Taiwan - HDR Pics
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your non HDR pics is definitely nicer.
Thank you
I will focus more on non-HDR pictures.Xavier1176
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Hi Clarenze,
Appreciate your comments. Indeed I did alot of homework about Photography
I'm using f8 and above for all my landscape pictures. (mainly f11), Auto-Focus (Nikon-Auto Area), Manual-Mode, Self-Timer trigger @ 2 sec and Tripod. Thus I would wanna find out the reasons for the lack of sharpness, is it due to the following:
1) I'm using Auto-Focus (Auto-Area) for the 3 different shot, thus the Focus-point might different in each different shot. Therefore, leads to softness
Do not use Auto-Area; its often we use AF, then switch to MF.
2) I using Manual-Mode instead of Aperture Priority for the 3 different shot, however, I'm sure that I did not change the aperture in my manual mode for the 3 shots. Will it still lead to softness?
How is "Exposure" achieved when S/A/ISO is fixed in M?
3) I'm using self-timer @ 2sec when trigger the shot, will it be better I using a remote trigger.
Usually fine as long as you add weight to your tripod & turn VR off
Last but not least, where do I focus if my pictures do not have a subject? (e.g #4 and #10) I read from the web, it said approx. 1/3 from the bottom to the mid point (below mid-point) For #2 and #9, am I rite to focus on the statue and Buddha's face? Sad to say, I got problem in finding points to focus?
Understand "DOF" & "Hyperfocal Distance"
Kindly seek your help! Your help might even assist me in the landscape photography apart from HDR. Thank!
Not necessary to take a min. of 3 exposures. There are times when you are required to take 1 for highlight & 1 for shadows. Afterall, more exposures = more noise.
I'm used AE bracketing @ +2EV, 0 and -2EV
Anyway I will not be using manual mode for all my HDR pictures in the future. That my amateur's approach
Clarenze
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Hey Janson,Hi Clarenze,
Appreciate your comments. Indeed I did alot of homework about Photography
I'm using f8 and above for all my landscape pictures. (mainly f11), Auto-Focus (Nikon-Auto Area), Manual-Mode, Self-Timer trigger @ 2 sec and Tripod. Thus I would wanna find out the reasons for the lack of sharpness, is it due to the following:
1) I'm using Auto-Focus (Auto-Area) for the 3 different shot, thus the Focus-point might different in each different shot. Therefore, leads to softness
2) I using Manual-Mode instead of Aperture Priority for the 3 different shot, however, I'm sure that I did not change the aperture in my manual mode for the 3 shots. Will it still lead to softness?
3) I'm using self-timer @ 2sec when trigger the shot, will it be better I using a remote trigger.
Last but not least, where do I focus if my pictures do not have a subject? (e.g #4 and #10) I read from the web, it said approx. 1/3 from the bottom to the mid point (below mid-point) For #2 and #9, am I rite to focus on the statue and Buddha's face? Sad to say, I got problem in finding points to focus?
Kindly seek your help! Your help might even assist me in the landscape photography apart from HDR. Thank!
Well, I guess you got the basic idea of how HDR works (capturing tricky lighting situations eg. noon, sunset, etc). Taking 3 different exposures using AEB of +-2 is okay, you could even do 5 or more.
1) For landscape, I'd not advise you to use Auto-Focus as focusing too near or too far will cause different area of the entire picture to be off focus. Landscape photographers swear by hyperfocal distance, whereby you will get the greatest DOF. Using single-point focusing, focus on that point instead of infinity and you'll have the greatest range of focus from infinity back toward your location. You might want to do a search in CS, there are many topics about it, or you can simply just google it.
2) For beginners, I'd advice you to use Aperture priority to get a smoother shot. Unless you can control with manual properly. Even I myself is still using Aperture mode when shooting HDR.
3) No issues if you use self timer, the only thing that might happen is if your tripod is not sturdy and it starts to creep when you depress the shutter. So I'd advice to use remote to keep it still for the entire series of shot.
Thank only today then I heard of hyperfocal distance. However, just realize my kit len do not have the infinity mark
Nevertheless i will try to figure out.Thank!
Clarenze
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Hey Jansen,Thank only today then I heard of hyperfocal distance. However, just realize my kit len do not have the infinity mark
Thank!
Here is a blog post by one of a very respected CS member (daredevil123) on Hyperfocal Distance:
http://darthbertz.blogspot.com/2010/07/getting-everything-into-focus.html
Thank for the website. A very detail explanation.
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