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Combine shots with diffent exposures

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series Photography tips

View over part of the Alhambra from the Palacio de Generalife.

View over the al-Hamra from the Jannat al-Arif

I took 3 shots at different exposures with my Canon G9 – combined them and got the above result. This is actually closer to what your eyes see than any single shot can be. The dynamic range of a digital camera is 5 stops – the dynamic range of the image is about 7 stops (the human eye is about 9).

Another HDR combination. The Alhambra (from al-Hamra – “the red one”) seen from the Palacio de Generalife. (Reminiscent of “Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry” particularly of the Chateau of Saumur scene.)

Read article : “HDR is the best way to reproduce the original high contrast scene

Casa Batlló – a temple to the sea

Reminiscent of the Jules Verne’s novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Gaudi’s Casa Batlló has a deeply aquatic and natural theme which runs throughout the entire building, from the aquatic blue tiled walls of the inner stairwell to snail-shell inspired lines on the ceilings.

Passing from room to room, one crosses through exquisitely-made doors made of wood and hand-blown glass, with bubbles of air still trapped in them from the day of their creation. Looking into these colored glass discs, one even gets the feeling of breathing underwater…

The aquatic blue tiled walls of the inner stairwell of Casa Batllo resemble shoals of Aurelia aureta. The window resembles the outine of a species of Cyanea.

A march of Pinus canariensis

Pinus canariensis along a mountain ridge

 

Euphorbia canariensis, Gran Canaria

Euphorbia canariensis

The island of Tenerife seen from Gran Canaria

Pico de Teyde, Tenerife as seen from the Island of Palma

 

Canyon

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Tomato plant tutors?

Stocking tomato plant stakes