My GT 500 at Sunset

[Ruckus46gt]

another way to do hdr is use shutter settings instead of exposure. Friend back home told me to do it that way instead but have yet to try it

[CDW63]

I figured it was, very nice. I have yet to try any HDR shots but they are soon to come as soon as I get a little bit of time to mess with it. Great shot! I heard Photomatix is one of the better programs for it, how easy is it to use? I just put CS3 on my desktop a couple weeks ago but have yet to even open it and mess with anything with how busy I've been. CS3 is supposed to have an HDR option so I may be playing around with it soon.

I read a very detailed article on Photomatix vs. CS3 for HDR work, I will see if I can dig that up for you. Bottom line is I use photomatix for the merging of the selected exposures, than CS3 to further edit and sharpen. One thing to note is the pic is pretty noisy, I haven't converted my noise ninja license from PC to Mac yet.

[CDW63]

another way to do hdr is use shutter settings instead of exposure. Friend back home told me to do it that way instead but have yet to try it

I think what you are trying to say is shutter adjustment vs. f/stop. And yes your friend is correct, if you adjust the f/stop the depth of field changes on each exposure which would hurt the overall detail of the final pic.

The key is to use a good tripod and adjust the shutter speed for the desired image exposure.

[4doorfoxy]

I read a very detailed article on Photomatix vs. CS3 for HDR work, I will see if I can dig that up for you. Bottom line is I use photomatix for the merging of the selected exposures, than CS3 to further edit and sharpen. One thing to note is the pic is pretty noisy, I haven't converted my noise ninja license from PC to Mac yet.

Ah thanks, I would be interested in reading that one for sure!

I think what you are trying to say is shutter adjustment vs. f/stop. And yes your friend is correct, if you adjust the f/stop the depth of field changes on each exposure which would hurt the overall detail of the final pic.

The key is to use a good tripod and adjust the shutter speed for the desired image exposure.

Yeah that's what I was thinking when I was reading about it... I think when I try my first ones I'll stick with using the shutter speed instead of the f/stop because of the depth of field change. Exposure changes shouldn't be a problem since you gotta use a tripod to get the shots anyway. Besides, that's what makes me love the wireless remote I've got for m camera.