The new release of Photoshop contains a feature called HDR (High Dynamic Range) which allows for the creation of photos of 10, 12, 14, or more stops of dynamic range. There's a brief explanation and tutorial of how this works here:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/hdr.shtml There are probably other tutorials and explanations of this feature, but this is the only one I've read thus far, and it seems to give enough information that if you are a landscape or still life photographer you'll know if you want to search further for more info. Shel
