{"id":17494,"date":"2016-12-12T08:26:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T13:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=17494"},"modified":"2021-12-04T02:36:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T02:36:27","slug":"8-hdr-myths-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/17494\/8-hdr-myths-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"8 HDR Myths Debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IlluminationXXXVIII_425.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IlluminationXXXVIII_425.jpg\" alt=\"illuminationxxxviii_425\" width=\"425\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThere are many misconceptions surrounding the practice of high dynamic range (HDR) photography. Here are eight \u2013 debunked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HDR is new<\/strong><br \/>\nWithin the first five years of the invention of photography photographers began bracketing exposure to extend the dynamic range of photography. They used chemistry to process their negatives instead of software to process their files \u2013 but they still bracketed exposures to capture contrast ratios that exceeded paper, glass, and film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HDR is hard<\/strong><br \/>\nHigh dynamic range imaging has become so commonplace that cameras and software make it increasingly easy to practice HDR techniques \u2013 auto-bracketing, merging and rendering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HDR requires the use of a tripod<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile there are times when the use of a tripod is required, when exposures are long in duration, in a majority of cases current cameras\u2019 auto-bracketing features and softwares\u2019 image alignment algorithms make hand-held exposure bracketing highly practical.<\/p>\n<br><script src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js\"><\/script><form method=\"post\" id=\"los-pp-form\"><table cellpadding=\"7\" style=\"background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #C0C0C0\"><tr><td colspan=\"2\">Insights Members can login to read the full article.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Email:<\/td><td> <input name=\"los_pp_email\" type=\"text\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><button class=\"g-recaptcha\" type=\"submit\" data-sitekey=\"6LecTYkqAAAAAHJvkyBxFs7D81oS4wjaoHknShEt\" data-callback=\"onSubmit\">Login<\/button> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/get-news\/\">Sign up<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/form><script> function onSubmit(token) { document.getElementById(\"los-pp-form\").submit(); } <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many misconceptions surrounding the practice of high dynamic range (HDR) photography. 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