Originally posted by Chaos_Realm I think the shot is nice. I think it really is more about the moment than the aesthetics.
As he said it was a spontaneous shot.
Technically its pretty average, blown highlight, PF, Seems to be a low quality file, but there is something I like about it's "moment".
What I do in the spontaneous moments, when I'm afraid to change settings, is a take a pic with whatever settings the camera is currently, then I adjust the camera to what I want and shoot again, if possible. There doesn't seem to be any fast movement in this scene, so I think he shoudl have been able to do just that.
Originally posted by selar I dont see how he could not have blown the highlights in that shot without using HDR (ugh, ugly HDR)! The photo is not about whats outside the window but whats inside. Perfect exposure for the scene.
He could have exposed for the windows, shot ISO 100 and brought up the shadows. I've done this sort of thing successfully on my K-x. I wind up with the bright outside being overexposed a bit (but not blown out), and good detail with an acceptable amount of noise in the shadows.