A view from my window

[havikk]

I have some doubts on this shot, I guess it could get a little better but i don't know how, any cc are welcome, btw, it was edited with lightroom

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Canon 550d
Lens: 18-135 IS
Aperture: F5
Exposure: 1/2 sec
ISO: 1600
Focal length: 52 mm

[crockny]

I like the sky and the top of the building. The lit up building bottom is blown out and there's a dark mass on the lower left - maybe you could crop off some of the bottom to eliminate those? Otherwise I like it ... A shot like this would require an ND filter or multiple exposures to get the full dynamic range since there are extreme darks and lights ...

[havikk]

Indeed with a little crop to eliminate to lower "blackness" it looks better, well i didn't think to use the ND filter on that time, I will try next time with the ND filter and tripod to see how it works, thanks

Btw, on multiple exposures do you refer on HDR ?

[Krusty79]

I think you needed a tripod so you could have shot at ISO 100 and f/8. Your image quality should be improved at the lower ISO and most lenses are sharpest around f/8.

Also, with a tripod you can bracket your shots. You should be shooting RAW already. You can use the bracketed shots to create an HDR image. I prefer exposure blends, where you make one jpg for the highlights, one for the dark areas and use a layer mask to blend the two images. Both methods work to overcome the dynamic range issue, since your camera can only capture about 9 stops of light while your eye sees about 20.