HDR and Exposure Blending
Yesterday, I created a few images using exposure blending. Exposure blending works by taking several pictures of a scene at different exposures (typically changing the shutter speed) and blending the best parts of each image into one image. I used a program called HDRtist Pro, which can produce both HDR and exposure blended images. The difference between HDR and Exposure blending is that HDR uses mathematical algorithms, while Exposure blending can be done manually in Photoshop.
I took about 5-7 pictures with different exposures for each shot. If you use an SLR, you probably do not need so many (3 or 4 should be fine). Below are the two best results I got.
Originals
Final Composition
Originals
Final Composition
I took both these photos out my window with a Canon PowerShot SX200 IS
Retouching done with Pixelmator
