Last night my daughter pointed out what a beautiful sunset we were getting so I stepped outside to get a shot. I think that most people don't realize that Photoshop plays a big role in professional photography today, even something that seems simple, like a quick picture of the sunset. The picture below is actually two different pictures. What I did was set up my tripod and shoot the same picture two times.
The first time I exposed for the sky and since I really wanted the red to show up, I underexposed the shot.:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WmmYyy2s8cWCKw1VOr3lM-OUCItRrpXaCCA2O04vPKgud6l6ZJB609DO1FSN4CFE2AF-neV-BhKWYTBoj8nl_bawfOkHdzpoHSZiVObUQkLbCn_dFCZz8hbs5io8aeqRqz0DA3Iu47zR/s400/tampa+photographer.jpg)
The second time I wanted the water to show up so I overexposed the shot:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9jW5sCkcdiNqXW55A41642X_8b2FgF14SVfuFvfUV1qCCp0n3b5C3yztvBa28ZnrJiQshkOE5u44Wv25DhD8DbuO_oubhG58WiM2Sg3NBn8HfZoc7IUs6ElaxtR5vrvtS5SZVotm6yCp/s400/_MG_691a.jpg)
Finally, I put the two images into Photoshop and combined them... using the top from one and the bottom from the other. Then I touched it up a little with some shading, lightened up the golf course grass, sharpened etc. and ended up with the finished product:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi349iJCckWhmguFBN3EIL9XFiocGWfRf0hMv5KEauelfSipFlMoNyRolSo-o9HKLstHcdY548MDaIm6pFYh8CPE2QVni_5LL3ytHKgUhdQEmCgSDYaaPUHmB7ZBR1sGcAwdiYUzerZr3j2/s400/_MG_6911.jpg)