Ever want to have a neat and unique desktop/wallpaper image? Here’s an easy way to make a cool image with just a photo and Photoshop.
First, pick a photo that has some colors and contrast. Also, photos with a lot of depth of field work better than photos with a narrow depth of field. Here’s the photo I picked:
After some questions asking how I process my hdr photos, particularly the bus photos, I decided to put together this small tutorial.
The software used to complete this tutorial is Photomatix 3.0 and Photoshop CS.
When shooting photos for an hdr process I set my camera (Canon 30D) to the fastest frame rate possible (5 FPS) and set the Auto Exposure Bracketing to the maximum amount of stops (2). I find that the fast frame rate will allow me to shoot handheld and then Photomatix can align the photos. I like using a wide angle lens and I my favorite lens for HDR is my Sigma 10-20mm.
I expose the photos so the darkest of the shots has the scene outside of the bus exposed correctly, since it’s darker inside the bus. I suppose I could shoot more exposures, but since I didn’t have a tripod, I just shot 3.
Here’s the 3 photos I ended up with:
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