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Behind the Library

© Joseph K. Merton

Behind the Library

Uploaded: August 06, 2017

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Used Lightroom to extend dynamic range without an HDR tool. Actually, Lightroom can't extend dynamic range (DR) but it does a good job of taking advantage of the DR captured by your camera - assuming you shoot RAW. Slide film had a DR of 3, print film had a DR of 5. My Panasonic FZ1000 with a 1 inch sensor has a DR of 7 - the same as my full frame Canon 5D Mk II. The Sony A7R2 has a DR of 9! In order to produce the HDR image, I made five exposures covering five f stops. Since my camera has a DR of 7 stops, I was able to pretty much replicate the HDR version using the base image. In the future, I'll only use an HDR tool for scenes with a DR > 7 or if I want to use some of the pretty cool artistic filters.

Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 32/10 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 11.35 mm, Model: DMC-FZ1000

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