How and When to Use High Res Or Bracketing for Landscape Photography. OM system OM-1

[@bellasvistas3463]

Really enjoyed Sweden! Some great high resolution shots for sure. Look forward to Sunday

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Thanks Mike. The sweden trip will continue this sunday. I still have 3 great episodes left. Do you use the high res a lot? Grt guido

[@davidwilliams4839]

Thank you. Your explanation is just what I need. Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

It was my pleasure happy to see you enjoyed the video. Had to look it up, but you live in a great place! Hopefully, I will have the privilege to visit you. Are you some day 🙏 thanks for watching and your comment! Grt guido

[@johnpark8297]

Thanks for posting Guido, very helpful explanations 👍

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Thanks happy to see you found it useful! Grt guido

[@cryptographerchris4856]

Such great content and images. You are a wealth of information.

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Thanks, those are really kind words! I'm happy to see you liked the video 🙂 grt guido

[@Franc842]

Excellent explanation

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Thank you 😊 apriciacte your comment! Grt guido

[@Axerron]

Very well explained, thanks! I use bracketing quite often in landscape, sometimes even for shots with not such an extreme dynamic range as you‘d see during sunrises and sundowns, simply to get more information into the shadows and the highlights. What I have noticed though, is that Lightroom sometimes has a problem with choosing the wrong image from the stack to use for the dark areas of the scene (e.g. instead of using the overexposed image for the dark areas, it takes the underexposed one). What this results into is a strange merged image where I have a „blob“ of shadows with really high noise in them. Have you ever experienced something similar while merging stacks in LR? I‘m not sure why this happens.

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

I do know that lightroom stacks sometimes are not OK. But I'm not sure it it's a ligntroom mistake. The times that I experience problems with stacking it's usualy because I add a to dark or to over exposed image in the scene. Then the balance with the other files is gone, and you get weird results. That's why I always take far more different exposures than I finally use in Lightroom. Most of the times I take 7 to 10 shots, but I use about 5. It's just playing around with which selected group gives the best result. I really like a natural feel to an image. Sometimes, it just creates this way to hdr looks l. Some people like that, and that is absolutely ok, but I don't really like that, so then I start choosing different images. I also have to say that I like a bit darker shadows. So I don't feel that I need it in every shot. Thanks for watching. Grt guido

[@siofna9709]

Hello Guido Was interessting, but in my older cameras I have no HiRes- Mode. I prefure bracketing with a tripod, when it is necessary and possible. In most cases it works with 3 shots. Grt Ernesto

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Bot every camera has a high res function indeed. The biggest difference is that when you take a bracket yourself, the image size stays the same. I it happens in camera, you get a huge file size. But either way works to get the image. Thanks for watching grt guido

[@nancyvanlieshout3076]

Hi Guido ... wat ben ik blij met deze een heldere uitleg! Ik ga het uitproberen zodra het weer een beetje meewerkt in de vroege ochtend. Er is grondmist en nevel tegen de bergen, maar steeds zwaar bewolkt. Het verbaast mij dat je geen 'webinars' voor OM Systems maakt. Ik heb nu een aantal gevolgd, verzorgd door OM Duitsland, waar ik meer van had verwacht. Hartelijke groet uit Oostenrijk

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Dankjewel. Leuk om te zien dat je de video gevpnden hebt en dat je hem kan waarderen! Ik zal dit berichtje even naar de mensen van om system sturen wie weet... waar woon je ergens in oostenrijk? Ben benieuwd wat je voor noois gaat maken daar! Bedankt voornhet kijken weer! Grt guido

[@nancyvanlieshout3076]

@@GuidoVanDeWater Wij wonen in het zuiden van Kärnten en kijken uit op het skigebied Nassfeld en de Italiaanse bergen. Ik fotografeer in de vroege ochtend als ik met mijn 2 honden op pad ga. Vorig jaar heb ik mijn OMD5 en lenzen ingeruild bij OM Systems voor de nieuwe OM5 en 12-40 F2.8 PRO en 40-150 F4 PRO. Heel handzaam om mee te nemen en ik denk een mooie basis om beter te leren fotograferen, waarbij ik afhankelijk ben van online informatie, omdat ik hier woon. Reden om de webinars van OM System Duitsland te volgen. Helaas was het laatste webinar Outdoor-Fotografie met der OM-5 ronduit teleurstellend en van de 248 deelnemers vonden dat velen met mij. Heel jammer, vandaar mijn opmerking over het maken van webinars voor OM Systems en dit kan immers best een combi van OM-5 en OM-1 zijn voor een groter bereik. Ik heb in ieder geval een enthousiaste OM Systems Ambassador gevonden waar ik wel wat aan heb. Mocht je foto's van deze omgeving willen zien ... Insta @nancyvldh ... hartelijke groet!

