To bracket, or not to bracket, ...
Dec 2, 2011 01:22:19 #
Who likes to use bracketing, and why, please? Seems like an attractive crutch, yes?
Dec 2, 2011 01:29:40 #
I only use bracketing to generate my HDR images and find it a necessity to do so. Arnold
Dec 2, 2011 01:32:55 #
I bracket for HDR, but also when I am shooting in the field, in very bright sunlight, which makes viewing the JPG image very difficult on my camera's LCD screen. I shoot manual exposure, so I alter exposure (usually 1-stop) based on LCD image. I print from RAW, which has more exposure latitude than JPG.
Dec 2, 2011 06:00:48 #
I bracket...sometimes both ways...so I can see later what I like better on my screen. Im still of the mind set that the boor you shoot the better your chances of getting exactly what you set out for.
Dec 2, 2011 07:20:54 #
Dec 2, 2011 08:01:02 #
Bracketing is pretty simple. You take one exposure at the recommended setting and then one under exposed and one over exposed. You can also do more exposures one 1/2 stop under, one 1 stop under, 1 2 stops under and the same for over. Most DSLR's can be set to do this automatically. It simply gives you a chance to get the best exposure under tricky lighting condtions.
Dec 3, 2011 06:16:44 #
Bracketing is something that many use for getting all of the dynamic range (from the highlights to the shadows) included in the final image; supposedly a representation of what you saw when you took the original photo of a scene.
It can be used for HDR processing (as some have mentioned) or Exposure Fusion where the result is more natural and still provides a total dynamic range.
It can be used for HDR processing (as some have mentioned) or Exposure Fusion where the result is more natural and still provides a total dynamic range.
Dec 3, 2011 06:49:06 #
New2blog wrote:
Who likes to use bracketing, and why, please? Seems like an attractive crutch, yes?
Attractive crutch? Maybe, but in some difficult lighting conditions how else are you going to capture all the details that your eyes are seeing? I read once that the human eye has an unbeatable capacity to adjust and correct what it sees, kind of automatic photoshop with tremendous speed and features. Unfortunately, the modern day digital camera can't come close to getting all the details in extreme lighting conditions. Bracketing helps a lot!
Dec 3, 2011 07:18:36 #
Dec 3, 2011 07:22:27 #
New2blog wrote:
Who likes to use bracketing, and why, please? Seems like an attractive crutch, yes?
So when you are standing in a sunny field taking a photo into a shadowy woods, your Nikon D7000 will give you all the details of the sunny area and all the details in the shadows too?
Just wondering
Dec 3, 2011 07:25:53 #
photocat
Loc: Atlanta, Ga
If your using spot metering, perhaps, anything else and it will be tricky . You can meter both and split the difference.
Dec 3, 2011 07:26:04 #
I bracket most of the time if I'm shooting special images. I always look at my camera monitor to decide if I only need to change the exposure in one direction. For instance if my first shot has blown out highlights, I'll stop down and take another and If that ones is questionable, I'll stop down again. Every camera is a little different and mine almost always underexposes on the first shot. Also you can check the histogram to see if the shot is close as sometimes the screen is hard to see.
Dec 3, 2011 07:37:11 #
Here is a sample of a hand held bracketed image.
slightly overexposed
slightly underexposed
just perfect
Dec 3, 2011 07:37:29 #
GDRoth wrote:
So when you are standing in a sunny field taking a photo into a shadowy woods, your Nikon D7000 will give you all the details of the sunny area and all the details in the shadows too?
Just wondering
New2blog wrote:
Who likes to use bracketing, and why, please? Seems like an attractive crutch, yes?
So when you are standing in a sunny field taking a photo into a shadowy woods, your Nikon D7000 will give you all the details of the sunny area and all the details in the shadows too?
Just wondering
I have not tried it yet, but I'm betting that's exactly what HDR does.
Dec 3, 2011 07:50:01 #
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