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Hi guys. I watched a video where the photographer does exposure bracketing for a landscape scene and then merges photos in photoshop. My understanding of bracketing is that 3 shots are normally taken to expose shadows, midtones and highlights and then merged together.
He uses a trick to block the sun when exposing for the foreground by putting a finger in front of the lens. Back in his studio, he ends up with just two photos, one with the finger and one without. He then blends them and removes the finger.
What I'm not understanding is how he did the bracketing for this, how many shots he might have fired. He doesn't really explain that bit apart from that he brackets 2 stops either side.
Would he have bracketed 3 shots with the finger then merged them to end up with one shot with the finger. Then bracketed 3 shots without the finger then merged them to end up with one shot without the finger. Then merged and processed those two final shots and removed the finger? Or have I overcomplicated it? I'm sure I have!
Here's the video. If you're happy to watch a little of it, the important part is really just a couple of minutes from 3:11 to 5:14. I've set it so it should play right from that bit.
He uses a trick to block the sun when exposing for the foreground by putting a finger in front of the lens. Back in his studio, he ends up with just two photos, one with the finger and one without. He then blends them and removes the finger.
What I'm not understanding is how he did the bracketing for this, how many shots he might have fired. He doesn't really explain that bit apart from that he brackets 2 stops either side.
Would he have bracketed 3 shots with the finger then merged them to end up with one shot with the finger. Then bracketed 3 shots without the finger then merged them to end up with one shot without the finger. Then merged and processed those two final shots and removed the finger? Or have I overcomplicated it? I'm sure I have!
Here's the video. If you're happy to watch a little of it, the important part is really just a couple of minutes from 3:11 to 5:14. I've set it so it should play right from that bit.
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