Comments on: Phriday Photo – Red-headed Woodpecker HDR

By: The Birdfreak Team

The Birdfreak Team — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:02:34 +0000

Zen Birdfeeder – sorry about not linking to anything but we haven’t found a good tutorial on doing this with bird photos. Basically, the concept is to change the exposure on the camera (via your camera’s settings) and purposely over and underexposing shots. Then the shots get layered via a program (you can use Photoshop or Photomatix).

Photomatix has some tutorial type info on this technique.

By: The Zen Birdfeeder

The Zen Birdfeeder — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:29:34 +0000

New to me. Where can I find more about it?

By: The Birdfreak Team

The Birdfreak Team — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:45:54 +0000

Lana – It is a lot of fun even if the results aren’t perfect.

Sandpiper – As soon as you get a chance you gotta try it! HDR is tons of fun.

Mon@rch – This was three different shots. I should have put it in RAW but forgot. Instead, my Canon can take three consecutive shots at the various exposures in about a second. I’ll try RAW now that I finally have Photoshop and can process them properly.

By: mon@rch

mon@rch — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:44:08 +0000

That turned out awesome and did you captured the still shots with a RAW file? Or take 3 different shots like this?

By: Sandpiper

Sandpiper — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:44:08 +0000

Well done and well worth the effort! It’s a beautiful bird and a wonderful picture. I’ve been wanting to experiment with HDR, but I’m so darned busy these days. I can see that I will have to make time.

By: Lana

Lana — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:38:19 +0000

I’ve heard a lot about HDR photography lately. Thanks for clearing up my confusion about it. An interesting process, certainly! Neat effect.