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Pazzo - I'll do it, I'm not fright. Should do it one friday night on the hiway, might get shots with a few cars in then.

just had a thought, it actually would be piss funny to do, someone goes into maccas, someone else comes out from hiding all ready for a shoot, snap a few pics and get a mod to set it as the car owners' display pic

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Hey guys, a couple of bracketed sets I have been playing with from the ford day. All HDR, from mild to extreme, let me know what you think!

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I think the colours in the first two HDR shots are over saturated and the last one is not to my tastes.

IMO those don't need HDR to begin with. There's not a huge difference in dynamic range to begin with, but I guess it depends on what you're trying to use HDR for? If it's just for the surrealistic effects then use it whenever you like.

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Thanks adam,

You are right, these pics do not really need HDR, I was just having a play with some bracketed shots, and they are definitely overexposed as I wound the saturation right up. I know you are not a fam of the extreme HDR pics, I just think they can look good in some instances.

In this case I wanted the cars to 'pop' out of the picture, which is hard with such a busy background of different cars, people, colours, etc.

Adam - What light source do you use for light painting?

If you are happy to divulge your secrets! Could you please answer this question?

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I do consider that one of my secrets, but I'll see if I can give you some advice to get you on the right track...

My advice is to get a light, any light, and take some shots with it and see if it works. If it doesn't then look at why it doesn't work and get a different light that addresses those problems. In the end you'll have an understanding of what's needed to build the photo and your shots will only be better for it.

Also think about the camera settings and how you want the ambient scene to look. That in itself will have a big influence on the type of light you need. You'll need different settings for different locations and different lights.

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