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<blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 25539" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>The shot you posted above has too much strength. You can see it in the sky, top right. But turning down the strength may not correct it. HDR depends on a very wide f/stop range (contrast) to work well, loss of detail in the shadows and loss of detail in the highlights. Thats why HDR uses an over/under exposure process to capture the details that the camera would not see otherwise. When you use HDR with a shot that does not have that wide exposure range it can loose a lot of quality in the overlay process. This often happens with sky shots. The f/stop range in the sky is not broad enough for the the HDR to work properly. You can also see the loss of the HDR effect in your South Side Facing West shot. It was taken in the shadow of a building where the f/stop range is not very wide and the details don't pop out. Learning what shot in a HDR will work is a matter of experience. However, it can fool you. I've taken shots I did not think would work and the separate shots look awful but when merged into a HDR come out fantastic. So the rule for HDR shooting is when in doubt shoot it anyway. You have a very good start with shooting HDR, better than a lot I've seen. Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joseph Bautsch, post: 25539, member: 654"] The shot you posted above has too much strength. You can see it in the sky, top right. But turning down the strength may not correct it. HDR depends on a very wide f/stop range (contrast) to work well, loss of detail in the shadows and loss of detail in the highlights. Thats why HDR uses an over/under exposure process to capture the details that the camera would not see otherwise. When you use HDR with a shot that does not have that wide exposure range it can loose a lot of quality in the overlay process. This often happens with sky shots. The f/stop range in the sky is not broad enough for the the HDR to work properly. You can also see the loss of the HDR effect in your South Side Facing West shot. It was taken in the shadow of a building where the f/stop range is not very wide and the details don't pop out. Learning what shot in a HDR will work is a matter of experience. However, it can fool you. I've taken shots I did not think would work and the separate shots look awful but when merged into a HDR come out fantastic. So the rule for HDR shooting is when in doubt shoot it anyway. You have a very good start with shooting HDR, better than a lot I've seen. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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