Using the HDR technique at twilight makes all the difference in the world. You can capture the beautiful detail you see with your eyes from the bright highlights to the darkest shadows. This is in contrast to what we had to settle with in the past where much of the subtle detail in our pictures of twilight and night photographs would be lost. With film in the past and digital technology before HDR, we had to compromise and expect lost detail. Now we can have it all. This picture of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Tallinn, Estonia shows how I was able to retain detail in the sky as well as in the highlights on the architecture plus the dark shadows. My settings for this picture were 1/8 second, f/4, 200 ISO, and I used a 24-105mm lens set to the widest focal length.
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Dec 12, 2015, 5:27:43 PM
Jim - Hi Daniel,
Thanks for the compliment. I used HDR software for this -- Photomatix.
I don't know the software associated with Alpha 77 II, so I can't comment on that. But with software like Photomatix, Photoshop, Nik HDR Pro 2, and Aurora HDR Pro, you have tremendous flexibility to make the images anything you want. Much more than built-in options in cameras.
Dec 12, 2015, 2:04:34 PM
Daniel Reynaud - Great shot. In camera HDR or software? I very often use the adjustable one in my Alpha 77 II, how much better could it be with software?