![]() In this case, the shot is good for the foreground as it has increased its exposure, but the sky has ended up becoming very bright. overexpose the shot slightly, like the shot below: To get the best out of the foreground, we have to do the opposite, i.e. Now this shot is good for the sky but because we underexposed the shot, the darker parts of the shot, like the foreground, have become very dark now. You can even start to see the rays of the sun. You can see here that the redness of the sunset starts to get revealed as underexpose the shot because the bright sky gets underexposed. ![]() If you want all the details of the sky, you have to underexpose the shot deliberately so that its brightness will reduce and the hidden details will be revealed, like shot below: Here you can see that one portion of the shot (the sky) is very bright and the foreground is slightly darker. It refers to taking multiple shots at different exposures and them blending them. This is where the technique of HDR comes in. The bright sky and the dark foreground results in a scene of high contrast and it can be tough to expose the whole scene properly in one shot. The same thing can happen when you’re shooting landscapes. But the problem is that this makes the windows even more brighter and hence they look overexposed. That’s because the inside of the room is dark and in order to get a proper exposure, we have to either let in more light in the camera or increase the ISO. For instance, when we take a shot of a room, we often find that the we can see everything in the room but the windows look overexposed making it difficult for us to see what is outdoors. What this means is that usually, it’s very difficult to shoot scenes in which there is a high contrast. HDR photography refers to High Dynamic Range photography. Ever wondered how photographers get those surreal looking landscape images, like the one below?
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