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Friday, June 1, 2012

Phun with the Phone

This is one of my favorite places. It is the Chapel in Rodman Hall at John Carroll University. At one time Rodman Hall was the residence for the Jesuit priests at JCU, It is now an office building, with the Jesuits moving to a new residence built for them across the street.
The chapel presents a difficult lighting situation, one that in the film days would have needed supplemental lighting to overcome. The stained glass windows are a good 5+ stops brighter than the interior of the chapel. Film just couldn't handle a dynamic range like that.
Enter digital, HDR (High Dynamic Range) and the iPhone. Combine a little Photoshop after downloading the image and this gives a pretty good representation of what the scene looks like. For a shot from the phone it's quite good.
The iPhone does HDR with only 2 images. Photoshop CS2 and above can combine multiple images at a much wider range of bracketing, and the results can be spectacular.
Heres' the  image sand the HDR, etc.