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01/26/2015 06:03:09 PM · #26 |
Julie - one of the best pointers I read somewhere was to change only your shutter speed. Your aperture (depth of field) needs to remain the same for each picture. Like someone said here I only do a -1 0 +1 range (so far). I have looked up and subscribed to several HDR pros on YouTube. Look up Stuck in Customs. Good information and processing tips. As others have said a good solid tri-pod is key. At my local Camera Shop. They routinely have a "Trade-in" your tri-pod for a new one. I think I got $100 for the clunker and $50 for the head that I had. Manfrotto usually sponsors it so you can probably look at their website and see when they are doing another trade-in deal.
some of my more recent HDR's...but of course I'm still learning
ETA:...do you have Lr? You know that you can make changes to your photo there and "Sync" them (the 3 or more exposures) that little discovery has been helpful in getting things lined up.
Message edited by author 2015-01-26 18:12:58. |
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01/26/2015 06:26:11 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by Paul:
You can produce pretty good HDR shots from a single RAW file. Produce an image with exposures either side of your base and then combine them, you can manually mask and blend if you want. |
Yup, that is this lazy man's way. Since you can shift a RAW +/- 2 stops you can get most shots a touch of HRD this way easily. If you need more, and sometime you have to, I set my burst Bracket to +/- 3 stops and then 3 RAW images get the full range from brightest blowout to inky blockup. But make sure you are shooting manual so the camera doesn't try to help you when you think you know better.
But one frame usually gets you 90% of what you need once you bend it around enough. |
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01/26/2015 06:32:59 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Originally posted by Paul:
You can produce pretty good HDR shots from a single RAW file. Produce an image with exposures either side of your base and then combine them, you can manually mask and blend if you want. |
Yup, that is this lazy man's way. Since you can shift a RAW +/- 2 stops you can get most shots a touch of HRD this way easily. If you need more, and sometime you have to, I set my burst Bracket to +/- 3 stops and then 3 RAW images get the full range from brightest blowout to inky blockup. But make sure you are shooting manual so the camera doesn't try to help you when you think you know better.
But one frame usually gets you 90% of what you need once you bend it around enough. |
Just adding in my $0.02 on this:
The newer Sony sensors (like the D800 and this Sony RX1) have a truly unreal amount of dynamic range when pushed - I don't know exactly how many stops, but I'm betting I can expand the DR two stops more than I can on my 1D if I push both dark/light tones to their max using Capture One Pro 8. |
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01/26/2015 10:06:20 PM · #29 |
thanks Ja
No I did not know that at all, I will check out that and thanks for the tips too, and I will check into the local store to see if they do trades like that with the tripods.. my hubby is gonna love me LOL
it really seems the pre-processing before the processing and merging really seems the way to go,
I had a try on that again and this was another one I merged into HDR. Prob not the best of choice either LOL
This too was before all the tips and hints but I am in the processing now of doing them seperated and then merging them together again.
halos, man I hate halos.... what a pain to get rid of. One of my hdr pet peeves. I think the pre-processing will help, I plan on uploading the after but this is the before too.
Message edited by author 2015-01-26 22:10:54. |
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01/26/2015 10:11:03 PM · #30 |
| Maybe if you shared each of the exposures, unedited except to resize, we could lend more assistance for next time? |
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01/26/2015 10:17:35 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by MadMan2k:
Maybe if you shared each of the exposures, unedited except to resize, we could lend more assistance for next time? |
Love it!
I will plan on taking some with the newer tips and tricks
Message edited by author 2015-01-26 22:21:22. |
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