We had a break in the clouds this evening and I was able to capture the crescent moon before it set. This shot is a fusion of two exposures processed with Photomatix Pro 4.0 HDR software. The camera is a Nikon D7000 and the settings were ISO 400, f/5.6, 200mm. The two exposures were 1/500 second and 1/200 second.
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Very nice shot! How do you like Photomatrix?
Photomatix:
Pro – good set of controls, lots of fine tuning available. Easy export / import with Lightroom.
Con – can’t manually align exposures, result you see in Photomatix while you are adjusting isn’t exactly like the final image that the package produces.
Overall it’s a good package but I may look for a better one.
Keep us updated if you find something else as my interest in HDR imaging has taken off a tad!
Nice capture!
Great image and nice blending of two exposures. Photomatix is great little tool. I just wish my camera (Nikon D40) had an exposure bracketing function for convenience.
The Photomatix Photoshop plugin is also pretty useful for single exposures.
Thanks – auto exposure bracketing is very nice if you want to play with HDR. I use it together with constant shooting mode so I can pop off 3 frames with good alignment without needing a tripod.