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Exposure and Dynamic Range Low contrast | High Contrast

Exposure and Dynamic Range Low contrast | High Contrast. Histogram : plots pixels according to brightness: L-R, Dark-Bright Low contrast: Most pixels in middle, few very dark (shadows) or very bright (highlights) areas. Result: Flat, boring picture. No defining characteristics.

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Exposure and Dynamic Range Low contrast | High Contrast

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  1. Exposure and Dynamic Range Low contrast | High Contrast

  2. Histogram: plots pixels according to brightness: L-R, Dark-Bright Low contrast: Most pixels in middle, few very dark (shadows) or very bright (highlights) areas. Result: Flat, boring picture. No defining characteristics.

  3. Histogram: plots pixels according to brightness: L-R, Dark-Bright High contrast: More pixels toward edge, in very dark (shadows) or very bright (highlights) areas. Result: Interesting, dynamic picture. Sharply defined characteristics.

  4. Histogram: plots pixels according to brightness: L-R, Dark-Bright Low contrast: Most pixels in middle, few very dark (shadows) or very bright (highlights) areas. Result: Flat, boring picture. No defining characteristics. However, low contrast can always be edited into a high contrast image

  5. Low contrast High contrast has caused this area to be completely white, destroying all detail. It is impossible to get this detail back – this is known as a “blown highlight”. High contrast

  6. Low contrast High contrast has caused this area to be completely black, destroying all detail. It is impossible to get this detail back – this is known as a “crushed shadow”. High contrast

  7. Shadows and Highlights Dynamic Range If the electron count is below a certain threshold, it is just recorded as black. So if there aren’t enough photons, all the detail in those pixels is lost. When the photowell is full, a highlight occurs. No photons after this are recorded, so all detail for these pixels are lost.

  8. Large dynamic range: very bright and very dark areas in same scene

  9. The camera has a limited dynamic range. Thus it can only capture a certain portion of the total dynamic range of the scene.

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