Don't try this at home...UPDATE
02nd November 2010
In: Some advice.
I've been experimenting of late with HDR not something I love, but then there are ways of doing it and ways not to.
We all have trouble from time to time with matching the sky with the landscape. This is another way of doing it.
My technique is 3 exposures bracketed 1&1/2 stops apart, merged and tone mapped in Photomatix and finished in PS CS4.
Keeping the image looking like a natural scene is the hardest task here, you can make it look fantastic but unreal easily. Small steps at a time is the safe way to go, no swoops with the sliders or you will have disasters.
Try it, it's easier than you think, you can always use the defaults to start with.
This is one I made in Glen Etive just the other day, see what you think.
***I've been working with some new software for merging several different exposures of the same image. I shoot 3 different exposure, one for the highlights one for the shadows and one normal exposure. I then merge them using "Enfuse" you don't need filters but I tweak a little in PhotoShop. It's very good I think. This image was shot using the Enfuse system. There's a mono version in Tongue Trip 2010.
We all have trouble from time to time with matching the sky with the landscape. This is another way of doing it.
My technique is 3 exposures bracketed 1&1/2 stops apart, merged and tone mapped in Photomatix and finished in PS CS4.
Keeping the image looking like a natural scene is the hardest task here, you can make it look fantastic but unreal easily. Small steps at a time is the safe way to go, no swoops with the sliders or you will have disasters.
Try it, it's easier than you think, you can always use the defaults to start with.
This is one I made in Glen Etive just the other day, see what you think.
***I've been working with some new software for merging several different exposures of the same image. I shoot 3 different exposure, one for the highlights one for the shadows and one normal exposure. I then merge them using "Enfuse" you don't need filters but I tweak a little in PhotoShop. It's very good I think. This image was shot using the Enfuse system. There's a mono version in Tongue Trip 2010.
