Ancient bridge in Vipava

I really like bridges... of course only old and beautiful ones. Yesterday as I had few minutes of time I went to one that I saw last weekend and It impressed me.

For shots like this fishing boots will be necessary as we must go to middle of the river. And check the depth of water before plunging in.

I had some doubts about quality of image as river flow was pretty strong and tripod was shaking a bit, but image turned out very good and sharp, even though exposure times were long.

As I was waiting for streetlights to turn on some clouds slided over sky and made the shot even more interesting.

All in Passion for HDR!
Greetings from Slovenia!
Samo Trebižan  

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Water and HDR

When I am shooting water, I want that silky mood and soft water. 

The best 00Ev time for HDRing water is 10 sec. 

I know it is only twice per day that there is low enough light to do that. 

In that case times in HDR components are between 2,5 sec and 30 sec.

And I don't use any filters...


All in Passion for HDR!
Greetings from Slovenia!
Samo Trebižan 

 

Word about HDR efects

At HDR as with anything on the world the exaggeration is not a good thing. If we use too much saturation it is not good, if we use too much HDR effects it is bad. With every exaggeration we achieve opposite effect. 



So I prefer to take every effect a bit down and make image, that most people don't really know it is HDR. Last Saturday I was in a tea house, where I have an exhibition of my photos, and there was a photographer that said this aren't HDRs are they... 

Well my purpose was achieved...

All in Passion for HDR!
Greetings from Slovenia!
Samo Trebižan

Where to begin?

It is a good question where to begin with HDR photography?

Of course foundation of photography skills should be solid if we won't have troubles in crucial moments.

I won't specially stress the fact that you should know your camera very well, ant you can only achieve that with lots of work with it!

As for all photography the rule of golden hours is still in place. As it is true that colors are more saturated and vibrant with HDR post processing, there are still better results if you are on location at the right moment and THE VERY BEST time of the day is around sunrise.



For building solid foundation in all ways of photography I recommend Scott Kelbys  books Digital photography. It is a series of four books which will help beginners as well as intermediate photographers to build really solid photography skills.(I only recommend books and gear that I already read or use!) The series contains four books, which guide you through different areas of photography. With following those four books you will master photography enough to be independent and able to work on your own. The books are available on Amazon on link in text or bi clicking the picture on the right or kindle edition on QR kode.


After getting knowledge you need to practice a lot to put that knowledge to life on your photos.

Tomorrow I will say a word or two about the gear that I have already used or tested and would be optimal and the gear that is the best in my point of view. 

All in Passion for HDR!

Greetings from Slovenia!

Samo Trebižan