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I really enjoy taking photos of the insides of churches and abbeys. I find the structures impressive inside with the ornate decorations and variety of materials used - as well as the stained glass windows!!
One challenge I face is avoiding blowing the windows out and also losing detail in the shadows as a result.
I've been playing around with HDR - but have to say, I'm not sure what the best bracketing settings are and I'm lost as to what the correct method should be. 3 or 5 shots?
Given the below situation, do you expose for the window so there are no blinkies and then move the bracketing settings so it subsequently exposes the shots upwards so as to lift the darks?
I've tried my best for below pictures using Photoshop HDR Pro (raws were first saves as PSDs) and camera RAW but still not as happy with the window as I would have been just working with the least exposed picture of the 3 - to me it's a little blown - that being said I'm happier with the darks but have lost a bit of the natural shadows so my HDR looks flat.
HSC_3394 by Gilbo B, on Flickr
HSC_3395 by Gilbo B, on Flickr
HSC_3396 by Gilbo B, on Flickr
Untitled_HDR2 by Gilbo B, on Flickr
One challenge I face is avoiding blowing the windows out and also losing detail in the shadows as a result.
I've been playing around with HDR - but have to say, I'm not sure what the best bracketing settings are and I'm lost as to what the correct method should be. 3 or 5 shots?
Given the below situation, do you expose for the window so there are no blinkies and then move the bracketing settings so it subsequently exposes the shots upwards so as to lift the darks?
I've tried my best for below pictures using Photoshop HDR Pro (raws were first saves as PSDs) and camera RAW but still not as happy with the window as I would have been just working with the least exposed picture of the 3 - to me it's a little blown - that being said I'm happier with the darks but have lost a bit of the natural shadows so my HDR looks flat.
HSC_3394 by Gilbo B, on Flickr
HSC_3395 by Gilbo B, on Flickr
HSC_3396 by Gilbo B, on Flickr
Untitled_HDR2 by Gilbo B, on Flickr
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