how can i get the image i want & c+c

MrcValets · 14-07-2010 11:53pm #1

hey guys i was out this evening and i couldnt grab the shot i wanted , here are 2 shopts one with a faster shutter speed and then the 3rd image is photoshoped and how i would have liked it to come out .

its a canon 1000d i was using and only started using it the last 2 days so is there a setting or filter i can yu to get my photoshopped result without using photoshop
keep in mind that i wanted the crops to me bright but have the sky dark i didnt brighten the crops in the 3rd image

thanks

smelltheglove · 15-07-2010 12:06am

Are you hoping for heavy hdr or to have sky and foreground both exposed perfectly? The easiest way to do it is to use 2 images. Personally the way I used to do it would have been, take on picture so I can see a detail in both sky and foreground (in raw) and open it up in camera raw, adjust the exposure to suit the sky perfectly, then open up the raw file again and adjust the exposure to suit the foreground, layer the 2 on top of each other and then earse they sky in the top layer, you will then see a well exposed sky and well exposed foreground. If happy I would merge the layers and do anymore work required. These days though I just used the Guy Gowan techniques I learnt in his workshop.

mehfesto · 15-07-2010 12:08am

You could go with a faster shutter speed an the light the foreground with a flash or even just a reflector. Or get an ND filter. You could use a hard one for this scene. They come in either hard or gradient. And in different strengths. They Will set you back abou 30quid for the filter and adapter.

Alternatively there ate settings on most dslrs that increase the contrast of the scene as the camera sees it. You'd still need to make the foreground more bright using this method though!