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East Greenwich, RI at dawn
This is a composite created from three source images: one exposed for the sky, one exposed for detail in the shadows, and one in-between. The composite image retains color information from all areas of the image. Pretty cool, huh?
There is also a ridonkulously big version of the image. [...]

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Hopefully you have a pretty good idea of what is meant by the term dynamic range now. Let’s get a little more hands-on.
Histograms

Figure 1: An extremely simple histogram.

First, you need to know how to read your image’s histogram. A histogram is a 2-dimensional graph of the frequency [...]

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Dynamic range is a term that describes the range of light intensity, from dark to bright, your camera can capture. Your camera most likely has a dynamic range that is smaller than that of the human eye. This is a limitation that can lead to some frustration [...]

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Consumer digital cameras have been around for over a decade; now, just about everyone has one. Most people have compact cameras (aka point-and-shoot) that are mostly automatic, while many are now catching onto this dSLR thing. We’re at a point where the majority of people’s personal photos [...]

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