The HDR Book: Unlocking the Pros' Hottest Post-Processing Techniques (Paperback)

When it comes to HDR, only three key ingredients are needed: hardware, software, and post-processing technique. Hardware is simple—there are only a few things you need to set up and shoot an HDR series. Software is vastly improved, making it easier for anyone to create an HDR image. The hard part is the post-processing technique. There are only two options: hours and hours of experimentation or The HDR Book.

Featuring real-world interviews with passionate HDR photographers, The HDR Book, by Rafael “RC” Concepcion, is more than a how-to and different from any other HDR book out there. While other books on HDR tend to lean toward the esoteric or formulaic, this book takes another approach. It's a complete and total HDR workshop that teaches you the one thing that most other books miss– once you've tone mapped your image with HDR software, you're still not finished.

Within the pages of this book, you'll find 10 projects shot with everything from a point-and-shoot to a 37-megapixel, medium-format camera. The projects are designed to show you how the subtle differences in each scenario (lighting, subject, environment, etc.) dictate the post-processing needed to achieve one of the many final looks covered. You'll learn not only the different tone map settings RC used, but you’ll also learn the final steps taken in Photoshop to complete each image. Then, you'll recreate these looks your self using the exact same RAW files that RC used! Plus, you get four bonus images to play with and create your own look. The end result: a more intrinsic understanding of the nuances of HDR that will help you create the images you’ve always wanted.

Best of all, The HDR Book is written using the three top HDR processing programs in the industry today: Photoshop’s HDR Pro, Photomatix Pro, and HDR Efex Pro. No matter which program you use, you'll be able to follow along and create your own stunning looks in no time.

當談到高動態範圍（HDR）時，只需要三個關鍵要素：硬體、軟體和後期處理技巧。硬體很簡單，只需要一些設備就可以拍攝一系列的HDR照片。軟體已經大幅改進，使得任何人都能輕鬆創建HDR圖像。困難的部分在於後期處理技巧。只有兩個選擇：花費數小時進行實驗，或者閱讀《The HDR Book》。

《The HDR Book》是由Rafael “RC” Concepcion撰寫的，其中包含了與熱愛HDR攝影的攝影師的真實訪談。這本書不僅僅是一本如何做的書，也不同於其他任何一本HDR書籍。其他關於HDR的書籍往往偏向於玄奧或公式化，而這本書則採取了另一種方法。它是一個完整的HDR工作坊，教導你其他書籍中大多數忽略的一件事情 - 當你使用HDR軟體進行色調映射後，你還沒有完成。

在這本書的頁面中，你將找到使用從小型相機到3700萬像素中片幅相機拍攝的10個項目。這些項目旨在展示每個場景（燈光、主題、環境等）的細微差異如何決定後期處理所需的步驟，以實現所涵蓋的許多最終效果之一。你不僅會了解RC使用的不同色調映射設置，還會學習在Photoshop中完成每個圖像所採取的最終步驟。然後，你將使用RC使用的完全相同的RAW文件重新創建這些效果！此外，你還可以獲得四張額外的圖像，以便進行嘗試並創建自己的效果。最終結果是：對HDR的微妙差異有更深入的理解，這將幫助你創建你一直想要的圖像。

最重要的是，《The HDR Book》使用了當今業界三個頂尖的HDR處理軟體：Photoshop的HDR Pro、Photomatix Pro和HDR Efex Pro。無論你使用哪個軟體，你都能夠跟隨並在短時間內創建出令人驚艷的效果。