

This technique also offers superior midtone contrast than Photoshop’s merge to HDR automated feature.
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The technique in this tutorial (taken from the new Photoshop CS3: Essential Skills book) shows you how to resolve this problem. Photoshop’s Merge to HDR (High Dynamic Range) automated feature has been improved for CS3, but it is still not able to merge exposures where subjects have moved between the separate exposures. Sometimes, however, there is not enough fill light to resolve the problem, so the photographer has to resort to taking multiple exposures (bracket the exposures) and then merge detail from each in a new composite image.

Contrast is a sneak thief that steals away the detail in the highlights or shadows (sometimes both).Ī wedding photographer will deal with the problem by using fill-flash to lower the subject contrast commercial photographers diffuse their own light source or use additional fill lighting and check for missing detail using the ‘Histogram’. You may be able to see the detail in those dark shadows and bright highlights when the sun is shining but can your CCD or CMOS sensor? Contrast in a scene is often a photographer’s worst enemy.

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