Multi-Exposure Masking with Photoshop and Lightroom...
This is the most optimal and easy way (IMHO) which allow you to precisely control the exposure of your photographs. I often use this technique for photo's and excluded from the typical image editing workflow HDRi methods... The author's/tutorial source page - http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/multi-exposure-masking-with-photoshop-and-lightroom/ ...
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