Photo Quickies

PhotoQuickie came across research being done at Microsoft to fix photos taken with a flash. Personally, PhotoQuickie does not think highly of flash photography as the results usually can be easily identified as having been done with a flash. The objects are washed out, and certain angles reflect white splotches.

Microsoft’s approach is to take the same scene twice, once without the flash and once with. Then, the combination of the two photos will hopefully produce a better one.

PhotoQuickie has some reservations about this process. First, it is difficult to get two shots from an identical position with our shakey hands unless we use a tripod. And if we’ve remembered to bring a tripod, then we figure that we might as well adjust the exposure to compensate for the low light level.

Although, PhotoQuickie still likes this idea, and hopes that we see it soon in pocket-sized cameras. [via Digg]

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