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marine1 said:
Thanks Bwana, I hope this is the right one. I have taken so many.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ymzgundmuoz
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This shot shows what I was referring to in another thread - that pushing exposure in post alters colour. If I take this raw file and push the exposure up two stops, the leaves already turn blue. Now, I'm not saying that it's impossible to get a good accurate result (I'm sure bwana will show us how), but sometimes it's just better to bracket.
 
marine1, I'm not sure how your cam works - you'll have to consult the manual. On the Canon 40D I enable AEB, set how many stops to bracket by (I tend to go for one stop), and set my "drive mode" to sequence, and fire away.
 
Marine1, here is my quick and dirty guide to shooting HDR pics, seeing as you are too lazy to read the manuals, :p:

1. Put your camera on a tripod - you cannot do HDR photgraphy properly with hand-held shots, ok? And forget about doing HDR from 1 exposure - you need at least two or 3.

2. Set your camera to auto-bracket. Use a Scenery preset shooting mode. Don't worry about depth of field, for now. Get out the manual of the camera, and read the section on auto-bracketing. Set the brackets as far apart as your camera allows. (-1 - 0 - +1 on mine)

3. Now load your photos into your HDR software.
And now get this - one software is not better than the other. Don't get stuck on debating if Photomatix is better than something else. Learn how to use whichever software you're using, properly. (I switched from Photomatix to Dynamic Photo after you mentioned it earlier in this thread, but most of my pics were done in Photomatix. Thanks for telling us about Dynamic.)

In Summary:
You need a camera that can auto-bracket, a tripod, and any HDR software. That's it. Now go take awesome pics and have lots of fun, I'm waiting to see what you can do.
 
Hi Plazma and thanks for the post, I have read the manual, I have set it on 2 exposure or bracket either way. There are a total of 5 total pictures taken at once with the differecne of 2 in each photo, maybe I am just going to high both up and down in the exposure.
I think I just need to practise :D
I am using a tripod, Manfrotto. I am using a remote control as well to minimize shake.I think I am maybe using to high exposure, maybe I must go down a bit.

Thanks
 
I forgot to mention - it doesn't matter if your tripod is a Manfrotto or a Gitzo.

Or a Vivitar that cost R90 at Hifi Corruption- like mine.
:p
 
plazma said:
2. Set your camera to auto-bracket. Use a Scenery preset shooting mode. Don't worry about depth of field, for now.
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Do you mind explaining that? Why use a scenery mode over Av?

marine1 said:
I am using a remote control as well to minimize shake.
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You can combine that with using mirror-up (if your camera has it) and timer to further minimise shake. When I don't have my remote with me, that's what I do.
 
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