On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1/3/2012 5:31 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> I'm interested in the concept of HDR (ie multiple bracketed >> exposures), but I really don't do the kind of shooting where HDR is >> useful. I've been completely satisfied with using off-camera strobes >> or reflectors to bring the light value range under control. > > I've been meaning to try this, but I find that I can usually get by with the > K-5 just having high dynamic range. I take three bracketed shots, and so > far, I've always been able to dial one into good enough.
Where that's guaranteed to fail is the classic "model backlit by sunset" type of shot. There, you require front fill (of some sort) or you'll just have a silhouette. The EV range is just too large. > Actually they look like the "photorealistic" paintings that were popular in > the 70's. So people are going out of their way to do photos that look like > paintings that try to look like photos. Heh, yeah. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
