DPP-Part 2; Exercise 5

Exercise; Scene dynamic range 

After finding out my cameras dynamic range, with an idea of what range of brightness my camera can cope with, I have to measure the dynamic range of a variety of scenes, by taking five differently lit scenes and measure the brightest and darkest areas , with the emphasis on the variety of picture situations.

One of the images has to have a high dynamic range and one scene has to be a low range image.

First image; Outside on a sunny day

1/125 seconds at f/7.1

This is the original image.

Dark areas: - 1/100 seconds at f/4.0

Light areas: - 1/500 seconds at f/22.0

 

 

Second image; Inside, by the window with natural daylight and flash

 

1/60 seconds at f/5.6

This is the original image.

Dark areas: - 1/60 seconds at f/5.6

Light areas: - 1/100 seconds at f/22.0

 

Third image; Outside on a sunny day, with open shade

1/200 seconds at f/5.6

This is the original image.

Dark areas: - 1/80 seconds at f/4.5

Light areas: - 1/200 seconds at f/20.0

 

Fourth image; Inside on a cloudy day

1/60 seconds at f/3.5

 

This is the original image.

Dark areas: - 1/40 seconds at f/3.0

Light areas: - 1/100 seconds at f/19.0

Fifth image; Outside on an overcast, cloudy day

1/200 seconds at f/9.0

This is the original image.

Dark areas: - 1/20 seconds at f/3.5

Light areas: - 1/10 seconds at f/10.0

As you can see, there are a myriad of different types of lighting for these images, as you can see the fifth image is the low dynamic image and the first image is the high dynamic image.

It’s interesting the different combination and f-stops that are needed to create the specific image and it was a challenge to get the image that I ultimately wanted to achieve, but  the images overall show that my camera give good dynamic range, especially now that I know how to take the images as specified in the previous exercises.  I enjoyed taking these images by experimenting with the highlight clipping and f stops.