[@haroldslomp9045]

Mooie leerzame video Guido. Ik zal ook eens wat meer met bracketing gaan 'spelen'.

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Dankjewel Harold fijn dat je het een goede video vind. Het kan zeker extra mooie resultaten opleveren! Grt guido

[@rogerhance5883]

Very nice video. Are you using the pocket 2 for filming this.particularly the menu and back screen of the camera. I am considering buying the pocket ket 3

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Thanks, im happy to see you liked the video.I use multiple cameras for filming. Om-1 and an em5mk3 and most handheld stuf is indeed with the pocket 2. If you want to buy the pocket 3, then make sure to check some review videos first. There are a lot of complaints about that thing online. Last week, @thomasheaton made a whole review video about it, and he had some very good but also very bad experiences! Make sure to check it out. Until they've solved those issues, I'm very comfortable with my pocket 2 at the moment 🙂 grt guido

[@rogerhance5883]

@GuidoVanDeWater Thanks. I know someone who uses the pocket 3 for vlogging and he is very happy with it, but I did watch Thom Heatons video and it made me a bit wary..Are you filming the screen on the back of camera with your pocket 2 ? Will it focus that close ?

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

@rogerhance5883 yes that was with the pocket 2. But I always zoom the video material for those shots in the videonediting software. The original content is a bit further away.

[@rogerhance5883]

@@GuidoVanDeWater Thanks for the reply.

[@RoderickJMacdonald]

Now that you don’t have to concentrate… what exposure did you use? Did you set exposure manually or P, A or S? From the video I understood that you used a 20-stop ND filter combined with 7 stop bracketing. 3-photo brackets? What I enjoyed most in your video: your ability to enjoy the event. Sometimes I think we won’t be able to appreciate heaven if we don’t learn to appreciate what we have now. :-)

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Well the exposure time is different in every picture. I try to keep exposure times to match the focal length that I'm using. But on a tripod with low light I sometimes go way longer then that. I usually photograph landscapes in the A, birds and wildlife in S and when I so special thing like long exposures, panoramas etc then I go into M. Every images has his own setting. With the big nd filter I got a 60s exposure. Because I made a high res shot the camera shot 8 images of 60s and combined them to one high res shot. We should always keep enjoying nature. I don't care if there is a day without an image as long as I enjoyed to go out there. Thanks for watching grt guido

[@RoderickJMacdonald]

@@GuidoVanDeWater My apologies, Guido. That question was meant for Mike at Bella Vistas regarding his eclipse photos. I will spare you the complicated steps by which I managed to make this silly mistake! I will nonetheless benefit from your very complete answer.

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

@RoderickJMacdonald haha you meant the eclipse video? Just watched it this morning. Mike is such a great guy, inrealy enjoy all his videos. So much photography knowledge there!

[@JillBatchelor]

Brilliant information Guido I find the hardest part is remembering we have all this technology in camera to help us when we need it However during our recent trip using our cameras constantly for ten days it all became second nature. I’ve a vast number of bracketed images to process but sometimes I find I don’t need to do it and perhaps one raw file in the sequence is better than the blended one All part of the fun of processing and to be honest no one but you would ever know the difference anyway :) I really enjoyed this video :)

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Thanks jill, and thats exactly right only you know what you did on your images so if you're satisfied about it then its good. I guess thats all that matters 🙂 for me it is sometimes a struggle some people pay close attention to my videos and they notice everything. Hey why did you clone away this or that 😅 well because its my picture and because i can 🙂 thanks for watching. Hope you cans share some Iceland pictures some time would love to see some 🙂 grt guido

[@JillBatchelor]

I’d love you to see some of my images we just need to figure out how you can see them lol

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

@JillBatchelor if you fill in the contact form on my website then i will reply to you so you have my email adres. Then you can use we transfer or something so mail them 🙂

[@JillBatchelor]

I’ve done so although only noticed the British flag to change it to English after I’d filled it in so hopefully it’s worked ok lol :)

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

It worked 🙂

[@mikefriel6906]

Do you ever use the OM-1's HDR mode instead of exposure bracketing?

