I get the impression that trying to capture wide DR in one shot is considered a bad practice, while trying to capture maximum detail in one shot is good practice.
Naaah, I think that we\'re simply seeing an acceptance that at the moment (very) high dynamic range images are always going to need some sort of compromise and/or alternative approach in order to fully exploit the range in the image.
In Stoffer\'s shot, it seems pretty clear to me that a choice could be made to expose for the shadows - thereby minimising any potential issues caused by banding - and either take pot-luck with fixing the blown highlights in the sky with the appropriate software highlight recovery tools.
Or we could process the RAW twice, once for shadows, once for highlights, and merge them.
Or we could take a couple of bracketed-exposures shots and merge them.
We\'re not short of choices.
Personally I\'d expose for the shadows on this one regardless of the camera I was using, because I\'d rather have a washed-out sky than overly-noisy shadows caused by dragging EC and shadows up in post as much as this shot would require.
I get the impression that trying to capture wide DR in one shot is considered a bad practice, while trying to capture maximum detail in one shot is good practice.
Naaah, I think that we\'re simply seeing an acceptance that at the moment (very) high dynamic range images are always going to need some sort of compromise and/or alternative approach in order to fully exploit the range in the image.
In Stoffer\'s shot, it seems pretty clear to me that a choice could be made to expose for the shadows - thereby minimising any potential bancing issues caused by banding - and either take pot-luck with fixing the blown highlights in the sky with the appropriate software highlight recovery tools; or process the RAW twice, once for shadows, once for highlights, and merge them; or take a couple of bracketed-exposures shots and merge them.
Personally I\'d expose for the shadows on this one regardless of the camera I was using, because I\'d rather have a washed out sky than noisy shadows caused by dragging EC and shadows up in post as much as this shot would require.
Oct 30, 2009 at 07:21 AM
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