Here is the sequence of images that I took. So, let’s get back to the above photo to see a real life example. LR/Enfuse has seen several major improvements over its lifetime, including the ability to automatically align images that show a slight shift, the ability to preserve the image metadata (normally lost when using Enfuse) and, after great demand, the ability to batch process an entire shoot by grouping all the photos that will form a single image into single stack, then selecting all the stacks and calling LR/Enfuse. It’s now easy to blend images by simply selecting them and then choosing the LR/Enfuse option from the menu.
I therefore decided to write LR/Enfuse, a plugin that would allow photographers to use Enfuse directly from within Lightroom.
It would certainly be a barrier to most photographers. EnfuseĮnfuse is an open source command line application that’s part of the Hugin project.Įnfuse produces fantastic results, but the command line interface made it quite painful to use. However, to create the “HDR look” blending isn’t going to help. So, for interior shots like the one above, where a natural looking image is paramount, blending is definitely the way to go.
I took several shots at different exposures and then blended them together directly from within Lightroom using my LR/Enfuse plugin.Įxposure blending essentially involves examing a group of photos with varying exposures and creating a final photo, pixel by pixel, by choosing the best exposed pixel from all of the photos. Normally we would expect most of the room to fall into shadow due to the high constrast difference between the window-lit table and the shaded corridor so how was this avoided? The shot is taken using ambient light only, and yet everything is well exposed from the forground table right through to the back of the room. You may have seen the me mention this photo in a previous post.