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Old 02-17-2009, 09:38 PM
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Default HDR - how many is enough exposures?

Mary Ann

Canon EOS 450D
focal length 18mm
1/60@f5.0, 1/100@f7.1, 1/200@f8.0
ISO 200

I'm not a huge fan of the 'spooky' effects heavy HDR processing gives. For this shot (one of my first HDR attempts) I used just 3 exposures with Photomatix. Was that enough? I tried adding two more overexposures created from the raw file, but they didn't seem to add anything good. I kind of like how the boat isn't popping out with brightness, but did I get it right?

And then there's the cropping. I didn't want to go square, but is there perhaps too much clutter still on the right hand side?

Your feedback is most welcome.
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