My intent for this blog is to share with you my journey into the world of digital photography. New photos will be posted as I work to perfect my craft in this entrancing art. I look forward to our travels through the vast maze of equipment and software that seems to replicate daily. Your comments are welcomed as they will provide insight for future portraits. Enjoy.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Stuttgart on a January evening
This was shot from Panaramastrasse around 18:50. I always wondered why my photos were never producing the detail that some professional guys were putting out when I was using the same software that they were. Well I of course do not have the cameras that they have (D3x or D4) but I still felt that I could step up my photos to get closer without spending more money on a new camera. Well I just had to listen closer to the pros and I'm improving. My camera (Nikon D5100) is not a bad camera but it will only shoot 3 photos when in bracket mode. So when I was listening to one of the pros his camera can take 5 photos in bracket mode (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2). So his photos were an HDR merge of 5 pics versus the 3 that I was merging. So since my camera is on a tripod when I take photos like this I just shot additional photos at various settings in bracket mode in order to get the 5 shot variation (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2). Now this picture is not the best but I just had to go and test my theory out and based on previous photos I can see more detail over my normal 3 shot HDR.
Camera & Picture Info
Image Quality: Compressed RAW (14-bit)
Device: Nikon D5100
Lens: VR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 32mm
Focus Mode: Manual
AF-Area Mode: Single
VR: OFF
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200
Merged with Photomatix Pro
Edited with CS2
Labels:
#Germany,
#grnantphoto,
#Stuttgart,
City,
HDR,
Nikon,
Panaramastrasse,
Photomatix,
Photomatix Pro
Location:
Stuttgart, Germany
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