![]() ![]() The point of merging exposures is to capture a wider range of brightness values than the can capture with a single exposure, and there are times you need to do that. It may give you better quality, but it also brings potential ghosting and alignment issues. You don’t need to shoot and merge bracketed exposures to use HDR techniques. It works well as a high-contrast black and white image with an almost white sky and simple graphic shapes, but for this version I wanted to see if I could create a much stormier feel. I liked the simple, minimal composition in this scene. PhotoLab was ideal for preparing the photo to make sure it had the maximum tonal range (no highlight or shadow clipping), and HDR Efex Pro added the stormy sky and enhanced structure. So for this shot I used DxO PhotoLab and HDR Efex Pro, the HDR plug-in in the Nik Collection. But it’s also possible to use HDR to enhance regular images to add depth and drama, but winding the effect back just a little so that it’s no longer center stage.
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