Graham Welland's "Cow Bikers & Sunset" in the image gallery:
Beautiful photo, obviously the DR is enormous, shooting straight into the sun. The camera (digital Leica?) handled the transition to blown highlights nicely without being able to actually show the outline of the sun (which is probably 5-15 stops overexposed). Lens coating performance is also remarkable. That is one clean lens.
I'll post my own favorite high-contrast image here soon.
Lars