Anyone tried this technique for blending exposures? I tried it this morning using a waterfall photo from the Tetons and the result was awful. I'm curious to hear if anyone is having useful results with the technique.
Bret,
The instruction read as follows, "First, from a tripod, capture two exposures of the scene in perfect registration—one properly exposed for the sky and the other for the foreground." I think the problem may be the water movement. I've had some similar problems using HDR. You can get some really strange looking water because the water will be different in each exposure. When you blend the water in selective focus, you will see what the water blend looks like. The same thing will happen when using this method if there is any wind movement effecting a floral image. If the registration isn't perfect, as with water, it won't work. If all is perfect, I've had excellent results.
If you have any questions, e-mail me at dave@redpixelmontage.com.
Dave
I tried his technique as soon as I read it with similar results, Bret. It occurs to me that he may have omitted a step or there was a typo in the instructions.
I'm with John. I'm having no luck with this at all. I think George tried to simplify this too much. Have a look here for a much more indepth explanation - http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/blend-if/blend-if.htm
BTW, I use blend-if all the time to limit sharpening to certain tonal areas and for that it works well.
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3 repliesThe instruction read as follows, "First, from a tripod, capture two exposures of the scene in perfect registration—one properly exposed for the sky and the other for the foreground." I think the problem may be the water movement. I've had some similar problems using HDR. You can get some really strange looking water because the water will be different in each exposure. When you blend the water in selective focus, you will see what the water blend looks like. The same thing will happen when using this method if there is any wind movement effecting a floral image. If the registration isn't perfect, as with water, it won't work. If all is perfect, I've had excellent results.
If you have any questions, e-mail me at dave@redpixelmontage.com.
Dave
http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/blend-if/blend-if.htm
BTW, I use blend-if all the time to limit sharpening to certain tonal areas and for that it works well.