This was taken at Skokomish River High Bridge on Saturday. The top photo is metered off the white caps of the river. The light was very difficult to get a good exposure so I tried using the Photoshop graduated filter tutorial that Barbara suggested. This didn't work very well so I stacked (File -> Scripts -> Load into Stack) two images, one exposed for the sky (bottom layer) and the other for the valley (top layer). I added a layer mask to the top layer and used the gradient tool set to black - transparent. This allowed me to include the sky from the bottom layer and the valley from the upper layer. I think the results are very close to what I saw with my eyes. It was frustrating while trying to capture this scene but I'm glad I took a bracketed set of exposures.
Nice job with the blend. I may have to try it some day.
ReplyDeleteMost of the pictures, that I tried the photoshop graduated filter didn't work, unless I had some color for the sky. Most of the time my sky was blown (thank you Washington!), so I had to use a photo where I knew I didn't blow out the sky.