Labeling & stacking
Shooting for HDR generates a lot of images that look pretty similar. You may shoot a series of five images, then change your composition and shoot five more. If the light gets better you may even shoot another five. At this point, recognition of the individual series becomes important. Get into the habit of taking a picture of your hand in between series. This will act as a marker when you review your images back on the computer. Just remember to reset your bracket after the hand image, or your next series will be off.
Once back at the computer there are a couple of ways you can distinguish the individual sets of images: labeling and stacking. Labeling is simply adding a color to the thumbnail. Figure 3.08 shows a folder of ...
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