Today I have for you another photo process post. This photo of the Bojnice castle is one of the most popular photos I ever posted, so I think the way I edited it would be interesting to you. So to get to this final image:
I used luminance mask to combine the shots. To be exact I did the following steps (layers numbered from bottom up)
1. original 0EV exposure
2-3. -1EV and -2EV exposure to darken the sky and other bright spots
4-5. +1EV and +2EV exposure to brighten the foreground
6. -1EV exposure once more to recovel some lost contrast from the blending
7. added contrast to basic midtones
8. added detail using high pass layer
9. darkened and added contrast to the brighterst parts of the image
10. added more local contrast using the Color efex Tonal contrst preset
11. added more contrst using the Color Efex Pro contrast preset
12. removed noise in the foreground elements
13-14. added glow using a blured layer
15. additional brightening for dark areas
To see the original 0EV exposure, please continue to the full post
This is talent \o/
Hi, HDRshooter, I’ve been a follower for a quite now, and still learning more about post processing and just wondering and would like to ask about your thought, regarding single exposure post processing, vs multiple, digital blending, what would be the biggest pros and cons about this. :D
Thanks
It really depends on the scene. I personally take always at least 5 shots, but don’t use them all all the time. But it’s always better to be safe then sorry, you never know when you need a -2EV exposure. You can get a lot from a single exposure, but sometimes it’s just not possible. Also recovering parts from a single exposure can lead to much more noise than having a second exposure at hand. So the biggest pros for single exposures are, that you have no issues with ghosting, and much less photos to take. But on the other hand with multiple exposures, you can get a cleaner photo and recover more areas of it.
Thanks Miroslav, Last Inquiry :D, are you planning to add, on how to process using luminosity mask, in your list of tutorial.
I’m planing to, but don’t know when