Old School

[catinsoldier]

Taken in a one room school at Kawartha Settlers Village in the little village of Bobcaygeon, Ontario.
F5.6, 1/125, 18mm, ISO 640
Flash in the corner of the room (camera left) approx 7' high, ambient light from 2 windows (camera left) and one door (camera right)

I would have prefered the detail in the window to be clearer, how would I go about this?

[EOBeav]

1. Use enough flash to fill entire room and match light from outside.

2. Take 2 exposures, one for room, one for outside, and stitch the outside one onto the image exposed for the room.

[flytyer57]

Taking 3 photo's that are bracketed at least 2 stops and opening them with Photo-Merge, available in both Photoshop and Elements-9, would not only give you the effect you were looking for with the window, it would also bring out more of the highlights in the room. And it may have been possible without using a flash at all.

[crockny]

Nice scene - there's something very peaceful about it ...

[mwatson]

This is a great picture. The only issue I have with it is the same one you do (the window being blown out).

I don’t think this should be an HDR photograph. I say this because I enjoy the shadows and light coming from the side. I enjoy it because it feels like it probably did back when it was a new school operating solely off of natural light.

I think taking a photo for the window and simply copying and pasting it in the photo of the room would be better. It would take some adjustments but it should look fine.