I am about to have a play with it before I buy. Essentials will most likely do all I want in the mean time.it looks fairly straight forward At my time of life it takes a little longer to learn. Thank you for that.That's what I was using and then went to the Pro, but I think I got this advice on here. I like it. I found that the tonemapping tool in Paintshop Pro X3 is often all I need for small tweaking.
Ok How?I get mine free! hahaha
Yes you are quite right but all the experts tell me you need a least 3 exposures ie -2-0-+2 in order to get the best out of it. But hay I'm stil learning. Thanks for your input.I think it is built into your D5100 Phil
Nikon D5100:
HDR (High Dynamic Range)
In scenes with extreme contrasts, such as bright, sunlit clouds and a foreground deep in shadow, it was once quite difficult to render the textures of both equally. Not any more. D5100 combines two exposures to create an image revealing an extremely wide dynamic range, but with less noise and richer color gradation than ever before.
I think you have a good point about some HDR images taking on an unreal look I will try the builded in one thats with the 5100 Thanks again for your comments.That's what they say -- but I am going to stir the pot and ask why?
It seems like the idea behind HDR is to capture the brights and the darks and then merge them together as one image. That is only two exposures and if all the rest of the components of the exposure triangle are correctly met then why is there a need for anymore?
Are the darks, the not as dark and the not really that dark exposures going to make that much of a difference when merged with not so light, really light and way too light ones?
Is HDR about cartoon looking pictures or crisp images with a strong range of contrasts captured?
I'm certainly no expert, but just my opinion of what looks good and what ends up looking contrived.
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That's what they say -- but I am going to stir the pot and ask why?
It seems like the idea behind HDR is to capture the brights and the darks and then merge them together as one image. That is only two exposures and if all the rest of the components of the exposure triangle are correctly met then why is there a need for anymore?
Are the darks, the not as dark and the not really that dark exposures going to make that much of a difference when merged with not so light, really light and way too light ones?
Is HDR about cartoon looking pictures or crisp images with a strong range of contrasts captured?
I'm certainly no expert, but just my opinion of what looks good and what ends up looking contrived.