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Camera:	Canon 400D
Lens:	Sigma 17-70
Gebruikte software:	Photomatix Pro, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop

To highlight warm texture of wood, I decided to use HDR (High dynamic range) technique. To create HDR photo, you need camera with auto exposure bracketing (AEB), such as my Canon 400D. Put camera on a tripod, open camera menu, set AEB to maximum (-2..+2 for Canon 400D). To avoid even small shaking, set 'Drive mode' to 'Self-timer / Remote control' and then take a photo with remote control. Camera will take 3 photos with different exposures ('normal', 'under', 'over'):



Next step is to generate HDR image from these 3 photos. I used program called Photomatix Pro. First step is generating...



...and second is tone mapping...



Often, HDR images look too 'strong', unrealistic. To avoid that, I loaded normally-exposed photo to Photoshop (layer 1), then added HDR image (layer 2), and set layer 2 opacity to 50-60%.



De laatste stap was om een 'vintage' effect toe te voegen aan de foto's. Ik heb dit geleerd van het fantastische Veerle blog, en ik heb ook beschreven hoe dit effect te automatiseren - http://www.vladstudio.com/photoshoptutorials/tutorial.php?vintage_effect.

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