First, I had to set my camera (Canon 450D/Rebel XSi) into the correct mode. AEB (Automatic Exposure Bracketing at +2/-2. Then, I picked a location to shoot that had nice contrast in lighting, lots of shadows and highlights. I used a release cable and a tripod so the camera would stay steady and shot away. I used the stock 18-55mm kit lens at ISO 200 (I should have just used 100) using 1/2, 2, 8 sec exposure times (camera automatically did that) at f/4.5.
This is my result!
The settings in Photomatix were a bit overwhelming at first so I really had to get in there and play with it. I'm not happy about the amount of noise I see in the sky and that annoying lens flare right in the middle, but all in all it came out not bad for a first attempt.
aww.. truong told me about it and i am still baffled about hdr.
ReplyDeletei want to try it someday! it looks like a good attempt!! (:
I think HDR is pretty awesome. You should totally try it. I posted another attempt of Geisel Library on my flickr, it was okay too.
ReplyDeleteKirk, lower your ISO to as low as possible. Can the camera support ISO 80? That will get rid of the noise.
ReplyDeletethe lowest ISO my camera supports is 100
ReplyDelete100 should do the trick
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