mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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I took this picture on sunday and Im rather pleased with it, its a 3 exposure HDR as you can tell because the clouds have some movement in them 
How do you shoot landscapes and get the deatails of both the sky and the land? If I epose for the land the sky blows and if I expose for the sky the ground is dark, do I get a graduating filter or do I have to continue to HDR?
[Edited on 17-11-2008 by mattk]
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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I always see the grad filters recommended.
Why do you not use just the one photo that's exposed correctly for the sky as the sky and then it won't be blurred?
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AndyKent
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If you were that worried you can manually change the sky exposure in Photoshop without buying a grad.
But yes, a grad is the 'proper' way to do it.
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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Shoot in raw and adjust the exposure manually.
If you havn't got a grad filter, just apply one in photoshop.
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Tiger
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A Grad filter reduces the exposure difference between a bright sky and a dull landscape. Its not to make the sky dark, just to even out the balance, hence why you can get loads of different grad filters. Just make sure you get a Neutral Density Grad and you'll be ok.
As for your photo, its good quality, but you need something in it to lead your eye into the photo as here i'm left wandering around in the foreground rocks and dont get as far as the sky....
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Rob E
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Registered: 1st Jan 06
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If you shot in RAW matt, take the middle exposure, adjust the exposure to under expose, then save and repeat for over exposed. You can then builld it it from the different exposures you have created from one RAW file. I did it with the below picture
Original
HDR'd (ish) 
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