The Dusk

[taz05]

I always wanted to capture the 'time' between the light & dark. And I got this shot. though i feel a better picture would have resulted..IF?????????




Camera: Cannon Power Shot SX10 IS
Exposure: 1
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 8.5mm
ISO: 200
Flash: Off, did not fire

[windrider86]

if what????

[c010depunkk]

This is quite tricky because of the lighting. Looks like the foreground is quite dark whereas the top left corner is too bright. You might have to resort to HDR to get this shot looking nice.

[navcom]

Hi! Do you have a specific question?

[taz05]

What does HDR mean?
Nothing aspecific, just few tips to take such shots.

[navcom]

HDR=high dynamic range. Dynamic range is the range between the darkest and lightest points in an image. Your eyes can see about 20 stops of light where your camera can only record about 9 stops. That means in situations where there is a huge range (high dynamic range), your camera will not be able to properly expose the entire image. Something will be either over or underexposed.

HDR "techniques" involve shooting several different exposures of the same scene (usually enough to cover the whole dynamic range) and then combining them together in post processing with software such as Photoshop or HDR-specific software such as Photomatix. The result is an image with a higher dynamic range.

Hope that helps!

[Michael_2010]

It should also be pointed out that you will need a tripod or some other means to secure your camera to be successful with HDR. In addition, you will want to shoot the bracketed exposures in fairly rapid succession. Any movement between the exposures will wreck your final merged image.

Your capture has a nice artistic appearance. Almost an atmospheric perspective.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/ArtSchool/L...ric/index.html

It could use a little more definition through color and contrast, but a nice shot all-in-all.

[taz05]

Can you please help me understand ISO. I feel the digital clarity for this picture could have come out more prominently if the ISO had been set more appropriately. Please comment.

[EOBeav]

Originally Posted by taz05

Can you please help me understand ISO. I feel the digital clarity for this picture could have come out more prominently if the ISO had been set more appropriately. Please comment.

There are several excellent articles right here on DPS that can help you understand things like ISO, exposure time, and aperture value. Search for "Exposure Triangle" on here and you'll find some good basic information.

[davidsaffir]

I agree with one of the other responses to your posts. With the camera you have, take several shots, probably 3-4, each one stop apart. Then use HDR (the HDR in Photoshop CS5 is pretty darned good) and combine them. You'll find there is a learning curve, but the experiment is worth the results!

David Saffir
GuruShots Photo Critique