[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote/replied to: >> I'm wondering why you had to combine two images to get that one. I >> assume the balance was way off between the flashlit and sunlit sky. >> Should be a piece of cake. > >Actually, because the night was taking over and the light levels where falling >down. OTOH I was getting better 'paints' using the feedback of the LCD on each >exposure. So, the painted staircase version I liked the most was about 20 >minutes later than the best sky I got. The original sky was very dark with the >mountain almost black. So I combined the two... best of both worlds... I guess >in that case not the best SW program will be able to pull any detail out of the >RGB(0,0,0) :-).
Ah, I see now. Not much else you could do but combine the earlier sky with the later stairs then. >The image I'd like to test, is another... also simple for a veteran (I guess) >but one I haven't been able to get right the way I would like. > >Any idea on the price of Capture One ? $99 US. Make sure you download LE. Jim Davis Nature Photography http://www.kjsl.com/~jbdavis/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
