heres a few i took on manual exposure and run through photomatix.

[handsomejackuk]

please feel free to view these and comment.. i need as much help as possible...

this was only shot at one exposure and i seem to have overexposed it as the bushes and one of the rocks in the forground i s way overexposed i have tried to recover it but i will go to htis spot again and try again... this one below..

this one seems to be wanting to be cropped i dont like the tree on the left with no detail in it, and no branches...

quite pleased with this, as the shadows in the water reflect the shape of the mountains... but still things seem to be out of focus..

this was a newly constructed arch and was difficult to get right... i dont know if i have captured this right.. any advice on this please...

quite pleased with this... any views on this please...

 

[handsomejackuk]

the last pic seems to have a strange area in the trees looks like a cloud any ideawhat this is and how i can get rid of it

 

[bs0604]

I would increase the contrast a tad and use a bit of sharpening in Photomatix or PS. I like the newly constructed arch the best.

 

[cgipson1]

I asked these questions in your last thread.. and you didn't answer! Maybe if you answer them, we can help!

post one of the originals please... with Exif data intact.

How many images and what exposure differences?

Were you on a tripod, or shooting by hand... and if by hand, what was the lowest shutter speed in the series?

Have you tried just exposure fusion, instead of the tonemapping option?

 

[handsomejackuk]

ooops sorry i must have missed that post... sorry...:hug:: number of images was three at +- 1 ev stop... on manual, and hand held...not sure about the speeds, but think they were pretty low as camera was set to iso 100 and it was a real bright day.. i dont know if i can post an original image.. as these are uploaded to photobucket.. i will try though... i will try the exposure fusion and and sharpening on photoshop.. thanks for the comments...

 

[cgipson1]

ooops sorry i must have missed that post... sorry...:hug:: number of images was three at +- 1 ev stop... on manual, and hand held...not sure about the speeds, but think they were pretty low as camera was set to iso 100 and it was a real bright day.. i dont know if i can post an original image.. as these are uploaded to photobucket.. i will try though... i will try the exposure fusion and and sharpening on photoshop.. thanks for the comments...

Since you were shooting handheld... need to know the shutter speeds. Camera movement on one of the images could be the reason for the lack of sharpness. I would suggest trying a tripod, or at least a monopod. Also... 3 stops may not be enough to cover the entire dynamic range, especially on a bright sunny day.. where you have highlights and dark shadows. If you are only going to do three images.. try a 2 stop change in exposure, that will help.

 

[handsomejackuk]

ah rite thanks... so even with the camera set to AEB bracketting i still need a tripod ? does this still apply if the shutter speeds are fast..? say 1/100....

I know it used to be with old manual camera 1/60 at 50mm was enough handheld... does this rule and the reciprocal rule still apply to digital cameras..?

my camera wont support 2 stops of ev unless i tripod mount it and take them manually.. i have a new tripod and will start to use it more..

it seems to rattle them off pretty quickly... i check through the exif settings, and most of the shutter speeds were...between 1/100 to 1/ 1000.... theres a few that are slower down to about 1/30... but 80% of what i took yesterday was between 1/100 to 1/ 1000...

thanks for the help B.T.W....

cheers Al..

 

[cgipson1]

If you keep the shutter at least the reciprocal of the lens (as in 100mm=1/100, 200mm=1/200, etc..)... you should be ok, but that depends on how steady you are too. If even one image out of the bracketed set is fuzzy... then the whole image will be. You will get better HDR's with a tripod... since there will be NO camera movement. With automatic bracketing, you are putting the camera in charge... and that may not be best.

You also need to keep your apertures around F8 to F11 perferably... that is usually optimal for this kind of shooting.

You also need to make sure your point of Focus does not move in between shots.

 

[handsomejackuk]

thanks i remember that... just need to get a bit of nice weather again and i go camera crazy...its only a fuji f600 exr compact so not expecting brill results. i will probably get something a bit better soon...