Lightroom 6 HDR tip

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6 / Lightroom CC adds an exiting new feature: generating ‘raw’ HDR images right from Lightroom. You can then develop these images just like normal images. Here’s a tip to make the process not only faster, but also better in avoiding ‘ghosts’. Instead of using the entire series of exposures, like you would do with other HDR software, select only two images. Look for the image with the best detail in the shadows (probably a +2 stop exposed image) and the one with the best detail in the highlights (probably the -2 stops one). Merge only those two to HDR and leave ‘Deghosting’ off. You will find that the results is often just as good as with the whole series of exposures, and in most cases you won’t get any ghosting. If you really do need deghosting, start over and use all images.