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Well, to be strictly accurate, what I said was, "it might not cut it", NOT that it wasn't and effective technique. IMO the images you attached prove this to be the case. Note the front edge of the seats of the chairs in the first image: A large, blown highlight along each. In the second image, you have blown areas around the perimeter lighting in the ceiling tray, and some pretty nasty mixed colour temperature issues. In the third, there are really large blown areas in each sink bowl.... The last one isn't bad for highlights, but again, mixed temperature lighting is, IMO, hurting the image.Thanks for your input Tirediron. But you're wrong about HDR not being an effective tool at night or a windowless room. See attachments.
You're right. There is. I'm not saying you're doing it wrong, but I am saying you could be doing it better. Using supplemental light is ALWAYS an option. Let's assume that in the last image you posted both you and I were tasked to go in and get the same shot. I am willing to bet that the one I produced using fill flash would be a more appealing image.I shoot a lot of high profile locations which can be made available only for a couple of hours in the middle of the night. Using artificial lighting is simply not an option. That's why I shoot only with available light. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Given that people can and do light indoor arenas with flash, a room this size is hardly a challenge. I could light that with little more than the gear I carry in my vehicle on a regular basis. Since your 'Edit' preference isn't set, I won't mark up your image with my lighting plan, but assuming that was the shot, my initial set-up would start with six lights, and probably expand to about 8 for the final shot. Assuming that I was allowed access in advance to recce, and take a few measurements, I would say that from the time I got the last of my gear on-set until the shot was in the can would be somewhere in the hour-thirty - hour-forty-five range.