![]() Step 1 – Importing the photos Using Adobe Lightroom Take three pictures and AEB will automatically create three different exposures for you. Set your cameras focus then switch to manual focus so that your camera does not refocus after taking each picture.Most DSLR have enough dynamic range that shooting at one stop increments is unnecessary. You may try different bracketing settings depending on the dynamic range of your photo. Some newer cameras let you go above two stops. For your first photos, set the bracketing to –2, 0, and +2. Refer to your camera manual if you do not know how to use this feature. This feature is usually found in your menu under AEB or Auto Exposure Bracketing. This feature is in almost every new DSLR camera and will automatically set the parameters to create three images of different exposures. point and shoot cameras), skip this step. If you are using a camera without this feature (ex. Enable auto exposure bracketing (also known as AEB).Avoid using shutter priority mode (Tv) as you can get halos and other artifacts in your image from the varying depth of field in your photo. Using aperture priority mode is the safest way of creating a set of images for tone mapping. Set your camera to aperture priority mode (Av).Simply enable high speed shooting mode on your camera. You can get away without using a tripod if your camera can shoot at 6fps or faster, you are using wide angle or image stabilized lens, and if the scene is bright enough to shoot at 1/250th of a second or faster. To ensure that your camera does not move, put it on a tripod or a ledge so that it does not move while you shoot the three exposures. You will need to shoot three exposures in the same position.Here’s how you can photograph your images so that they can be tone mapped using this tutorial. Photographing images for HDR tone mappingĪfter you try this Photoshop tutorial with our images, you may want to use your own. Click on the images below to download the full size image. If you don’t have a set of HDR photos you’d like to use, feel free to use the images below. This technique works great with improving the looks of interior and real estate photos but can look a bit dull for landscape photos. This effect can be reduced by simply lowering the opacity of the layers. This is the flattest results this HDR tone mapping technique can create. Rollover the image below to see the before and after effect. ![]() The realistically tone mapped image shows more detail than the original image but still retains similar contrast. In case you do not see the difference with the original middle exposure, examine the tsrees and mountain in the background and the lights on the floor. This is a good technique you can use to improve the quality of your image without making it look like it was HDR tone mapped. ![]() This new effect not seen in our previous HDR tone mapping tutorial creates an image similar to the middle exposure except it just has more dynamic range. For this tutorial, we used three images with a two stop difference in light. This is the original image of the middle exposure. We also added additional techniques to improve sharpness and contrast for a more realistic looking photo. ![]() This new technique is capable of the same results but with a significantly smaller file size. This tutorial is an improved version of our Layered HDR Tone Mapping Photoshop tutorial from 2007. Create natural looking HDR tone mapped images in Photoshop with editable layers. ![]()
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