I have been looking in to High dynamic Range (HDR) imaging, becasue some of my canyon photos have bright rock faces and dark alcoves. A set of photos with different exposures (called bracketing) is needed for the HDR process. Some cameras can do the entire process in-camera. Other cameras can only do the bracketing. My Nikon D3300 does nothing.
So I downloaded the free trial of Photomatix and took a few sets of three or 5 images (manually bracketing) , and ran them thru photomatix - the results are impressive and effortless to obtain. But hand-holding makes me think that the end result is more fuzzy than it needs to be - at least for foilage. So a tripod is warranted in some cases.
For my evening after-dinner walk with DW, I grabbed on old P&S Nikon P310, and was fiddling with it while DW took a small detour to our local puzzle library. Lo and behold - the little P&S has auto-bracketing built in (max of +/- 1 stop). So I took two sets of three; processed them at home, and was pleased with the result.
I have not experimented with the other controls in Photomatix - the initial result may look a little flat and unatural - depending on the lighting (not always) - and the controls allow you to play with the lighting in the scene - effortlessly according to the turorial on line.
One end-result attached/
So in-between working on your camper, you might look into this.
So I downloaded the free trial of Photomatix and took a few sets of three or 5 images (manually bracketing) , and ran them thru photomatix - the results are impressive and effortless to obtain. But hand-holding makes me think that the end result is more fuzzy than it needs to be - at least for foilage. So a tripod is warranted in some cases.
For my evening after-dinner walk with DW, I grabbed on old P&S Nikon P310, and was fiddling with it while DW took a small detour to our local puzzle library. Lo and behold - the little P&S has auto-bracketing built in (max of +/- 1 stop). So I took two sets of three; processed them at home, and was pleased with the result.
I have not experimented with the other controls in Photomatix - the initial result may look a little flat and unatural - depending on the lighting (not always) - and the controls allow you to play with the lighting in the scene - effortlessly according to the turorial on line.
One end-result attached/
HDR Imaging Software for Landscape & Real Estate Photography | Photomatix <!-- Photo Editing Software for HDR & Real Estate Photography | Photomatix --> <!-- HDR Photography Software - Photo Editing Programs & Plugins - Photomatix -->
Photomatix merges bracketed exposures to an HDR image with details in highlights and shadows. Includes automatic alignment, ghost removal and HDR photo editing with one-click presets and advanced settings to create HDR images in the style you need, from natural-looking to artistic.
www.hdrsoft.com
So in-between working on your camper, you might look into this.
