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HDR Photography – Joshua Tree

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I recently posted a video I put together of footage from my recent trip to Joshua Tree, but I hadn’t done anything with the few photos I shot that day – until now. During the trip, I captured a couple shots at four different exposures to test out Magic Lantern’s expanded bracketing options (which allow up to 6 automated bracketed shots, versus the limit of 3 of the default 60D firmware), to later combine into HDR (High-Dynamic Range) photos, via Photoshop. I took it easy on the HDR effect, since it can easily get over the top, and cartoony. I just wanted clear, natural-looking pictures. Here are a few examples:

 

Videography – Camera Rig Test: Joshua Tree

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Last weekend I went on an impromptu hiking trip to Joshua Tree National Park, and decided to take my Canon 60D, and cheap homemade rig (see previous post) with me, for some videography testing. I put this short edit together from the footage.

It was all really a rushed job, since the hike itself was the main goal of the day. I shot clips at random points, with no real end-game in mind, but the test proved to me that $10 can go a long way. Without it, even simple pans were harder to keep steady, without the use of a more cumbersome tripod – the DIY rig, meanwhile, was easy to dissemble and throw in my backpack. Previously walking movements would be too jumpy to even smooth out effectively with software image stabilization (which I have also applied here on a few shots).