3 Responses to “110th Street Mural”

1. 

   Stephen Bray says:

   February 15, 2010 at 2:59 am

   Dave,

   You might like to take a look at PhotoAcute.

   It has a setting that calculates small
   differences in alignment, if you don’t
   want to use a tripod.

   I’ve been using it for a while now. When
   you start to process five, or so, bracketed
   images a tab says it will take twelve hours
   or so, but in practice this time gets reduced
   to around twelve minutes as the process
   unfolds.

   I think you can try it out free but it
   leaves a watermark ~ removing it costs
   around 100 USD.

   If you want to tonemap your image you
   need another program such as Ligtzone.

   Stephen
2. 

   dave says:

   February 15, 2010 at 6:04 am

   Stephen,

   Actually, Photomatix has two settings for aligning images, and frankly I don’t mind going back to the tripod. But you really can’t use any system with people in the sense that if they are moving around for real – you aren’t going to get any sort of reasonable results. I have used Photomatix many times without the tripod with good results, but for this sort of stuff, why not use the tripod. I use the cable release, pre-focus and stand behind the camera. I have many images from yesterday with people in them that were fine — I just like this one the best.

   Best,

   DB
3. 

   Stephen Bray says:

   February 16, 2010 at 7:42 am

   I think using a tripod in a street can be disarming.
   I recall spending thime with a Rolliechord on a
   tripod. People seem to register you’re there and
   then go about their business as if you aren’t.

   Brassai took all his Paris By Night shots with
   a view camera on a tripod.

   In Moscow though the police won’t let you use a
   tripod, although you may photograph without one.

   I’m beginning to wonder if HDR may yeild
   acceptable quality with a compact? Will
   experiment and let you know.

   Stephen