More firefly images
One more to go – the dusk time view of the scene.
I can’t upload the main scene at this time due to file size. I will try again later. Sorry for the delay.
Let’s try this one.
The firefly photos show some noise in the form of small white dots here and there.
Mark:
Overlay each image over your original file and set the blending mode to “Lighten” in Photoshop. I did this with a few of the files just to show how it would work but you could certainly do it with as many of the firefly images as you like.
Good luck!
Mark,
I was on the same wavelength as Josh apparently. I also used Lighten for my blending mode, but added some curves adjustments with clipping paths. This applies the curves layer to only the layer immediately below it. So, I boosted the brightness of the firefly images a bit and brought down the background image to make it look more like dusk. I also used three firefly images on top of the background image, but all could be used if you want to take the time (and RAM) to pull them all in.
David
David Farkas
Red Dot Forum
Leica Store MiamiJosh and David, thank you for showing me what is possible. I am embarrassed to admit it but truth be told I have purchased three previous Photoshop versions (CS2, CS3, and CS4) with every intention of learning how to use it each time I purchased it. It’s funny that it took me three well intentioned tries before I figured out not to buy CS5.
I seemed to never find the time to learn Photoshop and the flexibility of LightRoom made my need for Photoshop a much lower priority. However, here is a good example where Photoshop can save an image. Also, I have no ethical problem with combining these images because the end result will be very close to what I saw and I am just overcoming limitations of the camera.
Mark Gowin;91 wrote: Josh and David, thank you for showing me what is possible. I am embarrassed to admit it but truth be told I have purchased three previous Photoshop versions (CS2, CS3, and CS4) with every intention of learning how to use it each time I purchased it. It’s funny that it took me three well intentioned tries before I figured out not to buy CS5.
I seemed to never find the time to learn Photoshop and the flexibility of LightRoom made my need for Photoshop a much lower priority. However, here is a good example where Photoshop can save an image. Also, I have no ethical problem with combining these images because the end result will be very close to what I saw and I am just overcoming limitations of the camera.
Mark,
No problem. Actually, I realized that anyone else looking at these image might not want to download the whole 37.5MP image, so I’m attaching a 1500×1000 composite to this post.
Regarding PS upgrades, I am still using CS4 on my personal machine. We have CS5 at work, but composites like this can be done just as easily in CS2.
Oh, and here is a screen grab of my layers pallet, so you can try yourself.
David
David Farkas
Red Dot Forum
Leica Store MiamiMark,
Learning a new software is difficult, Photoshop more so.I was taught PS 3.0 in 1996 or so. I was taught by a designer in 30 minute sessions. I would merely ask how to do one thing I needed at a time. David has now taught you one thing you needed.
To try and learn the whole thing at once is like saying you need to learn Japanese in total to learn how to just say thank you. Not required. I encourage you to try one thing at a time.While I know Photoshop, I use 10% of the capabilities. And there are always six different ways to do the same thing. Learning Lightroom was more difficult for me because I was on my own and trying to learn the whole thing at once. I bought a video lesson which helped. Now I do most of my work in Lightroom. Another photographer claimed Lightroom was like going to the clinic for a fever, and Photoshop was a surgery hospital. Good analogy.
I would suggest S2 users here post an occasional example of how they use Lightroom or Photoshop to solve a single problem and we will all learn a lot. David’s example was new to me and very useful. I now can shoot in a way that I can preplan using that technique that I might not have ever attempted.
Jack
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