Photography experiments

Did a little bike ride to Meridan and took a few photos along the way - a thinly veiled excuse to keep stopping so I didn't look like a weakling up them thar hills.  More HDR photos for you (my addiction continues) I also wanted to try out a couple of stereoscopic photos.  These are photos taken in quick succession from different viewpoints that, when viewed together, give a 3D image.  You look a bit odd when taking them as you do a little photography squat and lunge to either side to take each photo, if you do this with your bike helmet on as well, be prepared for some strange looks.

Cars should always be seen in HDR

 To see the double images open them up so they are bigger and then cross your eyes. ***disclaimer: don't go blind now*** The Midlands shall be revealed in glorious 3D!  They have turned out better than I thought they would.  Next I should probably find more interesting subjects but when your legs have turned to jelly from bike riding and various artistic lunges, all thoughts are channelled into finding creative ways to keep upright.

HDR Grandma

A bit of HDR...

Today I went on a bike ride to take advantage of the lovely weather and took a camera with me in the hope to try (warning: geeky word usage) Automatic Exposure Bracketing to create High Dynamic Range images (HDR)  (I think I need a lie down after that sentence)  And these are the results.  Basically it is a way of getting all of the tonal range your eye sees into a picture by taking different exposures of the same scene and combining them.  I quite like a few of the effects, I think it has worked best on the photo of Berkswell Church, it's kind of surreal, almost film-esque.  I used some software called Photomatix Pro as I wasn't getting the results I wanted in Photoshop, I think I need a little more practice, I shall persevere!  I need to take a tripod out with me and maybe even a remote to make sure I'm not moving the camera as it causes it to have these funny double exposure "ghosts".  Pleased with it for a first attempt though!