A simple example of batch-processing two exposures in Lightroom Classic before blending them in Photoshop to remove detrimental lens flare.
Photographing the sunrise above the marine layer, with tech notes on how the photo was made.
The skies looked promising yesterday in the late afternoon, so I went for a quick walk to “that new/old spot” overlooking Lake Hodges again. I knew that the direction probably wouldn’t be “perfect” for a sunset photo so this was more to still my curiosity.
Foggy summer morning in the sage scrub hills at Lake Hodges, with an insight into the process of making and developing the photo.
A recent Twitter conversation about the pros and cons of graduated neutral density filters (often just called GNDs) made me think about my own approach towards handling high-contrast scenes. I’m not using GNDs anymore, rarely did so in the past, and I prefer exposure blending on the computer, or even just using “software GNDs” in a single exposure. I find it far more flexible* and prefer to have “pure data” without the (unalterable) effects of the filter in my original/initial exposures.