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Yes, it all depends on the scene I guess but it works great with the high res in camera. Grt guido

[@photowerk_56]

HiRes with a moving element can also be interesting. I have a picture like this on Instagram

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Will probably look a bit icm or not? What's your instagram account? I'm very interested to see the result now 🙂

[@photowerk_56]

@@GuidoVanDeWater photowerk56 The Picture with the Train on the Bridge

[@reneevallieres]

I also have one from last July ,Nordkapp ,where we can see the perfectly still structure ,but people moving renee_vallieres_photos

[@michaelhall2709]

I understand that you don’t want to carry filters, but since you have the Mark II have you experimented with the new digital grad filter in lieu of bracketing?

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

I haven't taken an actuald shot with the live gnd filter but I did experiment a little with it st home. I have to say that I am positivoy surprised by it. They realy tought this trough. When I should in aperture priority and use the gnd the dials on the camera change so my front dial I not for the exposure compensation anymore. It changes into the control of the filter line. I was a bit disappointed at first. But then I tought maybe I can adjust it trough the menu. And what they did is just genius. You can not only adjust the exposure compensation... you can now adjust different areas of the frame separately. Higlits, midnight and shadows can be controlled individually. So I was realy surprised by that. Can't wait to give it a go on location somewhere in the next weeks. It's a shame I only got the mark 2 after my sweden trip. That would have been great as a test trip 🙂 thanks for watching. Grt guido

[@michaelhall2709]

@@GuidoVanDeWaterGreat. I’ll look forward to seeing you use it in the field though I’m not currently planning on upgrading from the OM-1 (I’d rather spend the funds on the 100-650).

[@CluelessYoutuber]

Great informative video. I usually just take a 3 shot bracket myself, I saw the results are marginal for 5,7,etc. sometimes the results are too HDR, so I seldom use bracketing. Heard of the hand technique to know which series of shots it belongs to, I mostly just keep changing compositions after each series so it’s obvious where it starts and ends 😂 I don’t even know if my Sony has a HiRes photo 😂 perhaps not. Beautiful shots shared here btw!

[@CluelessYoutuber]

Btw, have you tried blending bracketed shots using luminosity masks? Haven’t done it a whole lot, but saw pros prefer the blend over the lightroom command.

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

The reason why u take 7 is so I that I have a choice. Sometimes, the brightest imagenofntheb3 is a little too bright for my taste when I take a 3 shot bracket. So when i take 7 shots, I always have a choice on witch shots I can use and which I don't. I rarely use all 7 of them only when the dynamic range is extremely high. Changing the composition is possible. Sometimes I'm just waiting for the perfect light conditions and then intake multiple shots of the same scene. Thanks for watching grt guido

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Can you do that in lightroom? I guess this is a photoshopnthing right? Or do I understand it wrong? I would say you mean that you use the foreground from one image and the sky from another...

[@CluelessYoutuber]

@@GuidoVanDeWater yeah, it’s a photoshop thing. I don’t use PS as much, except for KZbin thumbnails 😂

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Ah I always make the thumbnails on canvas.com 😅

[@stigfloberghagenphotography]

Nice explanation 👍

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Thanks 🙂

[@christofabt8958]

I tried to combine high-res and bracketing with my G9 but I do not think it's possible without changing the settings.

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

It's not possible with my om-1 also. I do it manually. So I take 1 high res shot then change the exposure, take the next high res shot etc etc. Then when I have a the exposures I combine all those high res shots in lightroom to one shot. You get an extremely insane file so you do need a very fast computer to process it. Thanks for watching. Grt guido

[@theflyingdutchman7127]

Hoi Guido Als ik je goed heb begrepen, kan de camera ook doen, wat jij handmatig deed of heb ik dat verkeerd?

