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>> 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/
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