There appears to be photoluminescence in the snow and some parts of the masonry are luminous. The river\'s reflection of the sky is brighter than the sky itself. I prefer my pictures to look physically possible. Multi-shot HDR isn\'t a general solution to wide dynamic range. My new camera has much less maximum dynamic range than my previous one, and Canon has made statements which suggest that should not be the case. I\'m not interested in workarounds, I want 1Ds3 quality at 100 iso. It was promised.
It was a quick and dirty illustration of where you would place the ND grad or simulated ND grad, not an actual finished result with properly tweaked contrast and appropriate levels for the different parts of the scene. People often think you can\'t do things like this with irregular skylines but there\'s often a way.
I agree that the patterned noise is annoying and if you\'re seeing it on ISO100 shots without serious monkeybusiness in shadows/highlights or exposure pushing, then yeah, there\'s a problem. But I wouldn\'t want novices to get all freaked out and start thinking a digital camera is malfunctioning because it shows stuff like this when you boost exposure +3 EV, because almost all cameras will do that (I don\'t know about the 1DsIII, but hey, it\'s a pretty expensive camera).
Mar 11, 2009 at 06:28 PM
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