Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Beyond the Expected -- Adobe Software -- About This Book -- PRACTICE FILES -- 1. Basic Concepts -- Dynamic Range -- Practical Example: St. Louis Streetscape -- Exposure Compensation Isn't Enough -- Histogram -- How to Read It -- Practical Example: St. Louis Streetscape Revisited -- How Color Is Created -- Color Space -- Color/Bit Depth -- 2. Set Up for Success -- 1. Shoot RAW -- RAW Differences -- 2. Switch to Continuous Mode -- 3. Reduce Camera Movement/VIbration -- To Tripod or Not to Tripod? That Is the Question -- Cable/Remote Shutter Release -- Mirror Lock-Up -- 4. Make the Exposure Settings -- ISO and Noise -- Exposure Mode -- 5. Bracket the Sequence -- Don't Buy Bracketing's Bad Reputation -- Why Bracketing Is Key to HDR -- Canon Bracketing vs. Nikon Bracketing -- NEW MODELS, NEW OPTIONS -- 6. Process in Photoshop's Merge to HDR Pro -- 3. Get to Know HDR -- Understand and Evaluate the Scene -- Exposure -- Handholding -- Select the Files to Merge -- Merge from Photoshop -- Merge from Lightroom -- Merge from Bridge -- MANUALLY SET EV -- Merge the Files -- Mode Menu -- Set White Point Preview -- Hit OK -- HDR Toning Dialog Box -- Method Menu -- Preset Menu -- ANOTHER PROCESSING OPTION -- Multiple Outputs -- Layers and Masks -- Moving Forward -- 4. Get the Look You Want -- Is This a Photo!? -- The Many Looks of Presets -- Local Adaptation -- Edge Glow: Radius and Strength Sliders -- Gamma and Detail Sliders -- Exposure Slider and Toning Curve -- Shadow, Highlight, Vibrance, and Saturation Sliders -- Potential Problems and Limitations -- Out-of-Control Contrast -- Camera Movement -- Subject Movement -- Color Distortion -- 5. HDR with Photoshop and Camera RAW -- Multiple Outputs, Multiple Layers -- Practical Example 1: Cape Cod Snow Scene -- Practical Example 2: Fort Worth Bridge and Courthouse.

HDR for Portrait Photography -- Practical Example 1: Combining Two HDR Images -- Practical Example 2: Combining an HDR Image with a Regular Image -- Practical Example 3: HDR with a Moving Subject -- HDR for Still Life: Maintaining Truthful Colors -- 6. Further Adventures in Aesthetics -- HDR Black & White -- Practical Example 1: HDR Presets and Reduced Saturation -- Practical Example 2: Adjustment Layers -- Nondestructive Procedures -- Panoramic HDR -- Practical Example 1: The Basics -- Practical Example 2: Combining Photomerge and HDR -- The Last Step: 16-bit vs. 8-bit Color Depth -- Conclusion -- Index.