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The benefit of 14 stop acquisition when the exhibition is only in SD?
I’ve always wondered what benefit a 14 stop acquisition has when the exhibition will be in SDR which has around 6 stops of dynamic range (according to Wikipedia)? How does the 14 stop image fit into ...
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How to set optimal exposure times before creating HDR image?
I am going to take five photos and combine those into an HDR-image. How do I calculate/chose the optimal exposure times to create the best HDR-image? And how to chose number of images to use? I have ...
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HDRI with ND Filter
When I take images for composing a HDR image later how can I use an ND-Filter.
For example I capture 5 images whitout an Filter and then add for the 6 and 7 shot a 10 Stop ND-Filter how can I tell the ...
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What causes this dark halo around the sun?
I took a series of photographs just before sunset, directly into what was a very weak, watery sun - barely made you squint to look at either with the naked eye or through the viewfinder.
To the naked ...
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Are three different exposures enough for a good HDR image?
I am a newbie to photography and shoot with Canon 550D ( Rebel T2i ) that can take 3 bracketed shots at a time. I want to know whether 3 shots are typically enough to capture the different lightings ...
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What's the difference between "Fake HDR" and real, bracketed exposure HDR?
As I began to brush up on my landscape photography skills I came across the polarizing (pun intended) issue of HDR photography. More specifically, I came across a well written blog post titled "...
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What is the right way to blend multiple exposure real estate images?
I have stacked 3 exposures of the same shot in Photoshop to fuse it manually, so that I can make a better HDR image of the scene.
But I am not quite sure whether I am following the right method for ...
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What are the advantages of additional exposures between outer brackets of an HDR stack?
Firstly, I understand the idea behind HDR photography so I'm not looking for an explanation of HDR. What I'm interested in is the large number of exposures often used to capture a scene with high ...
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Why is my HDR image oversaturated and look negative inverse in highlight areas?
I wanted a photograph of Times Square. It was my first time using HDR. So, I took into consideration about exposure compensation for an even exposure. I set my camera with mirror lock-up, and self ...
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How many stops are there between 1/4000 and 1" shutter speeds [duplicate]
I've taken a series of photos as a bracketed HDR, starting at 1/4000th of a second going up to 1 second. How many stops are there between those? How would you be able to tell?
The aperture and ISO do ...
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How to photograph a lightbulb?
I am trying to take a dramatic picture of a lit CFL with my 6-year-old Canon Powershot SD750 equipped with CHDK. It's pretty common simply to turn the exposure all the way down, but I wanted the whole ...
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How to shoot a shot with the moon and city skyline?
What is the best way to capture the moon with a city background? The moon is so bright that if I do long exposure to capture the city, the moon will be completely blown out into a white star. Is HDR ...
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Is it possible to take HDR-photos straight out of camera?
HDR is normally described as a post processing technique.
I usually can't find time to do post-processing - thus I have turned out to favor SOOC-pictures ;-)
My question is: Is it possible to create ...
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Develop Canon Raw images on Mac OSX via command line into mutliple tiffs for pseudo-HDR
What is the best way to convert on the command line a Canon raw file (CR2) into 2 or 3 differently exposed tiffs for HDR/tonmapping?
I would like to use Apple's ...
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AEB on the Canon Rebel T2i
Hi I'm new to this whole HDR scene and I actually have a few questions regarding this. I was trying to take RAW photos with my camera set to AEB on -2, 0, and +2 exposure today with continuous shot ...