Panorama with HDR

[gtsolid]

Hi everyone!

i blended some photos for creating a panorama, this is the output:

As you can note, the range of exposures is very big.

I think the best solution is to modify the single photo to a common exposure. How would you proceed?

here 2 photos that are near in the space but different in exposure:

[Mike_Gondek]

For best quality results I would  balance the exposure and shadow detail to my liking first. Do a Pano. Lastly my final corrections.

If time was an issue, I would skip  the initial step.

[gtsolid]

The Pano's software works better if the exposure are similar. Is there any numerical way to check this?

For example a constant exposure of EV=14

Furthermore, how to use Eyedroppers in the Exposure control panel?

[Mike_Gondek · Accepted solution]

Should  with manual settings not auto and to get consistent exposure. If the clouds are moving fast, than you have to rotate and shoot fast. Also use a tripod to get good  focus.

There are ways but nothing good enough

• window >> histogram and compare.
• doing a difference calcualitons between both files
• read what exposure was in your meta tags, and then run an exposure adjustment layer