André Krajnik (Website | Blog | Facebook, Instagram) sent me this article about a "pseudo-HDR" technique he uses quite often: putting several almost identical images in one file, each as a separate layer and using layer-masks to make only certain parts of the different images visible. In this past, this technique was used for extending the dynamic range without HDR- or DRI- software. Nowadays this technique is still useful for landscape images when you want to show i.e. waves from more than one image. When traveling, I love to be at the sea. I love the uneven coasts more than sandy beaches. I can spend hours photographing waves rolling in and the water sputtering between the rocks. These sprays, unfortunately, appear in different places but never together at the same time. So, I end up with many, many images of the same scene, but with differences in the details. Wouldn't it be nice, combining these images? When having taken the single images by using a tripod all of the frames are identical and could be merged by using an HDR- or DRI-software like i.e. Photomatix or AuroraHDR. But, these programs automatically remove those parts changing from frame to frame. So, what else can be done now? In the early years of digital photography, the dynamic range of the sensors wasn't as good as it is nowadays. To increase the dynamic range one took a series of identical frames by using a tripod with different shutter speeds to get images where certain...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Sunday, 19 July, 2020