Moon Reflection 2 - DPChallenge Forums

12/30/2004 11:58:09 AM · #1

Ok I re edited my moon reflection and got something with a little more mood what do you think???...what else could i do??
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12/30/2004 12:11:28 PM · #2

It's a great shot, no doubt, and a wonderful accomplishment. From the standpoint of interest and composition, I wish there was more to the landscape - a building or something - that could be of primary focus, with the moon and reflection adding secondary appeal and mystique to the photo. As it is, it's very good. With a building sitting on the lakefront (or whatever), like a hotel or a house or something, it could be great.

12/30/2004 12:16:12 PM · #3

Originally posted by strangeghost:

this weekend i will see if i can reshoot, there are a few houses because its a golf course lake, I will try to add another focus point to it, maybe i'll have a Silhouette of a person??.. thnx for ur comment

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12/30/2004 01:45:52 PM · #4

Hope you didn't mind. Just a little touch up to see if you like it. Let me know what you think.

12/30/2004 01:46:56 PM · #5

Originally posted by SDW65:

Hope you didn't mind. Just a little touch up to see if you like it. Let me know what you think.

thats great what did you do to it??

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12/30/2004 01:51:14 PM · #6

Created a contrast mask layer and blended in the overlay mode using PS. If you would like a step-by-step feel free to PM me and I will send it to you. Glad you liked it. BTW the only way it worked is because you captured a good image, the details was just hidden. Great picture!

12/30/2004 01:54:25 PM · #7

Originally posted by SDW65:

thank you...i think i might need step by step because im not familiar with mask layer and all that yet lol

Brock

Canon PowerShot Pro1

12/30/2004 01:54:55 PM · #8

Originally posted by SDW65:

Hope you didn't mind. Just a little touch up to see if you like it. Let me know what you think.

Great look..much better than original...bringing the objects in horizon into view makes the picture that much more captivating...great work.

12/30/2004 02:04:01 PM · #9

Originally posted by SDW65:

Hope you didn't mind. Just a little touch up to see if you like it. Let me know what you think.

Outstanding. See how bringing some detail into the foreground makes it a more interesting shot?

12/30/2004 02:05:47 PM · #10

Originally posted by strangeghost:

Outstanding. See how bringing some detail into the foreground makes it a more interesting shot?

yup, I need to buy myself a photoshop book to learn all the stuff you can do...

Message edited by author 2004-12-30 14:07:03.

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12/30/2004 02:20:51 PM · #11

I just PM'ed you the Step-by-Step on this. If you have any question feel free to PM me. I don't know a lot about PS but I'm learning thanks to some kind Users here that shared a few tips with me. I'm just passing them along. Good Shot!

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/30/2004 02:39:38 PM · #12

Originally posted by SDW65:

Go ahead and post here, please!

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

12/30/2004 03:05:48 PM · #13

Yes, please; post step-by-step here...

Robt.

FirstAid

Fujifilm FinePix S602Z

12/30/2004 03:28:08 PM · #14

Originally posted by bear_music:

Yes, please; post step-by-step here...

Robt.

I third that. Please post.

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12/30/2004 04:40:10 PM · #15

