Here is a HDR (High Dynamic Range) photograph I took on the weekend. This photograph is made of 7 photographs giving me additional 2 stops of range. This in simple terms allows me to have the bight sun and the very dark shadows on the rock exposed correctly. Normal photography will lose either the details in highlights or shadow under such circumstances. To do this you need a very steady tripod and modify each photo from under exposure to over exposure. Then you need to assemble the photograph in Photoshop. I use another program called Photomatix, which makes this process very easy.
I have to add I have used neutral density x8 filter to photograph this rock pool against the sunrise.
This is yet again a very simple photograph of Sydney people during lunchtime. What drew my attention here that most of the people were dressed in dark clothing and were in the shadow, while the man sitting on the bench only in white shirt seemed to attract most of the sunlight.
I was going back to work from my daily walk when I have noticed these two Asian girls on a set of stairs. With the deep shadow and bright sunlight the stars created a very strange effect: you could not assert if they were convex or concave.
A group of people was admiring the work of a popular pavement artist. A sign on the side of the painting says he has so far spend 110 days on this particular creation.
What brought my attention to this scene was not his work, which I see often by the “praying shadow” cast onto his canvas.
A very hot Sunday. At 3PM the temperature reaches “only” 32°C but it feels much hotter. The weather bureau is forecasting evening thunderstorm and for once I think they may be right.
The photograph captures a lamp and its shadow cast on timber grill. I have presented this in black and white as what drew my attention to this view was the high contrast between the lamp and its shadow.
