To create photos similar to Ansel Adams I am merging three different exposures (over exposed, under exposed, normal exposure) using the HDR tool in Adobe light-room classic.
1: To start I selected the three of the same photos with different exposures to use.
2: Next I selected the photo merge tool and the HDR option.
3: I then needed to select which amount of Deghost (none, low, medium, high) looked best for this photo.
4: I selected the high amount as it made it the most detailed in comparison to the low and medium
Adjusting the photo:
To turn the photo into a black and white image I turned the saturation level to 0. I also adjusted the other settings such as dehaze and texture as I found it made the photo darker in areas.
Final result:
I turned this photo black and white in order to make it similar to Ansel Adam’s photographs. I like how it has turned out as it has a dramatic look to it which is created by the intense dark clouds that are in the upper portion of the image and the contrast of the light and dark details in the lower portion of the image.