Bracketing tutorials

[D13H4RD]

So I've decided to dip my toes into bracketing. Went out during my vacation and shot a few bracketed exposures, some of which you can see below;

 

However, I'm still very new to bracketed exposures and merging them in post to create an enhanced final output. Anyone know of a few good guides/tutorials out there to help me get on foot? On a side note, I have both GIMP v2.8 and Photoshop CS6.

[SupaKomputa]

easier with lightroom

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/hdr-photo-merge.html

[LyondellBasell]

4 hours ago, SupaKomputa said:

easier with lightroom

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/hdr-photo-merge.html

Supa's correct in that the Lightroom interface is *simpler*.

However, I think you should continue working with Photoshop. It's an even more powerful tool and I think you'll get more out of the process by learning how to composite your photos in different ways.

 

4 hours ago, D13H4RD said:

However, I'm still very new to bracketed exposures and merging them in post to create an enhanced final output. Anyone know of a few good guides/tutorials out there to help me get on foot? On a side note, I have both GIMP v2.8 and Photoshop CS6.

Watch Jimmy McIntyre's tutorial on blending exposures.

 

Ignore the bits where he talks about using the Raya Pro plugin, you want the explanation of each method where he uses Photoshop's tools to blend manually. It's all about manipulating layer masks to create the type of blend that's right for the kind of output you want to achieve.

 

Best of luck! Happy to answer any more questions