This technique may not be as effective as using three images – under exposed, normal and overexposed – but is ideal when the subject is moving or when older pictures have to be restored. For film user I would think it is invaluable.<\/p>\n
When I first got my Canon 5D one of the early excursions made with it was to Limekiln State Park to test the image stabilization in the 24-105mm ‘L’ lens. It proved remarkably effective and I took a bunch of pictures at 1\/4 – 1\/15 second or so using just a monopod for support.<\/p>\n
That experience is recounted here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Originally published here<\/a> the pictures may have been blur free but suffered from the most horrible loss of detail in the highlghts and shadows. So I went back and applied single image tone mapping to the twelve best with the results you can see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I have found it’s very easy to overdo things and step over the line to the garish, so I tend to leave the ‘Strength’ slider at the default of 40% (this one has a high ‘garish risk’) and generally crank up the ‘Luminosity’ and ‘Color Saturation’ sliders a tad. If the overall image is too dark a tweak of the ‘White Clip’ slider to the right usually suffices. After saving, a final adjustment of Levels (Apple-L) in Photoshop is all that is needed. You can see the plug-in sliders here:<\/p>\n A very useful tool to have in the photographer’s tool chest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A useful technique for managing dynamic range. I made mention of the single image capabilities of the tone mapping Photoshop plug-in from Photomatix here. This technique may not be as effective as using three images – under exposed, normal and overexposed – but is ideal when the subject is moving or when older pictures have … Continue reading More on single image tone mapping<\/span> 
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