Beautiful twilight sky captured in high detail for image based lighting. Only top half of the HDRI-sphere is shot, so if using for example VrayLight with Dome-setting enabled, leave the “Spherical: full-dome” unchecked. Treeline retained for better horizon alignment. Massive resolution of 12992×3464 allows the sky to be rendered directly from the viewport with considerable detail (tested with up to 2000 pixel wide renders.) 18 megapixel processed backplates (distortion straightened from the 8mm Samyang fisheye lens images) included for better compositing freedom.
– 3-step 2-EV settings used via the Magic Lantern HDR-Bracketing Feature
– DIY no-parallax rig on top of a “basic” tripod.
– Canon EOS 60D
– Samyang f3.5/8mm fisheye lens with 180 degrees of horizontal field of view.
Note: The backplates provided are based on the images taken with the 8mm Samyang, which are then processed to remove the excessive curvature done by the lens.