Even though it was still pretty dark the sky was bright enough to create a fairly large dynamic range. The shot could be done without bracketing but I did it just to have the extra range. By today’s standards my camera isn’t the most noise-free ever and it helps to not push the exposure excessively.
That’s partly why I thought it might be interesting – To process with or without the “assistance” of extra targeted exposures.
Even though I was there (obviously LOL) I still was tempted to bring out in processing more detail in the shadows than I humanly saw. Not necessarily wrong, just not 100% literal. Then again, I’m not a literalist, so…