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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: JB88 on August 29, 2007, 05:40:54 PM
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88's MOONRISE TUTORIAL
today we will be correcting some basic issues with this awesome image shot by chickenhawk. the issues with the original "or what i still refer to as the "negative" are that it is slightly discolored and it needs to be popped a bit so that it can really shine the way it is supposed to.
give it a try using the original image if you'd like to get a feel for it.
here's the original.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f93/hawk_fw/Night%20Pics/Moonrise.jpg)
okay, for this one we are using photoshop, but you can just as easilly use the GIMP or any other basic image editing program that has these basic functions.
levels. contrast settings. color settings. sharpen filter. dodge and burn tools.
i begin by going through the following steps:
1. auto levels - image/adjustments/auto levels
2. auto contrast - image/adjustments/auto contrast
3. auto color - image/adjustments/auto color
which leaves me here.
(http://www.augustradio.com/moonrisetutorial1.jpg)
note: these steps worked surprizingly well on this image and i was able to leave it just as it was...often this is not the case and the auto settings will over compensate, so if you find that happening with an image, try adjusting each setting manually to get a better result.
4. curves - image/adjustments/curves
i pull down the curves just a tad and i get a richer image...
(http://www.augustradio.com/curver.jpg)
(http://www.augustradio.com/moonrisetutorial2.jpg)
5. sharpness - filter/sharpen/sharpen more.
its that atmosphere not the camera that is causing the blur so i sharpen it up with the sharpen more filter. the first time i did it is used the regular sharpen button 3x for the same effect. careful on sharpening...it can make things pixelate real fast.
if you compare this one to the previous one, you will notice the detail that has appeared in the craters on the upper left side of the moon.
(http://www.augustradio.com/moonrisetutorial3.jpg)
6. burn the sky in.
tools - burn tool.
settings: brush 130 pixels (allows me nice coverage without crossing over white of moon) exposure set to 25% - you don't need alot, just enough to begin to see an effect.
after a couple of passes around the moon this is what i get.
(http://www.augustradio.com/moonrisetutorial4.jpg)
7- and finally i add a border which takes me from:
this-
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f93/hawk_fw/Night%20Pics/Moonrise.jpg)
to this-
(http://www.augustradio.com/moonrisetutorial.jpg)
in seven easy steps.
hope you enjoyed this tutorial. (was my first! :))
p.s. - chickenhawk. thank you for the great image and for visiting my site. a few more of my images can be found here (http://www.augustbach.com). it is currently under construction, and will be growing. images may load slower than i would like. hope you will enjoy.
note: all of the images shown on my site were taken with a 128 dollar canon pocket camera.
thanks for letting me use your image. its a really nice shot. perhaps you will make a tutorial for capturing images with a telescope?
88
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Too cool dude! I liked the tutorial and the effect. Loved the photos on your site.
Word
Mark
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Thanks 88 :)
Any chance of a brief of your take on HDR? I just got a camera to do some documentation at work and wonder if 3 shots at +-1EV is enough or negligible.
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Cool stuff 88 :aok
Can you help me with the contrast on my moon shot?
(http://www.givemetheinfo.com/Christmas-prank-gifts/tn_mooning2.jpg)
:p
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Originally posted by DYNAMITE
Cool stuff 88 :aok
Can you help me with the contrast on my moon shot?
(http://www.givemetheinfo.com/Christmas-prank-gifts/tn_mooning2.jpg)
:p
Lmao!:rofl :rofl
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:rofl :rofl :rofl
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Originally posted by DYNAMITE
Cool stuff 88 :aok
Can you help me with the contrast on my moon shot?
(http://www.givemetheinfo.com/Christmas-prank-gifts/tn_mooning2.jpg)
:p
"i'm calling for backup...NO! DON'T BACK UP!!!"
:D
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Originally posted by JB88
"i'm calling for backup...NO! DON'T BACK UP!!!"
:D
:lol :lol
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Lmao........clean up in aisle 3..........thats another keyboard washed......
Wurzel
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This is the best thread yet.
Thanx Gents:rofl :rofl :aok :rofl :rofl
* still laughing * :lol
:rofl
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sigh.
(asks self) why do i bother?
:cool:
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This is not all that great a pic but I use it on my desktop because it helps me relax. Yup, that there is my foot...
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Mark
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb105/MarkAT_photo/LuaDeMel065.jpg)
PS Edited to put a smaller picture in here.
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Originally posted by Mark Luper
This is not all that great a pic but I use it on my desktop because it helps me relax. Yup, that there is my foot...
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Mark
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb105/MarkAT_photo/LuaDeMel065.jpg)
PS Edited to put a smaller picture in here.
