gor[b] Paul Gorbould: Words and Pictures

The Great Pumpkins

Now that I've got a new camera, I've finally had time to fool around with some different techniques, including HDR (high dynamic range imagery.) These days it's pretty simple to do - basically you take three images of the same scene - one underexposed, one overexposed, and normal) and then use a program such as Photomatix to stitch them together. The technique brings out the colours and subtleties of both light and dark parts of the picture.

This pumpkin patch is my very first attempt at an HDR image - no masterpiece, but I do like the slightly surreal and spooky feeling it created. And as my colleague Tim Neesam says, HDR is great for skies.