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Dynamic range for silhouettes

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Dynamic range for silhouettes

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- [Instructor] Dynamic range. Dynamic range is simply defined as what our eyes can see or our camera can record. Our eyes have a much larger dynamic range than our camera sensors. Newer cameras have a greater dynamic range, meaning they can record a greater breadth of light values in older cameras with the same exposure; however, all cameras still fall short of what our eyes can see. When we want to see all the tonal values of the scene, we can use a technique called bracketing to create HDR, or high dynamic range. It's where we take multiple shots with a variety of exposures and stitch them together. Or sometimes, if we took one photo, we will push and pull the shadows and highlights of our images in the post-processing stage, blending multiple exposures into one image that more closely represents what our eyes saw in nature. Or even more common, we shoot at the golden hour, when the light isn't so harsh, and our cameras can see the entire tonal range of values with the sensor. With…

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