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01/13/2005 10:58:31 AM · #1 |
I have been looking at procedures for blending two photos together to be able to obtain proper exposure for different parts of photographs. Many of us know that metering can be quite difficult sometimes. Meter on the sky and everything on the landscape becomes underexposed. Meter on the landscape and the sky goes white and is blown out.
Here is an example I worked out using the Blended Exposures tutorial from Luminous Landscape. This is my first try, so I am very much the newbie.
The technique used is to combine two exposures, one light and one dark, and correct the overall exposure following the technique described. Shots for my example were taken using a tripod and remote shutter release to avoid any movement of the camera between shots.
Originals:
Light exposure
Dark exposure
Here is the final product (greyscale and edited)
I know the picture wasn't that great to start out with, but I like the final effect. I went for a darker mood. Whaddaya think? And oh yeah, this technique is not allowed for challenges cuz you have to combine two seperate images to get the effect. But it can still be used for photos outside of DPC challenges.
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01/13/2005 11:05:56 AM · #2 |
The same effect can be done with a ND graduate filter. I like the way yours turned out.
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01/13/2005 11:17:29 AM · #3 |
the blended image looks good. I have also done this from just one photograph. capture it in RAW and then make two copies with different exposures and blend them. that seems to work as well.
As for blending technique, I could find the link, but there was another easier way where you used one the 'lighter layer' as the mask for the darker layer, so you don't have to paint white/black yourself. |
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01/13/2005 01:24:52 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by gaurawa:
the blended image looks good. I have also done this from just one photograph. capture it in RAW and then make two copies with different exposures and blend them. that seems to work as well.
As for blending technique, I could find the link, but there was another easier way where you used one the 'lighter layer' as the mask for the darker layer, so you don't have to paint white/black yourself. |
I've wondered, being fairly new to digital photo editing, is it legal for DPC challenges to take your original image, duplicate it as a new layer, then work it back in with the original (which would be the background layer in most cases)? You could duplicate more than once I suppose for varied effects...
If you apply changes (exposure/contrast, etc...) to each layer that impacts the entire layer (without selections) would it be legal for basic editing rules?
This is probably addressed elsewhere, but I happened to be here reading this thread and it made me think about it. Thanks.
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01/13/2005 01:28:33 PM · #5 |
Very nice image, blending has been skillfully used here!
Message edited by author 2005-01-13 14:50:21. |
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01/13/2005 01:30:18 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by gaurawa:
the blended image looks good. I have also done this from just one photograph. capture it in RAW and then make two copies with different exposures and blend them. that seems to work as well.
As for blending technique, I could find the link, but there was another easier way where you used one the 'lighter layer' as the mask for the darker layer, so you don't have to paint white/black yourself. |
I've wondered, being fairly new to digital photo editing, is it legal for DPC challenges to take your original image, duplicate it as a new layer, then work it back in with the original (which would be the background layer in most cases)? You could duplicate more than once I suppose for varied effects...
If you apply changes (exposure/contrast, etc...) to each layer that impacts the entire layer (without selections) would it be legal for basic editing rules?
This is probably addressed elsewhere, but I happened to be here reading this thread and it made me think about it. Thanks. |
The blending technique that I was talking about; using only one RAW file to get two exposures and combining them, I think is legal in Advanced editing challenges, but not for basic editing as it uses masks.
If you are only duplicating the background with some changes on whole image, it should be legal in basic edtiting. Basic editing allows using layers, but yes they need to be in 'Normal" blending mode.
I would suggest you asking any SC memeber for any specific filter/layers you use though to avoid being DQ |
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01/13/2005 01:49:38 PM · #7 |
Wow! That's great, I'm going to have to try that now. I always wondered how to fix a problem like that. And the RAW technique that gaurawa explained seems even easier or should I say, less work. I guess it would have the same effect as well.
Man, I love this place! ;-)
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01/13/2005 01:51:57 PM · #8 |
good work with that - looks great.
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01/13/2005 01:55:35 PM · #9 |
| great job , looks awsome , |
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01/13/2005 01:58:44 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by gaurawa:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by gaurawa:
the blended image looks good. I have also done this from just one photograph. capture it in RAW and then make two copies with different exposures and blend them. that seems to work as well.
As for blending technique, I could find the link, but there was another easier way where you used one the 'lighter layer' as the mask for the darker layer, so you don't have to paint white/black yourself. |
I've wondered, being fairly new to digital photo editing, is it legal for DPC challenges to take your original image, duplicate it as a new layer, then work it back in with the original (which would be the background layer in most cases)? You could duplicate more than once I suppose for varied effects...
If you apply changes (exposure/contrast, etc...) to each layer that impacts the entire layer (without selections) would it be legal for basic editing rules?
This is probably addressed elsewhere, but I happened to be here reading this thread and it made me think about it. Thanks. |
The blending technique that I was talking about; using only one RAW file to get two exposures and combining them, I think is legal in Advanced editing challenges, but not for basic editing as it uses masks.
If you are only duplicating the background with some changes on whole image, it should be legal in basic edtiting. Basic editing allows using layers, but yes they need to be in 'Normal" blending mode.
I would suggest you asking any SC memeber for any specific filter/layers you use though to avoid being DQ |
It is leagal for advanced challenges (see this thread), but is illegal for the basic challenges due to the second layer having actual pixels -- only adjustment layers are legal.
Denis, it looks good and certainly obtains the mood you were looking for. Did you mask the ground (or sky)? The ground seems to have lost a stop or so of exposure in the final image when compared to the original -- of course, this could just be the result of the method used to desaturate.
David
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01/13/2005 02:11:00 PM · #11 |
Oops. Sorry Beagleboy, didn't mean to hijack your thread. :-) I too like how your blending came out - that's why I wanted to know how to accomplish the same/similar thing in a slightly different manner (with one photo - RAW and shutter release unavailable). Have fun!
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01/13/2005 02:19:23 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Oops. Sorry Beagleboy, didn't mean to hijack your thread. :-) I too like how your blending came out - that's why I wanted to know how to accomplish the same/similar thing in a slightly different manner (with one photo - RAW and shutter release unavailable). Have fun! |
//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=146119&highlight=blown Try this thread glad2badad.
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01/13/2005 02:41:17 PM · #13 |
Thanks Owen! Very helpful - nice tutorial type info.
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01/13/2005 03:10:26 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Britannica:
Denis, it looks good and certainly obtains the mood you were looking for. Did you mask the ground (or sky)? The ground seems to have lost a stop or so of exposure in the final image when compared to the original -- of course, this could just be the result of the method used to desaturate.
David |
I masked the ground. The masking technique used erases the the darker layer which is overlayed on top of the brighter one. The foreground is darker because I desaturated the image, made a new layer by copying the background and set this new layer to "multiply" to darken the whole image. Brought the opacity slider of this new layer down to 17% to obtain the effect shown in the final product.
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01/13/2005 03:49:46 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
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This shot ROCKS!
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01/13/2005 07:48:39 PM · #16 |
Frickin' gorgeous. I'll have to try that. Thanks for sharing, bro.
Just added it to my favorites.
Message edited by author 2005-01-13 19:49:09.
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01/14/2005 12:27:49 PM · #17 |
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01/14/2005 12:40:21 PM · #18 |
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