AEB and RAW? Do you ever bracket in RAW?

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/20/2006 08:46:19 PM · #1

Ok, here's the scene. You have a shot of a statue with a lush garden behind it. The garden is lit up like crazy, but the statue is dim. You have also left your flash at home (or its broken, etc). Would you bracket the shot to expose the background properly, then to expose the statue properly, and then combine them in Photoshop?

Does anyone have an example of this that they've done?

Thanks!

BrennanOB

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

01/20/2006 09:15:27 PM · #2

I'm fairly new to cs2 so I haven't worked with it much, but the HDR (High Dynamic range) image function has made bracketing in RAW worthwhile since the result is a 32 bit image that is more subtle than multiple RAW exposures layered in as TIFFs.Link to new stuff in CS2

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/20/2006 09:26:38 PM · #3

Thanks for the link... anyone else?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

01/20/2006 09:34:37 PM · #4

This isn't the greatest example, but the following image was done by combining an over and an under of a single RAW exposure into a combined exposure; the 4th image is an edited version of the combined image. I never went any further with this one, I was just experimenting. I have a better one of something else, but it's a possible entry. I'll be doing more of this as needed.

Note that these were made from a single RAW exposure, with two versions created and saved as TIFF. Multiple exposures are nice if you can get away with them, but they don't work that well in nature when there's a breeze, surf, whatever. The original shot was bracketed to begin with, so the best average exposure was selected from which to spin the variations.

R.

Message edited by author 2006-01-20 21:37:36.

terje

Apple iPhone

01/20/2006 09:37:31 PM · #5

aeb with 1D mkIIn = 8fps :)

edit: awb/aeb

Message edited by author 2006-01-20 21:38:06.

mpeters

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

01/20/2006 09:39:36 PM · #6

Here is one of my attemts. Using PS7. Pictures shot in RAW and exp adjusted with RSE. Didn't spend a lot of time with this picture but it seems to work reasonably well.

over

under

Mainly I was trying to balance the light in the doorways with the sky and the shadows of the building.

mark
combined

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/20/2006 10:16:51 PM · #7

Thanks for sharing your examples..

terje

Apple iPhone

01/20/2006 10:24:37 PM · #8

I'd recommend trying out some grad ND filters. More fun and less time processing. pretty much the same result :)

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

01/20/2006 10:33:08 PM · #9

Originally posted by terje:

I'd recommend trying out some grad ND filters. More fun and less time processing. pretty much the same result :)

That's simply not true for most shots. For example, my reeds shot has the same EV on the silhouetted reeds as it does in the foreground, and the graduated ND filter will darken them unnaturally. Anyway this takes very little processing time, 2-3 minutes or so max.

Robt.