World of Wooden Boats, Franklin, Tasmania: These shots are not perfect, they are taken handheld at 1600 ISO at an aperture wider than I would have liked (F10) due to the low light...

andrew.haysom Loc: Melbourne, Australia

These shots are not perfect, they are taken handheld at 1600 ISO at an aperture wider than I would have liked (F10) due to the low light conditions inside the buildings. However I've posted them as I felt that the subject was almost ideal for HDR, and I'm quite happy with the resulting image given the conditions, and the fact I couldn't use a tripod.

djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now

Very nice indeed. Wooden boats bring back many warm memories. Amazing job for hand held. DJT

conkerwood

Now this is my sort of subject matter. Yes the skylights are blown and the internal light is over but to have got what you did handheld with a bracket of I presume only 3 shots is fantastic. I particularly like the second shot for the fact that you have placed the prow of the boat right on the thirds intersection with the leading lines of the front support and the ladder taking your eye straight there. At ISO 1600 how much noise reduction did you have to do? Pretty impressive Andrew.

Peter

andrew.haysom Loc: Melbourne, Australia

conkerwood wrote:

Now this is my sort of subject matter. Yes the sk... (show quote)

Peter, Actually 5 brackets, -2,-1,0,1,2 which was my problem, keeping the camera steady for all five brackets. For these, I got lazy and just let Photomatix do the noise reduction on underexposed images only.

conkerwood

andrew.haysom wrote:

Peter, Actually 5 brackets, -2,-1,0,1,2 which was my problem, keeping the camera steady for all five brackets. For these, I got lazy and just let Photomatix do the noise reduction on underexposed images only.

Being still enough for 5 shots, hand held is a great effort. I take my hat off to you. And Photomatix did a pretty good job, sometimes lazy gives a great result.

Peter

Bamboo Loc: South Carolina

Remarkable! I love the subject and detail you have captured hand held and bracketed no less. I like the complexity where one can find different pictures within the picture. I clicked both as favorites on Flicker.

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

Andrew, you have to start using your tripod. I just read an article that stated even with the use of a tripod there can be some minute movement. It made me think that we are frequently getting earth movements that are not felt by us, but maybe by a tripod.

I like these photo's, and wondered if you were given permission to photograph the interior.

Talk about the Luck of the Irish, some must have rubbed off on you to be able get the photo's you did.

andrew.haysom Loc: Melbourne, Australia

SoHillGuy wrote:

Andrew, you have to start using your tripod. I just read an article that stated even with the use of a tripod there can be some minute movement. It made me think that we are frequently getting earth movements that are not felt by us, but maybe by a tripod.

I like these photo's, and wondered if you were given permission to photograph the interior.

Talk about the Luck of the Irish, some must have rubbed off on you to be able get the photo's you did.

SHG, I always use a tripod when I can but we had gone away for the weekend and went by plane, with no luggage so a tripod was not possible. And yes, I did seek permission from owner (who was giving us a guided tour) before shooting.