No no, you misunderstood. The multiple exposure wasn't for exposure
bracketing, it was for a sense of motion (like blur but not quite) as the
poppies swayed gently in the breeze. But not very successful as
mentioned...jez
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jez Cunningham wrote:
> > Thanks for taking the time to look. In my laziness I just uploaded the
> camera jpegs and I haven't had time to play with the raws yet. To be honest
> I was playing with multiple exposures in that session - under-exposing by 3
> > stops and taking 8 shots of which I intended to blend several together in
> post. I wasn't happy with the results because the petal edges are only well
> defined when seen against the background and not against each other. So the
> blend is just a mass of red.
>
> Assuming you can use a low ISO, there's just no need for so many
> brackets. There's nothing in those images that requires more dynamic
> range than your camera can deliver. You don't need to worry about
> shadows, so shoot to hold the reds in the histogram
>
> I know people are doing the multiple-multiple bracket thing, but it's
> only really necessary very seldom. They are doing it because they can,
> or because it's fun or because they don't know how to use their editor.
>
> > All the same I'm impressed with the flowers themselves. We only bought
> the house 11 months ago so everything coming up in the garden is a
> surprise!Jez
> >
>
> How wonderful!
>
> Moose
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