What is bracketing and what are its common forms?

• A. Bracketing involves taking multiple shots at different exposures or different focus positions for HDR or focus stacking.
• B. Bracketing is taking a single shot and bracketing the subject.
• C. Bracketing means shooting with brackets on the tripod.
• D. Bracketing is adjusting white balance to three presets.

Answer: (D)

Bracketing means shooting several versions of the same scene with deliberate changes to camera settings so you can blend the results or pick the best one later. The most familiar forms are exposure bracketing, used for creating high-dynamic-range images, and focus bracketing, used for stacking sharpness across different focus distances. Another valid form is white balance bracketing, where you shoot with different white balance settings to ensure accurate color under varying lighting.

Saying that you adjust white balance to three presets is a direct example of white balance bracketing. It shows the same scene captured multiple times with different color temperatures, giving you options to choose the most natural look or to blend for consistent color across frames.