hd help please

maggieme

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could anyone give me a brief outline of what equipment i'd need to shoot/process
HD photos
and given you had the equipment is it very difficult to do.

thanks

Maggie
 
What exactly do you mean by 'HD photos'? As in 'High Definition'? HD is more often applied to video resolutions than photos, for example, 1080p movies have a resolution of (I think) 1920 x 1080 pixels, most cameras will be well over this anyway. Generally speaking, it's no harder to edit a tiny photo to a huge one.

Google 'GIMP', it's a free photoshop type program that should get you on your way!
 
i mean the shots i've seen on here that have made me disatisfied with my old camera that does not shoot in raw
i beleive that that it merges three images of different exposures ( but that may be incorrect)
so i suppose i need
1) a dslr that will shoot in raw
2) a photoshop type programme ...does it have to be photoshop ...using PSP 8 at the moment but...suspect this will not do the business
3) anything else... ( is a raw converter part of PS ) or is it something else
 
What you're talking about (blending three shots with different exposure settings) is called HDR (high dynamic range) photography. You don't need a camera which can shoot RAW in order to do HDR work (shooting in JPG is fine), neither do you need Photoshop.

All you'll need is a camera which allows you to, at the very least, change the exposure value (marked as EV+/- on some point and shoot cameras), and a tripod. A camera which allows you to change the aperture, shutter speed, etc is more flexible and therefore preferred, but a tripod is absolutely necessary as you can't always find a solid, stable platform to rest your camera on and you need to get three shots at least of the same scene exactly.

Photoshop is nice but there are plenty of other programs out there which will do HDR specifically and don't cost the earth. Photomatix is one such program but there are many others.

I'm not going to go into detail about how HDR is done as, generally speaking, I really don't like it and I don't do any myself. There are plenty of tutorials out there which will give you a good grounding in the technique though. Have a Google around for HDR photography and you'll find plenty of stuff to read.

Hope this helps!

George.
 
thanks badger lover thinking of buying new gear...and think SOME hdr shots are terrific but know little about it so didnt want to buy anything and be disapointed...i'll find out the ins and outs later
 
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