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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9780817499990
ISBN: 0817499997
Label: Amphoto Books
Manufacturer: Amphoto Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: April 15, 2008
Publisher: Amphoto Books
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Sales Rank: 9580
Studio: Amphoto Books
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Product Description:
High dynamic range imaging, or HDR, is the latest challenge for those who are serious about digital photography. But with that challenge comes an opportunity to expand skills and repertoire into exciting new areas. HDR, originally developed for use with computer-generated images, captures the full range of tones in a scene, reproducing human perception down to the finest detail without lens flare, burnout, or underexposure. Mastering High Dynamic Range Photography explains exactly how to shoot specifically for HDR, and how to use the new software that lets the photographer combine several images into one glowingly accurate final photo. Step-by-steps and sample photographs reveal how to apply these techniques to many different genres, producing results that are part photograph, part work of art.
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Rating:  - Excellent HDR Book.
Detailed instructions.Covers multiple software packages.List of settings for each piece of software.Tells how to set-up and get proper composition for good HDR images.This is important.You're going to like this book.
Rating:  - Broad and Buggy
I liked this book for the most part. It covers HDR software fairly well, especially Photomatix, which is an industry leader. The author includes a substantive discussion of dynamic range in terms of seeing, capture and printing, and you do get a good introduction to the vocabulary.
I only gave 3 stars however. There are a number of issues. 1) Some of the images are mis-captioned; usually you can figure out which is which, but better proofing would have helped. 2) Many of the images ... Read More
Rating:  - Compares poorly to other books on the subject, bad print quality
Having already Christian Bloch's and Ferrell McCollough's texts on HDR imaging, I was intrigued by the accolades given to Michael Freeman as a writer by some of the readers here, and I got this book as well.
In fact, this book does not stack up to the both other works on the subject. Author often meanders into philosophical issues of composition, like the "Gestalt theory", instead of analyzing the issues of high dynamic range.
Bad are the example images, in many cases ... Read More
Rating: - Sad what could have been
It's sad that Michael Freeman's Mastering HDR Photography wasn't handed over to a publisher that cared more about the reader.Freeman manages to pack a lot of information into the text, but the type--it's an ultra light sans serif type that my middle aged eyes had trouble reading in all lights--kept me from reading all the material.There are reasons why there are so many fonts available; the publisher should give them some thought.I wrote to the publisher, but received no answer.That tells ... Read More
Rating: - Great Resource
Excellent reference for HDR photography.I use Photomatix but was unsure if I was using it's functions correctly.This book is a very good instructional text not only on Photomatix but other software out there as well.If you do HDR you NEED this book.
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