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Originally Posted by hotspur
I can see how some HDR is useful,eg tree in park in middle of day,and someone wanting the sky to look as they see it,and combining 2 or 3 images.
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It doesn't work. It does not resemble reality in the slightest. It's an effect (clown vomit filter) that is overly used and is the single greatest way to lay waste to the thousands of dollars invested in hardware and glass. If the goal is to present what the eye sees in the middle of the day with the sun shining, there's not much hope of a camera capturing that range. Blending manually or using filters to hold elements of a composition back is the best way to realise this goal.
As for filter positioning, do the relevant maths to work out which filter you need, dial in your desired aperture, pop up Live View (I've enabled Exposure Simulation on my 5D Mark II, not sure if the other cameras have it), press the depth-of-field preview button to place the filter in the appropriate spot, and shoot.
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