Working with HDR images

Single-shot photos with a digital camera can sometimes lack the detail required to show the full luminance range, resulting in deep black shadow areas or blown-out white highlights. HDR images preserve light data closer to that perceived by the human eye. By combining several shots at different bracketed F-stops (exposures), you can create 32-bit images to keep incredible detail in your photographs.

Advice for shooting HDR source images

Although a growing number of DSLRs offer an HDR feature that captures several shots automatically, many cameras still require you to generate an HDR image by taking several shots of the same scene at different exposures, each capturing different light information. The challenge with this is movement, called ghosting, between each shot. To give yourself the best chance of capturing several shots and with minimal ghosting, use a tripod. Keep the aperture setting constant throughout each shot or you will risk altering the...