To blend two images in Photoshop, follow these steps: This helps prevent semi-transparent artifacts in areas where things have moved from frame to frame. Select a de-ghost amount, low or none if there was little to no movement, medium to high if there was movement within the scene.Select Auto-Align, especially if there was possibly some movement.Select Auto Tone to help create a more evenly-toned merged image.Once you’ve imported your photos, within the develop module, right-click all of the frames you’ll include and select Photo Merge>HDR.It is definitely the easiest way for beginners to merge these dynamic scenes. Although this trend erred slightly on the unrealistic side and didn’t offer very realistic results back then, today’s programs (such as Adobe Lightroom) can merge these bracketed frames within the raw converter and yield fairly realistic results. Years ago there was one really popular photo trend called HDR, or High Dynamic Range.

Once you have all the bracketed images here are three simple techniques to create stunning natural looking high dynamic range landscape photos. Where both the highlights and shadows are contained within the walls of the histogram. However, the real challenge once you’ve captured all of the “data” is compiling it all together in a natural, harmonies way. This function can be customized to how many frames above and below your metered frame and how many stops of light they are apart. Today, most cameras on the market have a built-in automatic bracket function. Many times this is the answer to harnessing the light and containing it within the histogram.īut sometimes this light is simply too intense and, even with a filter, you’re forced to bracket. For example, a 3-stop soft graduated neutral density filter dropped in from the top so the most dense part is over the brightest part of the image. One option for handling this intense light is to use a graduated neutral density filter. In-Camera Exposure Blending Using a GND Filter Nikon D850, 14-24, 3 stop soft grad filter, ISO320, ƒ/8, 14mm, 8 images for focus, and multiple exposure.

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