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How To Merge Two Exposures

February 18, 2013 by Steve Berardi Leave a Comment

Photo by Steve Berardi
Photo by Steve Berardi
One of the most common problems in landscape photography occurs when photographing a sunrise or sunset: the sky is always super bright and the foreground is always super dark. This causes some trouble for your camera because it can’t handle that dramatic range of brightness.

There’s a few ways to solve this problem, but one solution is to shoot two exposures: one exposed for the sky and one exposed for the foreground. Then, you can merge these exposures later in Photoshop.

Here are some details on how to accomplish this: [Read more…] about How To Merge Two Exposures

Filed Under: Landscapes, Photoshop Tutorials Tagged With: blend, bright, dynamic range, exposure, exposures, hdr, highlights, histogram, landscape, merge, overexpose, photo, shadow, shot

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