Tips for Great HDR Sunsets
HDR or High Dynamic Range, why it’s great for sunsets
Tips for shooting the right images
Tips for processing the bracketed images
HDR sunset with a person?
How to handle a sky with lots of fluffy clouds
"Another common problem when doing HDR for landscapes is when there are lots of big white fluffy clouds, they often tend to come out looking rather dark and foreboding. This is another good time to use the masking technique. In the images below I’ve processed the HDR how I like it for the foreground, nice and crisp. But my clouds have gone too dark. If I choose to pull back on the surreal look I lose that nice detail in the grass and pyramids. So I’ve taken the best of both and combined them once again."
Version #1 above, processed for detail in the grass, but notice how dark the clouds are. They were not storm clouds but they sure look like it now. I want to get those soft fluffy ones back so I took one of the original single images from my bracketed series and combined it with this one to get the following final image which I think is much softer looking.
Final blended version above. See the difference? It’s subtle but I think it makes a huge difference to the final appearance and feel of the image.
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