River & Bridge HDR

[ptrbee]

The guy fishing on the bridge was an added bonus, almost lost my 300mm lens in the river for this shot, 3x shots with exposure bracketing the merged with dynamic photo HDR.




Camera Model Name Canon EOS 450D
Shooting Date/Time 20/05/2009 14:39:29
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/4Sec.
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/8Sec.
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/15Sec.
Av(Aperture Value) F18
Metering Modes Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 100
Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Focal Length 18.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Cloudy

[dcclark]

Pretty neat. It still feels very dark on the right though... at least at this size, the clouds in the middle/top pull my attention straight in, and I have to look carefully on the right to see details. Perhaps you could tweak it to bring up that side of the image a bit?

[JMS1980]

Quick question, did you shoot all three images in TV mode?? I read a article that said beginners should should shoot in P mode, and well, I am "that" beginner, but maybe shooting in TV mode would produce the images and quality that I am looking for in HDR images.

[dcclark]

I can't imagine why you would want to shoot images intended for HDR in Tv (Shutter Priority) mode. If anything, I'd stick with Av (Aperture Priority) mode, so that the depth of field is consistent between shots. But in reality, you're probably shooting in full-manual mode, so that your camera doesn't try to adjust your exposure -- you WANT one image to be slightly overexposed, and one slightly underexposed.

[ptrbee]

Originally Posted by JMS1980

Quick question, did you shoot all three images in TV mode?? I read a article that said beginners should should shoot in P mode, and well, I am "that" beginner, but maybe shooting in TV mode would produce the images and quality that I am looking for in HDR images.

Nope, I shot in manual with exposure bracketing. Believe it or not I'm a beginner too I shoot in manual, only time I use AV or TV mode is at parties or dinners where the lights are low & moving subjects get blurred, but even then I try to avoid.

The reason I put 3x shutter speeds is because that's the settings the shots were. I wouldn't recommend you try this in TV mode either (not sure if that's possible) You need 2 or 3 images at different exposures eg -1 0 +1, once merged & tweaked you should get the desired effect.

[ptrbee]

Originally Posted by dcclark

Pretty neat. It still feels very dark on the right though... at least at this size, the clouds in the middle/top pull my attention straight in, and I have to look carefully on the right to see details. Perhaps you could tweak it to bring up that side of the image a bit?

I gave it a try, do you prefer this one?

[plangereis]

Originally Posted by ptrbee

I gave it a try, do you prefer this one?

To me the second version is much better, now that the right side, especially under the bridge is lighter, and shows more detail. I would almost try going lighter still.