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Klopt je kunt InHet menu instellen hoeveel fotos je wilt maken met een bracket en hoeveel stops tussen elke foto. De camera neemt dan bijvoorbeeld 1 gewone exposure, 3 overbelichte en 3 onder belichte. Je drukt dan 1 keer op de knop en de camera maakt 7 foto's. Je moet ze dan zelf samen voegen in lightroom. Grt guido

[@theflyingdutchman7127]

@@GuidoVanDeWater hoi Guido dat samen voegen moet je dus ten alle tijden achteraf zelf doen, of kan dat ook door de camera gedaan worden?

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

@theflyingdutchman7127 dat kan wel maar dan is het wel weer een andere functie. als je kiest voor de high res functie dan doet de camera het zelf. Hij maakt dan 1 raw file van 80mp als je vanaf statief fotografeerd eb uit de hand 1 raw file van 50mp. Je krijgt dan alleen niet alle losse frames je krijgt exht alleen die 1e raw file.

[@theflyingdutchman7127]

@@GuidoVanDeWater oké bedankt voor je antwoorden, wat voor videokaart zit er in je labtop, want je zal beste wel een flinke jongen er in moeten hebben.

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Her is 13th gen Intel i9 met een nvidea 4070 video kaart en dan nog een berg intern geheugen. Op mijn oude laptops waren dit soort foto's inderdaad moeilijk Te bewerken. Nu schiet ik weleens een high res panorama maar dan dat was voorheen onmogelijk. Toch zit het grootste voordeel voor mij in de video bewerking. Ongeloofelijk hoeveel sneller dat gaat nu. Bedankt voor het kijken weer! Grt guido

[@ValhallaGuild]

How about HDR mode?

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

I never use the hdr mode myself but if I'm correct it has the same outcome as bracketing. Grt guido

[@ValhallaGuild]

@ i think its the same but more convenient. I really enjoy your enjoy your video makes me feel i want to buy new om 1

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Happy to see you like the video there is a big black friday discount on the om-1 now 😅

[@moisescugat3948]

Remember that using LiveND you get 2,5 more stops of DR… it is really a challenge to find a condition with more than 12 stops of DR HRes mode also adds DR but “only” 1,75 stops Remember that in both sides only add DR in shadows. So: I use ALWAYS liveND except the cases that I have too much light that I use HRes (never because of the extra MPx). Only 5% of my photos are taken with a normal exposure

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

I do that a lot of times since you've mentioned it. Buy still taking images with the live nd filter on asked for a scene with no moving objects in it. I can't take a high res / live nd shot in the middle of a snow storm or with heavy wind. Then I just need one exposure. But thanks for getting this back to my attention again I have to use this more 🙂 grt guido

[@mistermark3723]

Why do you use bracketing rather than the camera's HDR modes? HDR1 and HDR2 aren't ideal as they output only JPEGs but there are options to produce multiple RAW files - you can choose the gap in exposure and number of frames. It's faster, so there's less risk of movement between frames.

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

There is not much difference between doing it in camera or doing it manual except for the movement of the camera. In my experience I never have any problems with camera movement. I do it this wat because I'm to lazy to access the menu I guess. I sometimes take brackets of highres shots to get high megapixel files. You can't program that in the menu. I guess this just comes down to personal preferences. Thanks for watchibg and the comment. Grt guido

[@mistermark3723]

@@GuidoVanDeWater Thanks. I've programmed to a function button the option of five HDR shots, each two frames apart. It doubles as bracketing - I may use a single file or combine some or all. But I agree it's frustrating there's no option to bracket high-res files 😀

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

@mistermark3723 last year I shot a panorama of 8 files that were all bracketed with high res shots. Lightroom had some serious issues with that 😅 but its a lot of fun to experiment where the borders of possibility are. I need to program that to but I have all buttons assigned to things that I use more often 😅 grt guidi

[@mistermark3723]

@@GuidoVanDeWater I'm not surprised! Recently I upgraded from the OM-1 MK1 to MK2 and nearly bought a Canon R5 MK2 instead. One thing hat stopped me is the huge file sizes and what they mean for storage costs and processor requirements.

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

This is an absolute truth. The race for mega pixels has a massive downside with these file sizes. How do people do it with a 100mp camera? Those computers have to be extremely fast also. I have a extremelt fast laptop but still it struggles sometimes.