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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 239718" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">With bracketing it all depends on what you want to do. I've done HDR with both cameras and with everywhere from 3 to 17 bracketed images, the latter done manually. 3 images bracketed at +/-2EV will give you the same edges as 5 images bracketed at +/-1EV, but with the extra images in between you get more information feeding into the program, which can make a huge difference in a scene that has extremely varied light. 3 images can be enough, but the end result may not be quite as natural looking. The idea is, the more light information you have available the more you can work with a photo.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Let me work through an example. I recently did an HDR rendering of the chapel at Princeton University. I used my D600 and shot 9 images that range from +/-2.5EV, manually altering shutter speeds. This range is not that different from a +/-2EV that you'd get from a 3 shot automatic bracket with the camera, but the difference in rendering is significant. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Here is the image with a basic 3 exposure bracket at +/-2EV. I've used Nik HDR Efex Pro 2 to simply merge the images, apply the Default settings and export the result.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">[ATTACH=full]64762[/ATTACH]</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Now here is the same +/-2 EV exposure range but created with 7 images...</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">[ATTACH=full]64763[/ATTACH]</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Finally, here is a 9 exposure rendering at +/-2.5 EV</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">[ATTACH=full]64764[/ATTACH]</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">While they are very similar, if you click on the first and then use your arrow keys to move from one to the next what you will see is a much higher contrast variation in the bricks and wood with the 3 images than you do with the 7, and you get even more evenness with the 9 image series. The more even the rendering the more information available to manipulate the final product, from very flat to very dramatic. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 239718, member: 9240"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Cambria][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][FONT=arial]With bracketing it all depends on what you want to do. I've done HDR with both cameras and with everywhere from 3 to 17 bracketed images, the latter done manually. 3 images bracketed at +/-2EV will give you the same edges as 5 images bracketed at +/-1EV, but with the extra images in between you get more information feeding into the program, which can make a huge difference in a scene that has extremely varied light. 3 images can be enough, but the end result may not be quite as natural looking. The idea is, the more light information you have available the more you can work with a photo. Let me work through an example. I recently did an HDR rendering of the chapel at Princeton University. I used my D600 and shot 9 images that range from +/-2.5EV, manually altering shutter speeds. This range is not that different from a +/-2EV that you'd get from a 3 shot automatic bracket with the camera, but the difference in rendering is significant. Here is the image with a basic 3 exposure bracket at +/-2EV. I've used Nik HDR Efex Pro 2 to simply merge the images, apply the Default settings and export the result. [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]64762._xfImport[/ATTACH] Now here is the same +/-2 EV exposure range but created with 7 images... [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]64763._xfImport[/ATTACH] Finally, here is a 9 exposure rendering at +/-2.5 EV [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]64764._xfImport[/ATTACH] While they are very similar, if you click on the first and then use your arrow keys to move from one to the next what you will see is a much higher contrast variation in the bricks and wood with the 3 images than you do with the 7, and you get even more evenness with the 9 image series. The more even the rendering the more information available to manipulate the final product, from very flat to very dramatic. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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