kona77 Goldmember  1,637 posts Likes: 5 Joined Jul 2005 Location: Southern ME More info | Dec 03, 2005 22:36 | #1 Here are a few pics of my airport runway. It was a new challenge, fun and stressful. IMG NOTICE: [NOT AN IMAGE URL, NOT RENDERED INLINE] IMG NOTICE: [NOT AN IMAGE URL, NOT RENDERED INLINE] IMG NOTICE: [NOT AN IMAGE URL, NOT RENDERED INLINE]  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Proud father of a 10 year old son with Down Syndrome.
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slcr1 Senior Member 421 posts Joined Dec 2005 Location: Seattle, WA More info | Dec 03, 2005 22:39 | #2 Very cool!!!! I need to go out an do some night flying and see what I can with this kind of shot.. - Josh
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Wazza Cream of the Crop  10,627 posts Likes: 2 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Queenstown, New Zealand More info | Cool shots. I know exactly how hard it is to shoot stuff like that. I've been up a few times with cameras in the past couple of years... Trying to do night shots of the city with a point and shoot was near impossible. New Zealand Photography Tours
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*Zwitter* Senior Member 285 posts Joined Jan 2005 Location: Biggin Hill, UK More info | you're too low Stryker!!! I'm Loving it
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PhotosGuy Cream of the Crop, R.I.P.  More info | Dec 04, 2005 06:42 | #5 On my monitor, something between the last two would rock! Do you know what a Layer Mask is? FrankC - 20D, RAW, Manual everything...
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Photoguys, as far a layermask, I have not dealt with that yet. I have seen it mentioned but I have not taken the time yet to watch any tuitorials. Any suggestion is appreciated. Feel free to play with the images. Proud father of a 10 year old son with Down Syndrome.
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*Zwitter* wrote: you're too low Stryker!!!  HA HA HA, I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. Proud father of a 10 year old son with Down Syndrome.
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PhotosGuy Cream of the Crop, R.I.P. More info | Dec 04, 2005 08:49 | #8 I have PS open now, so I'll give it a "shot" FrankC - 20D, RAW, Manual everything...
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PhotosGuy Cream of the Crop, R.I.P. More info | Dec 04, 2005 09:01 | #9 See what I did?  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Combining two or more images using layer masks: One of the nice things about RAW is the ability to blend two different exposures, and/or two different color balances from the same picture. I've used several methods in the links below at one time or another, but lately have simplified MY procedure which works just fine for car pics. I usually don't need to have it work for fine areas like holding detail in tree branches against the sky. (Or a child's hair against anything else.) Make 2 exposures in RAW conversion. Image 1 will be the bottom layer, & is "normal". Image 2 is dark to hold the highlights. (Or you could make it a lighter conversion to hold the shadows.) Open image 1, then Shift-drag the layer from image 2 on top of it. (Shift-drag keeps everything registered.) Then while layer 2 is still selected, go to Layer>Add Layer Mask / Hide All. The Hide All mask will be black, blocking all of image 2. As long as the mask has a double line around it (may have to click on it to get one) you can use a light colored brush to paint on the pic which removes the mask effect from the 2 layer. I might start with white @ 40% opacity. Layer masks are non-destructive. If you make a mistake, just paint over the mistake with a dark brush. Edit: Trying to show two methods at the same time is probably a misTaKe on my part. For another illustration of combining two layers, take a look at: Need to remove a background from something? There are more links farther down in that thread which should be helpful. Adobe digital photography white papers and primers  The "Highlight Recovery in Adobe Camera Raw" on that page gives a much more detailed tutorial on contrast control using a different method of selecting the highlights. This is a 'must read' by Jeff Schewe "The best digital cameras have about the same dynamic range as transparency film, but with Adobe Camera Raw you can actually process your raw images to pull out more highlight detail than you may have thought possible." Lightroom 3 & Adjustment Layers video tutorial: http://www.photoshop.com/tutorials/6128 An excellent tutorial on Blend Modes using Adjustment Layers which have masks built in: Photoshop's Five Essential Layer Blend Modes For Photo Editing More on Tutorial on layer Masking in post #9; (PS Elements in Post # 14) A question about sky. Layer Mask Tricks How To Replace The Sky In A Photo With Photoshop FrankC - 20D, RAW, Manual everything...
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EWWWWWW, your good, very very good. Thanks you for the tip. I will work on one and post it here in a few hours. Proud father of a 10 year old son with Down Syndrome.
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PhotosGuy Cream of the Crop, R.I.P. More info | Dec 04, 2005 21:46 | #11
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RbnDave Goldmember  1,077 posts Joined Feb 2002 Location: Monterey, California More info | Dec 04, 2005 23:12 | #12 Nice shots. I know how hard it is to shoot a runway at night. I've tried it myself many times with no success. Good luck with the layer mask. California Photographer
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Personally I like the first one. A more dramatic angle perhaps. Is the right hand lighting a reflection? maybe try cropping it out? -Chris
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Here is an intresting one I took recently...  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. -Chris
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embdude wrote: Personally I like the first one. A more dramatic angle perhaps. Is the right hand lighting a reflection? maybe try cropping it out? -Chris Dave, Haven't heard much from you lately. Did you get a new camera? My laptop died this summer so I don't realy post much anymore.... Chris, the first one is from the our approach with my camera outside of the plane. You are seeing a reflection on the plane on the right side. I will crop it out and post it again. I took about 200 shots with about 40% being satisfactory.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Proud father of a 10 year old son with Down Syndrome.
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