My AEB shots are all underexposed. In attempting to preserve the morning sky I didn't expose correctly for the foreground . Is it possible to fix this in PP before I attempt to merge them ( Shot in raw) . It's my first try at HDR . PSE10 and Lightroom 4 trial .
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Throw a copy up and we'll see how badly it is underexposed and if it could be pulled back.
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Don't know much about HDR, but thought the idea was to shoot a selection
Some exposed for the foreground and the sky in others then combined to get a finished product with a wider dynamic range than the camera could manage
Did you use that method or maybe i'm missing something what with my very limited knowledge of HDR
Some exposed for the foreground and the sky in others then combined to get a finished product with a wider dynamic range than the camera could manage
Did you use that method or maybe i'm missing something what with my very limited knowledge of HDR
tijuana taxi said:
Don't know much either
Messed up the exposure brackets . Had previously dialled in -2/3 exp comp then bracketed +/- 2/3 from that . The foreground is very dark , even in the 0 ev . May have to reshoot
New camera/ new to photography / new to forum . Think I aimed too high today .
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Aiming high, asking questions and learning from our mistakes will get you there.
Ifyou can rcover the foreground anywhere near in post, you can still use the shots to learn the techniques. Then if you re-shoot too you'll have a real example of the difference between getting it right in camera and pulling it back in post.
Thats all great experience.
Ifyou can rcover the foreground anywhere near in post, you can still use the shots to learn the techniques. Then if you re-shoot too you'll have a real example of the difference between getting it right in camera and pulling it back in post.
Thats all great experience.
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It depends how bright your sky was.
Generally, the foreground is always too dark in a landscape when metering for the sky - hence the need for grads to darken the sky. Although you can get around the need for grads by bracketing then blending or hdr as you have tried
If you bracketed shots at just 2/3rd exposure increments then you 'may' have got closer to your ultimate exposures. By the negative 2/3rds compensation applied in order to hold the sky, you are effectively darkening the foreground even further which would have been already underexposed by metering for the sky.
Generally, the foreground is always too dark in a landscape when metering for the sky - hence the need for grads to darken the sky. Although you can get around the need for grads by bracketing then blending or hdr as you have tried
If you bracketed shots at just 2/3rd exposure increments then you 'may' have got closer to your ultimate exposures. By the negative 2/3rds compensation applied in order to hold the sky, you are effectively darkening the foreground even further which would have been already underexposed by metering for the sky.