Waterfall stacking: Can you leave your tripod and ND filter at home?

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Anders W
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Re: Waterfall stacking: Can you leave your tripod and ND filter at home?
In reply to Lights, 4 months ago

Lights wrote:

Hi Anders

A very resourceful solution. I like the water better in the second (smoother), but with the buildings the DR does seem better, (with the lighted windows and darkened sunlit structures) better in the stacked I think (and the water is OK). More subdued, but more to my eye...in contrasts.

Thanks. However, I don't think yo can really see the DR advantage in this image. While I did pull highlights and push shadows quite a bit, it is still well within what the E-M5 can normally handle at base ISO. Furthermore, the images are displayed at such a small size that you are hard pressed to see much noise anyway. But the stacking technique is indeed a useful one for any static scene where you need more DR than the camera can natively produce (e.g., a dark indoor scene where you like to preserve the highlights in the form of lamps or windows) as well as for any high-DR scene where you don't mind having moving parts (like water) blurred.

Good in a pinch...thanks, will have to try when I get a camera with a good burst rate.

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