First HDR

[Second Hand Pat]

Using Stan's suggestion to use bracketing above I setup bracketing to use 5 exposure with a spread of 2.0 and shot the setup.

DSC_0092-HDR , on Flickr

[SMB2]

That's a fantastic shot and example Stan! This is what I was talking about earlier, a lot of people make their HDRs look terribly un-natural when you just want to bring out everything in the image. To often it looks like they added a photoshop stylized filter on the image. I guess it all qualifies as HDR, but when it's still really natural looking is when it really shows out IMO. What do you blend with Stan? In camera or standalone program?

Some Nikon cameras can create an HDR in camera but it is a JPEG file. Canon I believe gives you a RAW file in their selected cameras.
In any case I use LRcc to "merge" into an HDR which gives a DNG (RAW) file that you can then still further process. I especially like this for Landscapes where I prefer just subtle HDR. With some architecture shooting etc where I sometimes like the "grunge" HDR look, I use NIK.

20160730_Library of Congress_154822_6606_HDR.jpg


So now you have a new toy Pat!

[Discus-n00b]

Yeah to my knowledge you can only do it standalone after taking bracketed photos in the camera with a Canon. I can't remember the program I use, but it hasn't always been the best. One of those freebie types, I'd need something a bit more upscale if I did more HDR work.

[SMB2]

Look at Aurora HDR 2017 and Photomatix as well as NIK