{"id":4768,"date":"2015-01-12T18:23:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T18:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4768"},"modified":"2015-01-12T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T18:23:47","slug":"hdr-without-using-hdr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/hdr-without-using-hdr\/%20","title":{"rendered":"HDR Without Using HDR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Photography&#8217;s Most Divisive\u00a0Technique<\/h1>\n<p>Go on any photography forum or\u00a0facebook group and you&#8217;ll get a vocal majority who are not HDR fans. They may have a point in many cases as HDR can turn normal photographers into creatures who love &#8220;eye-popping&#8221; saturation and massive detail in every nook and cranny.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is &#8211; HDR is a massively useful technique which overcomes so many issues, but can get abused and end up creating some monstrosities.<\/p>\n<h1>A Way Around HDR<\/h1>\n<p>So to avoid these issues, here&#8217;s a way of using just PHOTOSHOP, bracketed images and masks to reap the benefits of HDR, without\u00a0using HDR.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick video which\u00a0explains how to create\u00a0Luminosity Masks and apply them to your &#8220;not really HDR&#8221; photos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"HDR for HDR Haters\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bk1HANwrG3U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; 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