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J-see

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aroy said:
I think that the candle shot is one of those few situations that would benefit from HDR - tonal gradation of flame and noise free surroundings.
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Something like this?

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aroy

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Looks nice, the flame could have had more zones to it. In general, I prefer to have some light on the base of the candle also.
 
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J-see

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That's not possible aroy. I overexposed massively. Only by underexposing I could get more "internal" flame but such isn't possible without introducing noise. Only if I'd do that and cut and paste the result into PS, I could merge both.

The last I just used a brush in PS and painted it. Two or three more layers and I paint anything I want which is much easier than trying to merge a noised up shot into it.

Light at the base would be possible if I'd use another light source but I was trying to shoot with solely the candle as source.
 
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aroy

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I thought that you did an HDR. Here is what I would do in this situation
- One shot for the flame, metered for the brightest part - spot meter.
- Two or three for the base and surrounding, again spot for the lower portion of the candle and another spot at the background.
Then merge them in Photoshop, one layer for the flame and another for the rest (after HDR).
 
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wev

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Rapid set gorilla glue -- never go out without it. These guys were quite calm, even when I whacked the branch with my camera strap.
 
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ferg007

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Here's one of my lovely bullmastiff pups eye - was testing the nikon 40mm micro lens so had to get close which meant a high ISO. As a result there's a fair amount of noise in his iris which is a shame because I like the reflection of me taking his picture in it!
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Nikon D5300

Nikon AF-S 18-55mm VR II DX
Nikon AF-S 40mm Micro f/2.8 DX G
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD
 
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