Forgot about exposure value ...

I lost a few hours trying to get a good lighting because I was too focused on my new ghost light kit and I totally forget that I also have to change the exposure value.

So in the last 24 hours I was only able to make 3 new pictures.

I redid the picture that I put in my first blog post and I will attach it here again. You can see the difference in lighting.

I am not using photoshop. I do all my editing with paint-net. I know photoshop is what most people seem to use(?), but I am not sure if I really need it for my purpose. In this case, I removed the message pull on the entrance door. I thought pushing the door makes for a more interesting image. You can see the picture with and without the pull message.

I am now continuing making more pictures in this bar/restaurant. I think the lighting may not be optimal yet, especially for more close up views of faces. There may be too much light now.

The pictures in this scene require lots of render time, up to 2 hours for minimum 2000 samples, which is the standard that I want to use.