Bracketing

[ronnie]

Bit of advice required or opinions on bracketing , is it better to use the bracketing facility on the camera or shoot in raw and adjust in one of commercial programs available.

[StuartR]

Re: Bracketing

Bit of advice required or opinions on bracketing , is it better to use the bracketing facility on the camera or shoot in raw and adjust in one of commercial programs available.

My opinion would be to do it in camera if possible so I guess that's my advice too

Not sure what camera you're using but my Canon 350D lets me shoot a sequence of 3 different exposures automatically, with a range of EV adjustments above and below "normal".

[ronnie]

Re: Bracketing

My opinion would be to do it in camera if possible so I guess that's my advice too

Not sure what camera you're using but my Canon 350D lets me shoot a sequence of 3 different exposures automatically, with a range of EV adjustments above and below "normal".

I have a Nikon D80 so have similar options,

[StuartR]

Re: Bracketing

Then I'd shoot in RAW and bracket - best of both worlds .

You can adjust your exposure in your RAW conversion software but if those highlights are already blown then my experience tells me that you won't get them back.

In a thread conversation with Stephen recently he mentioned that he deliberately underexposes landscape shots by one stop to ensure he keeps detail in clouds.

Having said all this, not sure what you're bracketing for?

[ronnie]

Re: Bracketing

generally speaking it's landscapes, and i can see the advantage in under exposing for sky's will try this next time out

[lumix]

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Generally when taking landscapes it's good practice to take at least three shots. Expose for the sky, expose for the foreground and one shot set midway between. Bracketing will mean you are guessing how much over and under exposure you need. If you meter for both sky and then foreground you will get a better idea of what compensation is required. Once you have all three images then blend them together. Tinka has been showing some very good examples of this process just recently.

http://dpnow.com/forum2/showthread.php?t=3355

[ronnie]

Re: Bracketing

from what your saying the best way will be to bracket and manipulate on the computer

[carman]

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Just remember bracketing for HDR only works on static subjects. Any movement will cause problems. This is a composite from 2 Raw developments

[ronnie]

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that's the type of shot I seem to have problems with the learning curve goes on