Multi exposure blending

[brad_77]

Hi all
While i was in thailand recently i took a few shots of sunrises/sunsets exposing one for the highlights & one for the shadows with the aim of blending them in photoshop as i didnt have a nd grad with me,the prob is i have never tried this & after reading some tutorials on the web still cant get it right,so was wondering if anyone has tried this & if they know of any good tutorials to help me blend these correctly,seems very hard to achieve great results especially as a lot of the pics were seascapes with little tidal pools .
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
regards brad

[Colinc1]

try googling photomatix tutorials

I use the above program,about $40AU, works
very well.

And whereabouts in thailand did you go?

I was in Phuket and Au Nang a month ago,
and already booked next years trip $450
return all up on air asia:)

[brad_77]

hey colin
will look into photomatrix,but have seen good results with photoshop but seems to be very fiddly.
With thailand we went to bangkok,railay in krabi,phuket stayed @ nai harn but hired a scooter & rode around the south such as patong,kata,karon & south of prom thep,we also stayed in koh samui @ bophut & took day trips around samui to lamai,nu muang national park.Definately going back early next year as i get free flights there as of november:th3:
brad