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HDRThere is this neat technique making the rounds: bracket three exposures and let photoshop combine them to get increased exposure latitude. It's called High Dynamic Range.
I can accomplish this with layers and layer masks, but CS3 has made it so much easier. 
Here's the before and after of the Frost Bank Tower. 
After merging them. 
And after upping the contrast and cleaning up a bit. 
09:58 - March 2, 2008 - post commentInteresting stuffs. I have just been reading and done some experimentation on this subject. I don't see why that wouldn't work. I gotta try that tomorrow. I am amazed to see other works of people did, editing the pictures to the point of it looking surrealistic like these: colin uses way more then just three pics. he does like 3 or 4 sets of three and combines all of them. thats how he gets such a broad range. I think three is the minimum, five would be perfect. I guess you could get a photo targeted for each Zone, but I think that's overdoing it. yeah colin uses photomatic says its the shit. Birdnest - can you send me a copy if you do? Thanks. i'll see what i can do.
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