First Try - 2 Exposures

This is my first attempt to try at taking two exposures and combining them. I took one for the bridge and water and one for the rocks and foreground.

Any and all suggestions and comments welcome.

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gorgeous! Good job! I really like it!

WOW That looks good!! sure wouldn't mind hearing how that is done

Well I am no expert but this is how I did it:

Took one picture basically worrying about the exposure of the bridge and water. I did not even look that the rocks (they were basically black).

Then I took another exposure for the rocks and foreground grass. The background was blown out but you have to ignore it.

I then opened both images in photoshop and made 2 layers in one image, one layer the bridge exposure and one the rocks exposure.

Create a mask (click the little square with a circle in it on the layers panel) then paint with a black brush on that layer to let the layer under show through.

Depending on which exposure is on top you may have to paint the rocks or the BG. I did the rocks because they were easier to select.

I hope I explained it ok, I know I did not use the most technical of terms, sorry. You may be able to find a tutorial on this process.