On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:03:27 GMT, "RSD99"
wrote:

"Pete C" posted:
"...
How best can they be combined, are there any tutorials on
the web at
all? I've tried blending them 50/50 or 30/70, but wonder if
there's a
better way.
..."

One such tutorial is
"Extending the Dynamic Range of Film"
Written by Jonathan Sachs
Copyright © 1999-2003 Digital Light & Color
http://www.dl-c.com/Temp/
[Click on 'Articles']

Another would be
Making fine prints in your digital darkroom
Tonal quality and dynamic range in digital cameras
by Norman Koren
http://www.normankoren.com/digital_tonality.html

Another that you should probably read would be
Image editing with Picture Window Pro:
Contrast masking
by Norman Koren
http://www.normankoren.com/PWP_contrast_masking.html

There are probably other well done tutorials "on the web"
... you can always use your friendly local search engine and
you'll probably find them.

Thanks for those, will have a trawl on Google too.

cheers,
Pete.