Manual Blending
The least technical, most personal method of blending different exposures in a layer stack is to use the Eraser brush on an upper layer, so as to reveal better exposed detail underneath.
In principle, nothing could be simpler, and it’s worth saying that while Photoshop experts might treat such a non-procedural approach with some disdain, for photographic realism this is in no way an inferior technique. Indeed, with some types of image it can be more efficient too. Typically, the kinds of images that respond well to manual brushwork are those where the difference in exposure between the layers is confined to distinct spatial areas of the image. For instance, in a shot through a doorway or window from, say, a dark interior to a ...
Get The Low Light Photography Field Guide now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
