Night HDR

Beav said:
Any recommended videos worth watching then?

Thanks for the replies.
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Getting out shooting is by and far the best was to learn in all honestly...my guidance would be watch your compositions trying to avoid bright light sources to the edges of frame as that will really cause lots of flare...with that in mind loose filters if you've got one on :) and if you've got a hood use it ;)...get out while there is still colour in the sky..though black skies can look good too and have fun with it...

I tend to over expose a little 1/2-2/3s of a stop, as highlights can be drawn back a little more effectively in my experience than shadow detail and be pulled out...I'll the in cameraRAW I'll draw out a bit more shadow detail an pull the highlights back as required as with shooting in urban environments cameras tend to get tricked by bight points..I tend to stick with evaluative metering as have found overall this to give the most accurate readings
 
Beav said:
Still keep the ISO low 100 maybe 200??
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Depends on what your doing, if you want the effects of a long exposure the certainly yes, however if you want to freeze action a little say or maybe just blur things a little then you need either wider aperture or higher ISO or a combination of the two
 
Beav said:
Hello.

Ive been looking at doing some night HDR photography of cities etc.

How do you go about this without too much noise?

Like this kind of thing

Thanks
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If you want to take that sort of shot, look for the stuckincustoms tutorials. It's the sort of thing he does. I don't really care for it myself, the way he does it.
 
Many people suggest shooting at dusk rather than after dark, I've found it seems to work better with a little light in the sky.
This tip might work for reducing noise (haven't had time to try it myslef)

http://jtrujillo.net/qpix/
 
Join a long exposure group on Flickr - there's loads of city shots in them and check out the exif data of the ones you like. It will give you an inkling
 
damianmkv said:
Join a long exposure group on Flickr - there's loads of city shots in them and check out the exif data of the ones you like. It will give you an inkling
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Remember, EXIF is only good for a single image shot though. It might tell you the data for maybe one of the 9 shots taken at least :)
 
Not sure how I missed the "HDR" bit in the title :o
 
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