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HDR....high dynamic range photography....how and when

It is quiet difficult to capture an image or scenary that is detail in every element. Try to capture a building in a shadow, when the building detail can be seen, the sky and clouds will look flat white. When the sky and clouds detail can be seen, the building will look flat dark. This is where high dynamic range (HDR) photography has a high value. HDR will make all, the building, sky and cloud, highly contrast and detail. HDR photography is actually a type of creative photography process. There are several softwares that can be used to process the photo either freely available in the internet as a shareware or require purchase from commercial source. Normal exposed (0).....sky (left upper corner) is too bright.....people in the stall (right lower corner) is too dark.....only the front part of the stall is nicely highlighted. Under-exposed (-2)......sky (left upper corner) is higlighted.....others become too dark. Over-exposed (+2).......the people in the stall is highlig