Photography: A Guide To Digital Blending

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	Photography: A Guide To Digital Blending

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5-19-2007 3:53 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/675ea801-3943-4f96-9124-5bbd896c5e09/858CA442-9455-4611-AA3C-F857F9AD44B5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml" href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">www.luminous-landscape.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml"><H1>Understanding Digital Blending</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml"><H3>The Problem Being Solved</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml"><P>In nature when doing landscape work that includes sky, especially early or 
  late in the day, the contrast range encountered often exceeds that which film 
  or imaging chips can handle. It's therefore necessary to find a way to reduce 
  the contrast range to something that the camera can handle so that the highlights 
  don't burn out and the shadow areas don't turn inky black.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml"><H3>Shooting Technique</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml"><P>What you're going to do is take at least two separate frames of the scene. 
  One will be exposed for the highlights and one for the shadows. Usually there 
  will be a two to three stop spread between them.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.luminous-landscape.com/img/36D9D64B-3D94-44BB-9458-0734E0ADC16F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.luminous-landscape.com/img/325F4CAA-668D-4982-BA7F-356E3ED2E7B7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.luminous-landscape.com/img/86B42983-4001-4061-B0E2-D906BAACBF1B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml"><P>This is the final bended image. All three techniques produce roughly similar 
  results, with the painting technique providing the most control but also the 
  most work. The Layer Mask technique is easy to use and costs nothing. Miranda's 
  DRI Action costs a few dollars but is simplicity itself to use.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/858CA442-9455-4611-AA3C-F857F9AD44B5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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