Bwood Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 So this is one image that’s very challenging. Obviously the bright areas are completely blown. I reshot the scene and exposed for the bright areas only. The reshot the scene and exposed for the side of the barn only. I’m just learning layers and stacking, but I think I’ll be able to bring up the shadows only and get something acceptable. Other ideas very welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 I would suggest to do a HDR stack, and then play with global compression and local contrast sliders in Tone Map Persona until the result pleases your eyes. Your imagination is the limit. I spend hours with some night scenes. The extreme contrast of bright lights, especially colored lights, against darker areas like sky, wood etc. makes it tricky to find a good balance. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardMH Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Another option is to load them as layers and play with blend ranges. But start with HDR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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