Nice photos too, MagicNikon. They have a nice surreal look to them, but not so much that it looks faux. The first is a little plain to me because the glass doesn't pop out as much. But the second has some excellent colors.
I like this HDR. It's very well-done and not overtly-HDR-y like almost every other HDR picture made. It looks like what I'd see with my eyeballs if I were there that day. Nice job!
kevin v wrote:
I like this HDR. It's very well-done and not overtly-HDR-y like almost every other HDR picture made. It looks like what I'd see with my eyeballs if I were there that day. Nice job!
I agree, this one doesn't have the heavy tone-map ringing and odd contrast look that most do, looks more natural.
I've got to try this! Would you say how many stops +/- this was? I really like the second one, but they're both excellent. To your credit, as mentioned above, I like the fact that is still looks real and not overly processed as so many of these do!
Matt Philbin wrote:
I've got to try this! Would you say how many stops +/- this was? I really like the second one, but they're both excellent. To your credit, as mentioned above, I like the fact that is still looks real and not overly processed as so many of these do!
I think I did 5 exposures. One per the meter, then two under and two over in one stop intervals.
Nice photos too, MagicNikon. They have a nice surreal look to them, but not so much that it looks faux. The first is a little plain to me because the glass doesn't pop out as much. But the second has some excellent colors.
Why does the author say change the shutter speed and not the aperture in the instructions? I thought you want to keep the shutter speed and aperture to be the same for all of the shots except for the EC for the individual shots making up the HDR.
I'm rarely impressed with the HDR shots I see posted, because the technique is usually way overdone for my taste. You, on the other hand, used the technique in a much more restrained manner, and have two exceptional images to show for it.
Lawrence Lee wrote:
Why does the author say change the shutter speed and not the aperture in the instructions? I thought you want to keep the shutter speed and aperture to be the same for all of the shots except for the EC for the individual shots making up the HDR.
Exposure compensation doesn't exist in a vacuum, so to change the exposure you have to change ISO, aperture, or shutter. ISO will change the processing and noise characteristics ("grain" to some), and aperture will change the depth of field and make the focus look slightly different. The way to add or remove light with the least side effects is to modify the shutter speed. And that's just the method the author is using to do exposure compensation.
Rodolfo Paiz wrote:
Exposure compensation doesn't exist in a vacuum, so to change the exposure you have to change ISO, aperture, or shutter. ISO will change the processing and noise characteristics ("grain" to some), and aperture will change the depth of field and make the focus look slightly different. The way to add or remove light with the least side effects is to modify the shutter speed. And that's just the method the author is using to do exposure compensation.
Does that make more sense now?
I think so. Then why not go into manual mode to control both aperture and shutter speed to ensure consistencies amongst the shots?
