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And lo on Sat, 17 May 2008 21:26:04 +0100, Jim Henderson
<nos### [at] nospam com> did spake, saying:
> On Sat, 17 May 2008 11:03:23 -0400, Jim Charter wrote:
>
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 12:45:41 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does it look
>>>> fake/better/worse?
>>>
>>> Well, the part that I'm looking at is the huge white bloom from the
>>> main windows on the street corner. The problem is that the details are
>>> lost because of the exposure, and that data isn't recoverable from the
>>> original image AFAIK (ie, the CCD just registered white). The issue is
>>> a faster exposure will make the rest of the image too dark to pick out
>>> the details.
>>>
>> And there was a lot of interesting detail in that window, multiple
>> parallel nean lights in different colors I think.
>
> Yeah, I was thinking that might be the case - would be great to be able
> to get that detail into the photo.
To get that level of detail I don't think you have any option other then
bracketing and compositing, but that would screw up the shots of the
people (unless they all stood still for you). I don't think even a shorter
shutter speed with a higher ISO would capture the detail around the
windows, but it may be worth a try.
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Phil Cook
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