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Mad Hatter Imagery

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Buffalo, New York, US

What are the most extreme exposure merges? I was thinking I'd try photographing a person near the sun, then photograph the sun with solar filter to bring out full range of colors then combine images.

Oct 24 23 06:09 pm Link

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Mark Salo

Posts: 11661

Olney, Maryland, US

Mad Hatter Imagery wrote:
What are the most extreme exposure merges? I was thinking I'd try photographing a person near the sun, then photograph the sun with solar filter to bring out full range of colors then combine images.

Sounds like a good idea. Give it a try and then post here.

Nov 05 23 11:42 am Link

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Rick Oldano Photography

Posts: 50

Pleasanton, California, US

Mad Hatter Imagery wrote:
What are the most extreme exposure merges? I was thinking I'd try photographing a person near the sun, then photograph the sun with solar filter to bring out full range of colors then combine images.

Something with a polar bear first springs to mind - but then, the bear would probably get lost in the snow.  ;-)

Nov 05 23 02:03 pm Link

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Studio NSFW

Posts: 698

Pacifica, California, US

I think the term you are looking for is “Exposure Latitude”…the most extreme range of detail will depend on your sensor but it’s probably somewhere between 12 and 15 stops depending on how many zeroes are in your cameras price. .  If you are going for what I think you are, read your camera and editing software docs  for “Exposure stacking” - it sounds like you’re  trying to do something manually that just takes using two menus properly manipulated to accomplish.

Nov 05 23 03:38 pm Link

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Mad Hatter Imagery

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Buffalo, New York, US

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/0tmfiv3f … c&dl=0


Sorry for such a long delay. This is what I made from a few of these exposures. Named the output Wowsa and wowsa2 respectively. Colorful for sure, but not what I was hoping for.

Nov 20 23 05:07 pm Link

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The Other Place

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Los Angeles, California, US

Nov 20 23 08:43 pm Link

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Managing Light

Posts: 2665

Salem, Virginia, US

The Other Place wrote:
HDR

Yep!  This is a great technique, so long as there is very little movement in the scene.

Nov 22 23 05:49 pm Link

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Mark Salo

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Olney, Maryland, US

All I can say is Wowsa!

Nov 22 23 06:04 pm Link

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The Other Place

Posts: 509

Los Angeles, California, US

Managing Light wrote:

Yep!  This is a great technique, so long as there is very little movement in the scene.

HDR can work with fast-moving subjects with line/pixel skipping techniques used in Magic Lantern software and with the original Dynamax sensor.  In fact, both of those things shoot HDR video.

Also, the fast-moving subjects can be captured in HDR with multi-sensor cameras utilizing a beam splitter (and also with multiple cameras and a beam splitter).

Nov 22 23 08:19 pm Link

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Mad Hatter Imagery

Posts: 1651

Buffalo, New York, US

Looks like involving a solar filter might not be good for HDR photos? I have tried a long exposure with it on and the earth looks like mars. Not sure if that alone makes it a no go.

Nov 24 23 10:30 pm Link