Can you see the Old Man in the Purbeck Rocks? I have used High Dynamic Range (HDR) technique to enhance the colours and details in the image.

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Check out these two images.  




 

 

 



 


 





Have you ever looked at a photo and thought that it did not turn out the same as it looked with you eye?

The photo looks dull and the shadows look too dark and the bright areas look too bright?

That's because digital cameras (even expensive ones) have a smaller dynamic range than the human eye so it cannot record the same range from bright to dark.

I HOPE THIS MAKES SENSE.

I took this image on a bright autumn day whilst walking near Winspit Valley.

Being on the Jurassic Coast there were fossils every where.

I think the shape of the cliff face looks like an old man looking out to sea.

HDR (High Dynamic Range) is a technique used when then photograph has both under and over exposed areas. I took 3 pictures of exactly the same scene but under exposed the first one, over exposed second and correctly exposed the third. These three images were then combined so that you can see into the shadows and the highlights at the same time. I have removed the Lens Flare but the colour of the sea and sky is much bluer as a result of the HDR process.

I really like this process and will be posting some more soon. Its also great for night time shots.