I've been playing around with HDR a lot lately, and I'm kinda getting hooked on the bold colors and extreme detail. HDR is basically several photos put together in Photoshop or other software (I'm currently using Photomatix) to bring out bright colors and shadow detail that are sometimes impossible to get with a single exposure. Once you get the hang of it, these photos can be real fun to work on. Here are some tips to get the most out of your HDR images.
1. Shoot in raw only, jpegs will break down badly with these kind of adjustments.
2. Don't over do the color and desaturate the images slightly for great prints.
3. Sometimes three photos work best, but might need five at others.
4. After making your HDR image save it and make adjustments in Photoshop (I like to make a duplicate layer to work on before using the shadow/highlight adjustment and then dialing down the opacity of the adjustment layer).
I hope these tips help, and if you have any questions feel free to leave a comment.
Alex
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