As the lighting conditions inside a building are difficult to manage, I used HDR, but still, I could not  really controll the windows, they are overexposed.

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Any advice on how to manage such lighting conditions?

Thanks in advance,  Karin

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From stmv/Sebastian (59,819) on March 30, 2012 2:10:21 PM CDT even more bracketing, and manually do the HDR, and not let the tools try to figure it out in that case. a bit more work, but results are worth the effort. Reply

From karin2007/Karin (19,607) on March 31, 2012 1:29:10 AM CDT Thanks Sebastian for your advice, I did have 3 exposures, -2EV, 0EV and +2EV - I'll give it a try, but as DEL said, next time I will also wait for dusk and repeat the photo then. Reply

From stmv/Sebastian (59,819) on March 31, 2012 9:13:30 AM CDT its good advice about dusk, sometimes it just is not possible, I have shot in this condition, and really treated the subject as two separate photos, with the window glass separated quite a bit in exposure, will look forward to your next shot of it. good luck.. Of course, sometimes leaving a bit of brightness in the window can be effective also. Reply

From karin2007/Karin (19,607) on March 31, 2012 9:21:39 AM CDT Thanks again Sebastian - I will give it another try - my next project will be a panoramashot with 2-3 rows in a church - I am planning to do this as an HDR (hope my computer ram is big enough to cope with that) and I will keep your suggestions in mind Reply

From del/Administrator (0) on March 30, 2012 4:16:04 PM CDT Only two possibilities on situations like this: HDR and increase the interior lighting. On your photo, I doubt that increasing the interior lighting is an option. Oh, one other option: shoot building interiors at night or dusk. Reply

From karin2007/Karin (19,607) on March 31, 2012 1:29:40 AM CDT Thanks Del, good advice! Reply

From savad/Mike (67,553) on April 12, 2012 8:29:18 AM CDT for really tough, you take more than 3. for me it's usually a problem with shadows being too dark. for the window you can expose for the window and get 3 shots, then you can exposed for the overall and get another 3. with that range you'll have enough range. if you shot in raw, you could get the color back. for a scene like this, i would just add sky to the window. ---Mike Savad Reply

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