Chapter Nine. Shooting HDR Like a Pro: How to Shoot and Process HDR Images

SHUTTER SPEED: VARIES     F-STOP: F/4.5     ISO: 200     FOCAL LENGTH: 14MM     PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT KELBY

Anytime you mention HDR, it starts an argument, because there are both people who dearly love HDR and those who hate it with a passion that knows no bounds. Personally, I like HDR and I shoot them myself whenever I get a chance. However, I’ve found when I post HDR images online, I don’t know what it is, but it brings out the worst in some people and they just have to post snarky comments like, “I’m sorry, but I hate HDR images” and other comments along those lines. After posting dozens of HDR images, I realized that people have an idea in their mind of what a “bad HDR” image looks like, and they apply that to any image a photographer notes is an HDR, so it’s really not about the image any more—it’s about the acronym HDR (which stands for H....