I'll be honest: I'm very new at HDR, so I don't have strong opinions whatsoever. That said, I don't know if I can answer your question that well, as I've only shot 5s and 7s, never 3s, and all of my bracketed sets have been at 1-stop steps, whereas my sense is that most folks shoot 2-stop steps in 3-shot sets.


I'll be processing some images today. I'll try re-running a few by picking just the -2/0/+2 shots and posting the results. Could be a good example, as it's a fire truck with an awfully bright red/neon green diagonal striping on the front bumper (like, doesn't this thing have a dimmer switch???).