So check to see if your camera can take HDR and have a go, or take a couple of identical photos with different exposures and try HDR in Photoshop.
This untouched HDR photo was taken using the built-in HDR facility of the Nikon D7100.
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Put simply, Dynamic Range is the amount of variations in tones that can be distinguished by tour camera sensor. In practice this is somewhere between 8 and 12 f-stops depending on camera quality. However the eye is capable of distinguishing a greater range than this. In practice this means a normally exposed photo either deepens shadows into a muddy black or brightens highlights into white. In film days and now in Photoshop, you can burn in to darken areas or dodge to brighten areas. However, Photoshop and some cameras provide a facility to create High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos. HDR combines elements from two or more photos of varying exposures into a single photo thus providing a better balanced photo. Some HDR photos take this to extremes but used wisely HDR can improve a very contrasty scene. Many HDR photos are in colour but HDR can also be applied to black and white photos. So check to see if your camera can take HDR and have a go, or take a couple of identical photos with different exposures and try HDR in Photoshop. HDR Photo This untouched HDR photo was taken using the built-in HDR facility of the Nikon D7100.
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