phacsfoto Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I am stacking several night sky shots using HDR Merge . The subject has a shot of the Moon very bright set at correct exposure. shots allowing for moonlight on foreground and a large structure building in the midground .The problem I am having is that when I adjust the tones after merge with an acceptable level I cant get the sky dark enough to show off the stars its either one or the other leaving far too much editing as a result . The foreground has snow in it illuminated by the moon the sky has to be dark to show off the Moon and stars, the Horizon has a residue of after sunset light civil Twighlight.so very difficult but if I can get it close to what I saw great dont mind small amount of tweaks . The final result Im getting is leaving the sky as if it was daylight and when i pull the tones control down to get the sky dark everything looks Muddy with all the colours looking yuck! any help would be appreciated . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted January 11, 2021 Staff Share Posted January 11, 2021 Hi @phacsfoto and Welcome to the Forums, You could try Selecting or Masking the sky and then any adjustments you make would only apply to the sky. I'm sure if anyone else has a better method, they will also post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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