How to Save Dreary Weather Photographs With HDR

We want you to close your eyes for a moment and imagine the following scenario. You’ve been saving for the last two years to go on your dream vacation; a photographic expedition to a an exotic location, let’s say China. Your budget only allowed a certain number of days, and you’re attempting to take in as many locations as possible in the time that you have. Today, is your day trip to the Great Wall of China. You get up extra early, go through all your camera gear; batteries are charged, lenses are cleaned, Media cards are formatted. You are ready. At the appointed hour you rush down to the hotel lobby to board your bus. The glass doors slide open, you step outside, and your heart slowly sinks into your stomach.

Why? Because your chosen day has dreary and dull weather.

This has happened to us all. It’s heart-wrenching to finally make it to a location you’ve always wanted to photograph and you’ve got…

A Lousy Weather Day!

Because we all know, when the sun isn’t shining (or at least partially shining), it ain’t pretty!

And you end up with flat, low contrast images that don’t sparkle.

Sure there are things that you can do in Photoshop to try and pump some life into that image. But quite often too much manipulation leads to unsightly artifacts and ultra-high contrast images that aren’t all that appealing.

We would like to offer another alternative – HDR

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