Category Archives: New Images

Creating Memorable Landscapes Workshop Update

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Roger

The landscape workshop, Creating Memorable Landscapes, was held at Starved Rock State Park yesterday. The workshop was well attended and a great success. We spent the morning in the classroom exploring ideas about landscape shooting and critiquing images that fell within the rules of landscape photography as well as some that break the rules as well. Participants ate a box lunch and then went out for a couple of hours to photograph in the woods and canyons of the park. Continue reading →

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Low Contrast HDR Images

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Roger

The resulting merger of the full bracket was unsatisfying mainly because the dynamic range of the scene was low. No more than 4-stops separated the extreme shadows from the extreme highlights. What’s a fellow to do? Continue reading →

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A Closer Look at Dynamic Range and Contrast

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Roger

HDR photography allows one to stretch one’s creative approach to the photographic image in ways that never before seemed possible. Like any approach, however, one must learn some basic elements of the craft before one becomes truly proficient in the art afforded by the technique. Continue reading →

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Creating an HDR Look

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Roger

When creating hdr images one must be concerned with the HDR look. But what exactly is the HDR look? If one wants to be technical then the look is defined as a tone mapped look Continue reading →

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Grazing Cows, Red Barns and Rusting Cars

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Roger

What struck me about this scene near Galena, Illinois was the juxtaposition of the bright red farm buildings in the upper left set in a corner opposition to the grazing cows at the bottom right. Continue reading →

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Tractor in Hayfield

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Roger

After my discovery that a 7-shot bracket is far superior to a 5-shot bracket over the same 5EV range, I decided to try a 9-shot bracket at the next available opportunity. Continue reading →

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Northern Illinois Prairie Early Fall HDR Image

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Roger

The image to the left was shot with a Canon 5D with a Tamron 28-105mm f/2.8 lens. Shot at ISO 200 at 28mm I used aperture priority mode at f/11 and shot a 5-bracket exposure spacing each exposure by 1EV. Continue reading →

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Rethinking the Debate – RAW vs JPEG for HDR Images

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Roger

Okay, so I decided that I needed to revisit the idea that RAW or JPEG work just as well for creating hdr images. I decided to run a little experiment. I also decided to test the notion that a three bracket hdr image was good enough when compared to a five bracket hdr merged file. Continue reading →

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Volo Bog near Volo, Illinois

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Roger

Yesterday was a slow day at my studio so I decided, as I often do, to take advantage of the day and shoot some beautiful landscape images in Northern Illinois. Continue reading →

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Thompson Center/State of Illinois Building Atrium

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Roger

The atrium in the Thompson (named for the long-term governor of Illinois and designed by the renown Chicago architect, Helmut Jahn, the soaring atrium combines parallel lines with curved surfaces and bright red outlines to provide one with a sense of awe without reverence. Continue reading →

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