With the approach of Fall, I have started photographing Waterfront Park and the Louisville cityscape as the season progresses.

The Photographer’s Guide to HDR Efex Pro 2 is available here.Sunset cityscape of Louisville, Kentucky as fall approaches. Along with my examples, I give you 40 of my custom preset files that you can load into your copy of HDR Efex Pro 2 to get you started making HDR images. I’ll also show you advanced techniques with Photoshop layers for creating even more interesting creative images. Each example includes step by-step screenshots to show you the exact settings I used to make each image. In this book, I’ll walk you through the creation of more than 20 examples of HDR image processing, covering a wide range of natural and artistic styles. Over 20 step by-step examples of HDR tone-mapping I walk you through over 20 different examples of HDR tone-mapping with full color screen-shots. Advanced creative techniques with Photoshop.Monochrome HDR Settings, including selective black & white.Artistic HDR Settings including grunge, bleach color, and old film styles.Finishing effects and the new Graduated Neutral Density tool.Control Points and selective adjustments.HDR Method controls and image adjustment tools.How to launch HDR Efex Pro 2 from Lightroom, Aperture, Photoshop, and as a stand-alone program.

Camera settings for perfect HDR exposure sequences.

This book is over 200 pages of reference material and fine-art creative instruction that will set you on your way to making unique HDR images. You also get 40 custom HDR tone-mapping presets that are compatible with HDR Efex Pro 2.0. In this printable PDF guide, I’ll cover everything inside HDR Efex Pro 2 so that you’ll learn how to create amazing HDR images quickly and easily. I have completely re-written my original guide to cover the latest version of Nik Software’s amazing HDR tone-mapping plug-in. I’m pleased to announce the immediate release of my latest book, The Photographer’s Guide to HDR Efex Pro 2. Introducing The Photographer’s Guide to HDR Efex Pro 2, a complete reference for Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro 2.0 plug-in for Lightroom, Photoshop, and Aperture.

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