I have been “playing” around with the HDR on my 5D Mark III. I definitely do not like the embossed setting, but the “natural”, “vivid” and “artistic” settings are interesting. I am torn between “vivid” and “bold”. All were taken with a 2 second delay (to avoid shaking), resting on a railing (I really need to replace my tripod). I did not mirror-lock.

HDR natural. It looks a little washed out.

Artistic standard.

Artistic vivid

Artistic bold

A new set. HDR natural …

Artistic standard

Artistic vivid

And last, bold. I don’t like the bold.

It definitely gives some cool effects, without the protracted editing phase. I figured out how to turn off the setting which keeps all of the originals (as it shoots 3 shots) which were filling my camera quickly.

A few more. The sunrise.

The sunrise clouds ….

The pink in the clouds is from the sunset behind me.

One more test, of Roppongi Hills and the Mori Tower (I deleted the embossed). I like the 2nd photo the best but I did not record the setting (smile).

We have come a long way on the camera front. Now if they would just build in the GPS ….