First attempt at HDR

[Optikal iLLusion]

Ok. Well like the title says this is my first HDR attempt. Shot this with my 50mm 1.8. My only concern here is that it seems a bit blurry to me. I took the shots with a tripod and the individual shots were very clear. So im not sure if what im considering "blurry" is just part of what comes with HDR. Maybe you guys can fill me in there. This may even be and extreme case of HDR. I just followed a tutorial so please dont go too hard on me if its too much this go around . As always comments on composition are welcome too. Thanks for looking.


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Shutter Speed:1/197 second
Aperture:F/8.0
Focal Length:50 mm
ISO Speed:100

[Krusty79]

This doesn't look like you bracketed your shots to me. This looks like you took a RAW file and used it to create jpgs. I'm saying this because you still have a little bit of a dynamic range issue, with dark areas with little detail and white areas on the verge of being blown out. If you bracket your shots and took them at -2, 0 & +2, I don't think you would have that issue.

Regarding the blurry issue, if you used a good tripod, you can also use a remote shutter (or self timer) and the mirror lockup feature to further decrease the chance of camera shake.

[Optikal iLLusion]

Originally Posted by Krusty79

This doesn't look like you bracketed your shots to me. This looks like you took a RAW file and used it to create jpgs. I'm saying this because you still have a little bit of a dynamic range issue, with dark areas with little detail and white areas on the verge of being blown out. If you bracket your shots and took them at -2, 0 & +2, I don't think you would have that issue.

Regarding the blurry issue, if you used a good tripod, you can also use a remote shutter (or self timer) and the mirror lockup feature to further decrease the chance of camera shake.

I am currently shooting RAW+JPEG because PSE wont read my RAW files. So the files are JPEG format. I did bracket the shots at -1,0 & +1. However I only used the -1 and +1 shots because the 0 shot was in a slightly different spot due to my putting too much pressure on the camera while it was on the tripod. I did go buy a remote shutter release last night though so im going to try that out.

Im not familiar with the mirror lock up feature you're talking about though.