[Merging bracketed shots - HDR?]

Ok I found using less images and selecting which ones to use is improving things, here's where I'm at (this site is only taking low res versions of pictures reliably?).

 

Displaying the details of the moon is really what I'm trying to accomplish.

 

Another other tricks / ideas are welcome.

[Merging bracketed shots - HDR?]

Hi,

 

I have a series of landscape bracketed shots that include the moon, the bracket consists of 9 shots going + / - 4 EV at the extremes. I'm trying to create a HDR merge that included the details in the moon that is captured in the lower exposure shots, but when I use the HDR feature the moon is blown out / overexposed and there is no detail retention even if I turn say highlights down. I then tried turning the de-ghosting feature off so that when merging I could blend in the moon from a low exposure shot, but when viewing even the low exposure shot by looking at the "sources" Affinity has dramatically increased the exposure of the low exposure shots so the moon is again blown out and not showing any details?

 

How do I merge these photo's and retain the moon details I'm looking for? Is HDR the wrong feature?

 

Attached is an example of 6 shots (in jpeg format to keep file sizes down), the other three shots in the series won't upload, error 200?

[RAW to Panoramic and RAW to HDR Merge Workflows]

Hi Madame,

 

Thanks for the reply, I have indeed watched that video amongst others, but it doesn't say whether or not default corrections such as lens corrections are made to the RAW files when stitching directly from RAW, and this is my main question. What I may do is create two panoramics, one straight from RAW, the other from developed versions of the same RAW files with default corrections selected and see if I notice any difference?

[RAW to Panoramic and RAW to HDR Merge Workflows]

I thought this was a really straightforward question? Does nobody know the answer to this?

[RAW to Panoramic and RAW to HDR Merge Workflows]

Hi,

 

Am I right in assuming I should "develop" individual RAW photo's first to perform corrections such as lens corrections prior to merging multiple photo's into either panoramic or HDR merging? If so what file format do you recommend I use when exporting the individual photo's?

 

Or is Affinity a step ahead of me and performs the default corrections to RAW file automatically when stitching panoramics or merging HDR?

 

Apologies if this is already answered elsewhere, I've searched and cannot find the answer.

 

Regards,

 

Kevin

[Error Message with TIFF Files]

It seems many of us are experiencing these tiff file issues if that helps?