Contrast Mask Layer:
1. Open you image in PS
2. To open Layer window. Click Window > Layers. A box will appear and you will see a layer called background. It will be highlighted in blue. That is your original image.
3. Right click on the background layer in the layers box. It will open a drop down menu choose â��Duplicate Layerâ��. Where it says â��Duplicate Layer 1 As: Rename it â��Contrast Maskâ�� and click OK
4. Now you will see another layer appear in your â��layers boxâ��. It should be named â��contrast maskâ�� and it should be highlighted in blue and your original background picture should be a normal color, not blue. Now you are working with the â��contrast mask layerâ��
5. Click on â��Imageâ�� > Adjustments > Desaturate
6. Click on â��Imageâ�� > Adjustments > Invert
7. Click on â��Filterâ�� > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set your Radius at the bottom to 10.0 pixels. Click OK
8. In your â��Layers Widowâ�� right click your â��Contrast Maskâ�� Layer. It will drop down a box. Select blending options. A â��Layer Styleâ�� box will appear and under the blending options in the middle at the top you will see a white dropdown menu labeled â��Blend modeâ��. Click it and select overlay then click OK.
9. Under main menu click â��Layersâ�� and go down to bottom and click flatten image.
10. Click on â��Imageâ�� > Adjustments > Auto Levels. I know it got bright and noisy we will fix that later.
11. Click on â��Imageâ�� > Adjustments > Auto Contrast.
12. Click on â��Imageâ�� > Adjustments > Auto Color
13. Click File and save your image.
14. Now if you donâ��t have neat image you will need to down load net image.
15. Open your saved file in neat image and it will take out all your noise

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

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12/30/2004 05:21:53 PM · #16

That's good, thanx...

Robt.

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

12/30/2004 06:04:01 PM · #17

Originally posted by SDW65:

Contrast Mask Layer

Scott, thanks for posting that. I downloaded elsapo's image and followed your steps, and arrived at pretty much the same image you displayed. Then, I did it my way, which as my photoshop skills are, was quite basic: I just applied Photoshop CS's "shadow/highlight" adjustment defaults to the whole photo:

The result, to my eye, is very much similar to what you achieved with the contrast mask. I have only begun experimenting with this new tool in CS, but more commonly use Curves and Levels to achieve the same thing. My question is, is there are real reason to do the adjustment layer step, other than having your original always preserved in the original background layer?

I'm asking because I really want to improve my Photoshop skills and am always interested to learn new work flow ideas.

-J

Kavey

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

12/30/2004 06:06:22 PM · #18

Love the processed one where one can see the land/ bushes and the blue of the sky. Awesome shot!

ahaze

12/30/2004 06:10:44 PM · #19

In the corners on most of these edits, I'm seeing a sort of vingetting and some jaggies. What is that coming from? Is any of that in the original shot?

12/30/2004 06:13:40 PM · #20

Probably because we're not working with the original image but just a low-res screen version. The vignetting is probably real, though that could be addressed with the original file. Don't see the jaggies you refer to. Where are they?

Originally posted by ahaze:

In the corners on most of these edits, I'm seeing a sort of vingetting and some jaggies. What is that coming from? Is any of that in the original shot?

ahaze

12/30/2004 06:16:19 PM · #21

Originally posted by strangeghost:

I'm seeing them in the outline of the moon itself and also in the corners where you can see the color go from very dark blue through to lighter blue- each different "color" seems to have jaggies delineating it. I opened elsapo's 2 original files and one of the new edits in three different windows and flipped between them all- on my screen it's quite noticeable. It might be there in the originals but they're dark enough that you can't see them.

12/30/2004 06:31:41 PM · #22

Originally posted by ahaze:

I don't see any jaggies at all unless I zoom in, and then they're very noticeable all over. That's just a function of working with a 72dpi image - enlarge at all and you can immediately see the pixels.

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

12/30/2004 08:40:56 PM · #23

Originally posted by strangeghost:

Originally posted by SDW65:
Contrast Mask Layer

Scott, thanks for posting that. I downloaded elsapo's image and followed your steps, and arrived at pretty much the same image you displayed. Then, I did it my way, which as my photoshop skills are, was quite basic: I just applied Photoshop CS's "shadow/highlight" adjustment defaults to the whole photo:

The result, to my eye, is very much similar to what you achieved with the contrast mask. I have only begun experimenting with this new tool in CS, but more commonly use Curves and Levels to achieve the same thing. My question is, is there are real reason to do the adjustment layer step, other than having your original always preserved in the original background layer?

I'm asking because I really want to improve my Photoshop skills and am always interested to learn new work flow ideas.

-J

If you skip or change the order of sequence you will get a different result. I play around to get the best results. Good luck with the Mask Layer, Glad I could help.