Digital BW, The Print

The best way is putting the underexposed image on a layer directly above
the overexposed image. Add a layer mask, and use the eraser at about 40
percent opacity and a large soft brush with white and black colors to
erase or add to the mask. Be sure you are working on the mask, not the
image. You can then reveal the shadow detail from the lower image so it
appears in the upper image. Then switch colors and erase the light
portions which will reveal the darker portions of the image. You can
make one of the images opacity about 60 percent so you can see the layer
underneath and where to brush. 

I get Camera arts and have seen the article.  I just heard about Fred
Miranda's action, which I'm going to get and try. He has a lot of very
useful actions!

Jerry

> Hi Jerry,
> 
> How do you combine your images? FWIW, there is a good tutorial by George DeWolfe (who just got a D60 BTW) on the subject of extending
> the dynamic range of digital images, in the most recent issue of Camera Arts. If you're interested, I could send you the steps involved. I have
> used Fred Miranda's DRI action, too, but have found a few instances of images where it doesn't work properly. The downside to any of these
> techniques is that they have to be done in 8-bit mode. I try to stay in 16-bit for as long as possible.
>