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brentbristol
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This photo was taken with a Canon 24-70 f/2.8 L @ 24mm and f/8.0. It is derived from 12 focus planes x 9 exposure bracket shots. It shots were driven by Helicon Remote. The HDR files were pre-processed using Photomatix in batch prior to using Helicon Focus. I was quite impressed by how easy it was to generate and manage such an extensive set of shots.
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Thanks for sharing! 9 exposure shots? I thought 3 would be sufficient to get the hole dynamic range. Did you use flash for all those shots?
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Stas,

No flash was as used. Fewer exposure bracket shots may have worked but the tree was very bright and I wanted a +/-4 stop bracket to tame the highlights. It may have been overkill, but the Remote program was up to the task. On the +4 stop side I did have to adjust the shadow exposure away from the 30 second shutter speed. Remote complained about the data not being transferred in time. I was using the long exposure noise reduction option on the camera which takes a black frame for the same duration as the actual frame so that dark frame subtraction can be used in camera. I also used a 2 second delay, so there would have been an additional 32 seconds required for the acquisition. I think Remote may have trouble with 30 second exposures with long exposure NR because of these considerations.
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Thanks for this feedback, we need to check again how Helicon Remote behaves with long exposures.
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Thanks Stas, you guys are very responsive. It is appreciated.
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