Unless it's a night shot I almost always use aperture priority. HDR photos are grainy or noisy by nature so raising the iso isn't a good idea. I've also tried 5 and 7 shot brackets but didn't see a big enough difference to switch from 3 shots at 2 stops apart.

I'm in total awe ....you've got them looking like oil paintings, damn, you're good!!

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Do you have any other pics of that neighborhood? used to live there and miss the hell out of it

I always use an ISO of 50 or 100, no matter the circumstances. I loathe that grainy high ISO look. I just shoot in manual and let the other settings compensate.

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they are truly remarkable; they do indeed look like oil paintings.

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Nice job!

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