Photography Goodies

Gear and gadgets:

• Gordy’s Camera Straps
• Italian leather Leica camera cases
• Photojojo

HDR software for OSX:

• LR/Enfuse – This is a plugin for Lightroom that uses opensource Hugin project. The results tend to be very natural, but you don’t have much control through the plugin UI.
• Photomatix – Pretty much the standard others are compared to. The UI is a bit outdated, but you have a great deal of control over the end result. (pro and light versions)
• HDRtist – Seems like a good middle of the road option. Nice UI, good image results, but missing histogram and some more advanced features. (pro and free versions)
• HDR Pro Photo – Haven’t tried, looks full featured, on sale in the Mac App store.
• HDR Express — Haven’t tried it, looks like it is full featured, on par with Photomatix, but a better UI.
• Others in the Mac App store… none stand out

Right now I’m mostly using LR/Enfuse. While it is fun to play around with strong tone mapping and extreme HDR effects, I’m aiming more for the natural look with just a bit of extended range lately.

Blogs:

• Jeffrey Friedl
• Joe McNally
• Shutterfinger
• 35mm Photo Bureau
• Luminous Landscape

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