Sometimes the range of light is so wide, a digital camera cannot capture it all. The traditional solution for landscape photographers is to use a graduated neutral density filter to reduce the dynamic range of the scene. This video demonstrates an easy technique for blending two images, one exposed for the highlights, the exposed for the shadows. This technique does not use the Brush tool. It just uses a luminosity mask, which is refined with a Gaussian Blur and a Levels adjustment.

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