Do you live there?:O ....And nice looking feet they are.:D
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Originally posted by Jack16
Do you live there?:O ....And nice looking feet they are.:D
No Jack, I don't. Used to live about 300 air miles north of there when I was growing up. Prettier beaches at that time.
This was taken about three weeks ago when I was on my honeymoon. It is a resort on the north eastern coast of Brasil. I was swinging in the hammock on the back porch of our bungalow. :D
Mark
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pssst. mark.
check out todays image...and thanks for the inspiration!
:D
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Seriously speaking (typing?) tho JB88, many thanks for that, my wife is deep into digital photography, but not editing....and I suck at that, so that will come in very handy.........
Wurzel
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Originally posted by JB88
pssst. mark.
check out todays image...and thanks for the inspiration!
:D
I did check it out earlier. Cool pic. It reminded me of when I was a kid and I used to find those pools behid the dunes all the time. They were made when the tide brought the water in behind the dunes. We had miles of dunes out there, as far as you could see...
Word.
Mark
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nope. i just changed it.
try refreshing.
:D
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Originally posted by JB88
nope. i just changed it.
try refreshing.
:D
LOL!! Cool pic. I can relate to that one too :D :D :D
Word.
Mark
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i knew thatcha could.
:D
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Thanks for that great tutorial 88. Got it saved on my hard drive and I'll start processing some pictures with your procedure. I really like the end result.
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most welcome. glad to hear it chickenhawk.
;)
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Originally posted by moot
Thanks 88 :)
Any chance of a brief of your take on HDR? I just got a camera to do some documentation at work and wonder if 3 shots at +-1EV is enough or negligible.
just started tinkering with it ...with mixed results.
what are you shooting images of?
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Err.. construction equipment :D
I'm trying to figure out why HDR is done strictly (as far as I can tell) with EV variance but not ISO or shutter speed.
These are from my first day with the camera, unedited. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12420910@N07/sets/72157601766219532/) I did most of it on auto, later in the day I started playing with the manual modes but only now am examining the pics. The composition of the pics I'll worry about later.. what I need now is understand how to make the pictures' objects stick out as clear and easy to grasp as possible. They will be reference pictures for a catalog of sorts, a reference book for constructions site bosses to make their battle plans with.
The whole catalog is done from scratch by me and I'm a bit short on time, so I need to start taking quality pics asap.. there's maybe two hundred items to capture before the rest of the catalog layout can be done.
I'm going to need a stand, holding the camera still for the auto-bracketing shots is impossible.. I guess I will start by letting CS3 automate the HDR processing to save some time, for now.
I'll be using this camera for other things once I'm done with this project.. It's actualy not that bad, I took the moonshots pics off hand in almost total dark at 5am.
I could only see the clouds with my naked eyes. The zoom isn't modular, so I don't know if it will be any use taking nightsky pics besides some average moon shots and timelapse star tracks... I've always wanted to get started in photography, I can't wait to have some time to go shooting on my own. :) There's a lot of picturesque stuff here to keep me busy.
So are ISO and shutter speed no use for HDR effects?
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shutter speed and aperture are what determine exposure value...so you are half correct.
ISO is what determines the light sensitivity setting of the camera....so, by bracketing iso you would be altering the base constant of the images that you are wanting to merge.
from what i am understanding of HDR thus far, the process for attaining the images is exactly like you would do it with film...i.e.- bracketing f stops and or shutter speeds to ensure that you get an image with the best amount of information.
it makes sense why iso (sensativity) would be constant because it needs a stable base to compile all of the images together from.
or at least that is what i imagine to be the case.
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Well I don't get it, then. Shutter speed, ISO, and the EV settings are independently adjustable on my camera. :)
I see why shutter speed and ISO/EV will do the same thing different ways (shooting fast motion for ex.), but what's the difference between ISO and EV?
I get it. EV is the light throughput, shutter speed is exposure time, and ISO is "film" sensitivity.
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ISO in digital might be better stated as the signal to noise ratio.
if you are merging like images together and wish to produce a more or less seamless final product, you want that to be a constant.
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Originally posted by JB88
ISO in digital might be better stated as the signal to noise ratio.
if you are merging like images together and wish to produce a more or less seamless final product, you want that to be a constant.
In a film camera you use a high ISO numbered film to enable you to take pictures with less light. Of course what you said about a signal to noise ratio is a lot of it. The pictures with high ISO settings are grainyer. I have used high ISO settings, 800 for example, in a setting I couldn't use flash. I was shooting some pics of my grandson's highschool graduation and was hand holding a telephoto lens. They came out good, but there is some noise or grainyness in them that would really show up on a large print.
Mark