The Canon Magazine 89
EOS S.O.S
Splash
JON CORDING, UNITED
KINGDOM SAYS... I really
enjoy reading and learning
from PhotoPlus, and just
recently I’ve tried water
splash photography for the
first time using my EOS 77D.
As I don’t have an external
flash I waited until it was
really dark and headed down
in the basement. Lighting
from the side I could make
the distant walls black
enough without using a
background. I used the
continuous self-timer to take
a series of 10-shots in a
burst. It took four attempts
to get a splash I was happy
with. I’ve done very minimal
post-processing using an
app on my mobile phone.BRIAN SAYS... A
testament to the ‘give it a
try with what you have’approach. By thinking
about your placement of
the light you have kept the
background dark, and not
competing with the splash.
An ingenious method to
use the continuous
self-timer, I can imagine you
counting in the dark before
releasing the strawberry. A
1/250 sec shutter speed
has frozen the splash well,
though there’s a little blur
in the strawberry in the
water. To get sharper
results you will need more
light to allow faster shutter
speeds or use a flash,
where the duration will
freeze the movement. I
would also add a little more
contrast to make the water
standout. Your EOS 77D
flash can be used to trigger
an off-camera flash if you
do get one.RATE MY PHOTO
BRIAN SAYS... There are a number of
programs that’ll combine bracketed
photos, including Photoshop and
Lightroom. However you can also use
Digital Photo Professional to process
your HDR images too. DPP will work with
Raw or JPEGs, though you get the best
results from working with Raws. DPP is
free to download for Canon EOS cameraowners, just visit Canon’s support
website. Open DPP and process your
Raws using the tools available. White
balance, cropping, lens corrections are
all best to do before HDR processing. You
can process one of the images, then copy
the settings as a recipe to paste to the
other images. Next step, select the HDR
compositing tool from the Tools menu.01 PICK YOUR PICTURES
Select one or up to three other
photographs that you want to combine
in the main browser window. Then just
select Tools>Start HDR compositing
tool from the menu.
02 BLEND TOGETHER
Selected images are loaded in to the
tool window; if you need to add or
change images you can use the browse
buttons. Then choose the Start HDR
compositing button.03 THE PROCESSING
DPP processes the HDR image for you,
and displays the result for you to refine.
Presets matching the camera options
and sliders for precise control are
available, before saving the file.I’ve taken some shots
using auto exposure
bracketing, how do I
combine them in software,
do I need Photoshop?
Mick Mcinerney, Milton Keynes
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