The spectacular Dendara Temple south of Luxor has massive columns and a lot of beautiful art on the walls and the ceilings that reveal the original colors from 2300 years ago. I took a lot of telephoto pictures in which I filled the frame with the ancient artwork, but to show how huge the columns are I used a 14mm lens. Standing very close to the base of the structure (about 3 feet away), I was able to elongate the perspective and, at the same time, show the color detail in the ceiling. Because light was entering the interior from a large entrance and illuminating the columns, and because the ceiling was at least two or three f/stops darker, I had to use HDR to balance the exposure. This is a three-frame composite with two f/stop increments between frames. I shot this at 2000 ISO, f/6.3, and hand held the shot. You can get away with hand held HDR images but only with wide angle lenses because the movement between frames seems minor. The HDR software aligns the frames quite well.
3 Comments
Oct 15, 2017, 1:22:24 PM
Stanley Greenberg - Jim:
What HDR software are you currently using?
If it is not Aurora 2018, what do you know about it?
Oct 15, 2017, 9:54:02 AM
Jim - Hi Stan,
I prefer HDR in Photoshop. Unfortunately -- as far as I know -- they haven't correct a glitch that's been there for months. It can't process HDR raw files in 32 bit. So, I have to use 16 bit. I have Aurora, but really haven't explored it yet. I know people like it a lot. I'll try it when I get home from Italy.
Oct 14, 2017, 5:55:32 PM
Lorraine Piskin - So great!
Love that lens!
I tried it in Iceland... but for these interiors and structures, awesome results.