HDR | Matthew Visinsky

New Orleans

I recently wandered the streets of New Orleans during a trip to shoot some football games. I absolutely love all of the old buildings and the colorful homes. I did a lot of hand held triple exposure shots to create HDR images, and have been playing with the processing, so you may see multiple shots of the same thing just processed a little differently.

Our hotel – The Royal Sonesta. That was our balcony on the second floor that wrapped around the corner of the building overlooking Bourbon Street. It made for lots of good people watching as the Halloween crowds filled the streets.

St. Louis cemetary #3

My favorite shot from the weekend.

Nov 17, 2010 | Categories: Travel Photos | Tags: french quarter, HDR, new orleans, nola | Leave A Comment »

Playing with HDR

I have been experimenting with HDR images lately. I am really liking the over the top HDR processing that makes the images almost look like a painting. I know it isn’t everyone’s favorite, but I’m liking it right now.

For those of you that don’t know, HDR imaging is a process of taking multiple images of the same subject and then combining those images into one. You can take anywhere from 3-7 images of the same subject and then combine them. This is a really basic explanation, but generally, you take one photo at “normal” exposure and then you take some over and some underexposed shots. When you combine the images into one it gives you a full range of colors and you get all of the shadows and highlights from all of the images. Then you use a software program to “tonemap” the image to bring out the colors and give it its final look. I was using Photomatix, but I have found a new software called Dynamic Photo HDR that I like a little more.

The Old Red Courthouse in downtown Dallas