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Feb 9, 2017 11:40:37   #
Rloren wrote:
Settings were: Aperture f/16, ISO..100, 1/8 second shutter speed. Guessing shutter way too fast. Use a filter to slow it down?


Haven't gotten into processing yet PS. These are just unprocessed shots.
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Feb 9, 2017 11:37:47   #
rmalarz wrote:
You have the idea, but the second photo has quite a lot of blown out areas. As suggested, and ND filter would help, along with use of proper exposure techniques.
--Bob


Settings were: Aperture f/16, ISO..100, 1/8 second shutter speed. Guessing shutter way too fast. Use a filter to slow it down?
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Feb 9, 2017 11:07:04   #
This is my first attempt at long exposure/waterfall. Took multiple shots at different shutter speeds. Do not have a polarizing filter.
It would be better if I did??.. Before and after photos.




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Feb 9, 2017 08:58:52   #
tgreenhaw wrote:
I coulnd't get "orangecountyinteriordesigns.com" to work.


Me too...
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Feb 8, 2017 19:30:50   #
Thank You everyone for your input, advice, and knowledge...
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Feb 7, 2017 16:50:43   #
boberic wrote:
This house was professionally staged, and photographed by a pro, with high end gear. No casual photographer could get this kind of result. It wouldn't surprise me that the total cost was north of 100 grand


That's what I was thinking, kinda' wow, how did he do that. While Gene pointed out some technical errors...the average eye or prospective buyer wouldn't pick that up.
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Feb 7, 2017 16:18:01   #
Gene51 wrote:
HDR is used as a last resort. Keep that in mind.

You can not get "perfection" unless you have the place properly staged, and you take the steps to have 100% control over your lighting. for RE in particular, lighting is 95% of your image quality.

Ultra wide angles are less desirable than stitched panos shot with shorter lenses. There are several images in this link - http://www.ctpost.com/realestate/article/Habitat-Eye-popping-showpiece-in-Fairfield-10904440.php#item-38492 - you provided that provide a false perspective view typical of ultra wide angle lenses, and there are other problems:
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4 - I am sure that small table in the foreground on the right side is not oval-shaped
7 - the newel post seems to occupy 25% of the lower half of the image
8 - room looks too large, and the foreground has no-nos for RE - two pieces of furniture that are incompletely shown
10 - giant newel post again, better comp would show the bottom of the post, and the skylight - would have been included if a pano was shot and the camera was in portrait mode
11 - Lighting is poor, seems to come mostly from the camera's POV, ultra wide lens used which renders the left wall as huge and disproportionate
15 - UWA exaggerated extension distortion again, chair on left only partially shown
16 - table looks like a trapeziod than a rectangle - misleading, caused by UWA lens
20 - piece of plant hanging out on the right, base of table missing, a lower POV would have been better, and a pano, possibly even with this lens but in portrait mode, would have shown the floor and the ceilign better
21 - UWA distortion - lamp on left is huge and out of scale

And so on - this is nice effort - clearly by someone who knows lighting and how to use a camera, decent staging, but lots of composition/post processing errors, and too much use of an ultra wide lens to "fit it all in" when a stitched pano would have provided a more "natural" and perceptually more accurate rendition.

I suppose this kind of work is acceptable to the owner and the agent. If it were my house, it wouldn't be. For a $4M house I would expect images to match. These don't quite make the grade.
HDR is used as a last resort. Keep that in mind. b... (show quote)


Thanks a lot for your input. I should have posted the link in my original post. That's what I was looking for about HDR. OK..last resort, get the lighting right.! I'm digesting everything here..Thank you...
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Feb 7, 2017 14:30:32   #
http://www.ctpost.com/realestate/article/Habitat-Eye-popping-showpiece-in-Fairfield-10904440.php

Here is the link...hopefully it opens..What do you think?
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Feb 7, 2017 13:15:12   #
I am a newbie and have recently been doing a lot of reading and research on real estate photography. I picked three houses from the for sale listings just to compare the photographs

The first house was a real dump..$39,900.00. You could tell the photographer just ran in shot automatic and ran out.

The second house was about $300,000.00. There were some automatic shots but a lot more care was taken in the interior to balance the lighting. I would probably rate it as..really good photos.

The third house was about 4 million dollars...ouch...The photos were at a whole new level, stunning, as close to perfection as one could possibly get with perfect soft light balance in each room.

My question is: Can you get close to perfection with just HDR and then go to Photoshop? My guess is the photographer used a lot of back lighting to balance each room perfectly. What do you think? Thanks....
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Jan 28, 2017 13:02:00   #
That's one reason I was looking for input on BBF. I found the shutter a bit awkward. Sometimes pressing to focus and the shutter would take the picture.
Just fiddling too much to get the right touch on it.
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Jan 28, 2017 11:29:10   #
Thanks again everyone for the input This all helps...
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Jan 27, 2017 15:22:06   #
Thank you all for your input...
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Jan 27, 2017 08:05:27   #
Just purchased my first DSLR, Nikon D3300. It's winter and haven't gone out that much with it. Have been reading a lot on back button focus. Here are my questions:
-- Can I set it up and use it on any mode?..Auto, manual, aperture priority...The three I will probably use most.
-- I understand how to zero in on one subject, but if I want to spin around and take a long shot (landscape), do I focus in the middle of the frame and use the aperture to adjust for depth of field?
-- Would there ever be any reason not to use BB Focus all the time?
Thanks...
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Jan 9, 2017 11:43:56   #
Whoops..sorry...That reply was for Mary Kate
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Jan 9, 2017 11:41:08   #
I agree..but being a newbie...thought it would be fun to practice and clean it up. I think from the other direction the sun was shining in my face. The statue is a beautiful piece of work/art esp. zoomed in...
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