Raw Double Process – HDR Effect
Ever since I posted the last 15 minute photo challenge video I’ve been constantly receiving questions like… How did you make the images look so good, what did you do in Photoshop, are they all HDR… and so on.
Now, normally I don’t show the Photoshop techniques I use to create the photos from the 15 minute challenge photo challenge. Please understand, that’s not for any reasons of secrecy, I just think you would be very disappointed at how little I actually do to the images. On the few occasions I show people they often end up saying… “and that’s it!”
However such was the lighting at the Gatwick Aviation Museum, where I filmed the photo challenge, that Photoshop played a much bigger role in the image creation. So here’s a short video demonstrating one of the techniques I employed.
And here’s the final image:
Hi Gavin. I liked this dual processing of the “Same” RAW file, I have since used the technique on a shot of a large boat using your tutorial.
I got the same questions like “How did you get this exposure throughout” etc, I linked them to the video. Thanks!
Ron.
Gavin,Great video. I noticed when you brought your photo into Photoshop that you duplicated the photo and then brought the duplicated photo back into Raw to make other adjustments. I use this technique. I open RAW photo in ACR. Make adjustments to a specific area of photo and then choose ” Open Object”. This brings the photo in PS as a smart object. Next instead of duplicating the photo, I choose, “Layer>Smart Object>New Smart Object via Copy. This puts a second smart object layer in the layers pallet which allows me to go back to ACR and make other adjustments to specific areas of the photo, example work on sky only. After that I process using things you outlined in the video. My technique allows me alot of flexibility without having to duplicate photos.
Steve
Steve: That’s the beauty of Photoshop… some many ways of achieving the same result. I always say it’s the image that counts, which route you took to get to the final image is up to you.
Could you have used the HDR feature in Photoshop, and processed lets say 3 versions of the RAW image?
With CS6 and three or more images 32bit HDR would be my updated workflow