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First time auto HDR. Need advice
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 294522" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>Are you trying to do in-camera HDR, which are JPEG's, or bracketed RAW files to post-process? The latter yield much more pleasing results. </p><p></p><p>The <em>best</em> way I've found to do HDR is to bracket on your own, with the camera on a tripod. That said, what you want regardless of method and number of shots is to grab as much light information as possible. Given that you are using the D600, which has phenomenal dynamic range, if you are shoot with auto-bracketing on then I would use 3 frames at +/-3EV. This will give you the widest possible range of light information. I would expect you to see almost no blacks on the +3EV and almost no lights on the -3EV. If you're not using a tripod or monopod be aware that the +3EV shot may be longer than you'd want to purely handhold, so steady yourself.</p><p></p><p>Once you have your shots, know that you don't have to settle for just those 3 exposures. In these posts...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://nikonites.com/hdr/21994-playing-3-exposure-hdr-series.html" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/hdr/21994-playing-3-exposure-hdr-series.html</a></p><p><a href="http://nikonites.com/tutorials/21960-do-you-really-need-hdr-when-you-have-high-dynamic-range.html" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/tutorials/21960-do-you-really-need-hdr-when-you-have-high-dynamic-range.html</a></p><p></p><p>... I talk about how to make the most out of the dynamic range available in each of your frames. While much of it may be over the head of the first time HDR photographer, it's got some tricks in there that will allow you to take your 3 shot series and make it a 5, 7 and even 9 shot series, which <em>could</em> yield a more pleasing final result.</p><p></p><p>Let us know how you make out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 294522, member: 9240"] Are you trying to do in-camera HDR, which are JPEG's, or bracketed RAW files to post-process? The latter yield much more pleasing results. The [I]best[/I] way I've found to do HDR is to bracket on your own, with the camera on a tripod. That said, what you want regardless of method and number of shots is to grab as much light information as possible. Given that you are using the D600, which has phenomenal dynamic range, if you are shoot with auto-bracketing on then I would use 3 frames at +/-3EV. This will give you the widest possible range of light information. I would expect you to see almost no blacks on the +3EV and almost no lights on the -3EV. If you're not using a tripod or monopod be aware that the +3EV shot may be longer than you'd want to purely handhold, so steady yourself. Once you have your shots, know that you don't have to settle for just those 3 exposures. In these posts... [url]http://nikonites.com/hdr/21994-playing-3-exposure-hdr-series.html[/url] [url]http://nikonites.com/tutorials/21960-do-you-really-need-hdr-when-you-have-high-dynamic-range.html[/url] ... I talk about how to make the most out of the dynamic range available in each of your frames. While much of it may be over the head of the first time HDR photographer, it's got some tricks in there that will allow you to take your 3 shot series and make it a 5, 7 and even 9 shot series, which [I]could[/I] yield a more pleasing final result. Let us know how you make out. [/QUOTE]
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