GIMP HDR Plugin: Technique For HDR Enhancement Of Photosets

I t sort of irks me that Nikon will do exposure bracketing, but my canon won't...

Contrast Blending with the Gimp

A simpler method is available in contrast blending in which image data from multiple exposures are linearly combined to recover shadows and highlights. Popular methods for contrast blending include manually (see this article), using special Photoshop actions, or using the PhotoMatix program.

I wanted an easy to use but flexible tool which works with the GIMP, a free and powerful image manipulation program -- hence exposure-blend. A powerful method for blending three bracketed exposures using contrast blending and the Gimp is given by Daniel Schwen. exposure-blend is a Gimp script-fu plug-in which expands this technique, automates many parts of it, and provides several additional useful features.