LR/Enfuse plug in for Lightroom 2 – Exposure Fusion

A new work flow that is emerging in popular programs like Lightroom, PtGui and Photomatix Pro is the enfusing of images with different exposure values. Sure we have all done this in Photoshop with masks but these programs are now doing it for us with promising results. The above shot from the Skillion was taken with a standard +1, 0, -1 bracket and then run through Lightroom 2 using the LR/Enfuse plugin. The blend wasn’t as dramatic as I had expected but it certainly pulling in the highlights and opened up the shadow area and it kept the image looking natural which is a far cry from shooting HDR images.

When out shooting this one I bumped into Ken Duncan who was also shooting the same sunrise with his well used Linhof and doing a bit of a promo shoot for Lumix cameras. It was good to see Ken was wearing the same high quality footwear as myself… thongs.

The above image has been made into a video tutorial from the Lightroom workflow into Photoshop CS4 for final development and is available on the Rubbing Pixels website. For those interested in reading about using the same method with Photomatix Pro check out our articles and read the one written by Kevin McNeal.

Rubbing Pixels Goes Live – Landscape Video Tutorials

Well after 8 months of designing and recording content I am proud to say my new tutorial website is now live.

The site hosts an extensive range of video tutorials on all things associated to landscape photography focusing on the capture techniques of images and then editing the images in applications like Photoshop, Photoshop elements, Lightroom, Photomatix Pro, PtGui, Hugin and more.

The site will also feature in the field tutorials which are currently in production and will detail how images are captured and set up etc for both film and digital. It offers a host of free tutorials as well to wet your appetite for what the site has to offer in terms of content. There are free are Articles written by myself, Ken Duncan and Kevin McNeal with more coming from other well known photographers. Over the next month there will be a free classifieds section added to the site so you can advertise your old equipment as well.

So head on over and have a look. The sites address is www.rubbingpixels.com

For those who are my loyal blog visitors and who are interested in joining here is a Discount Coupon that you can enter to get 15% off a 6 or 12 month subscription to the site. MLGBLOG the coupon is valid until the 28th of Feb 10.