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08/24/2004 05:09:28 PM · #1 |
I read his on another forum and wanted to share it with all of you. If you are at a location that has many people milling around here is a good way to get the shot without all of the people in the scene. Use your tripod and then take several photos spaced about 10 or 20 seconds apart with the exact same exposure and focus settings. Start with a half dozen or so. Then in your image editing program (one that uses layers) load each photo onto a seperate layer. From there you can start selectively erasing people from different layers until you get an image without any people. It works on the principle that at any given location at some point in time it will be empty of any people. By allowing 10 or 20 seconds inbetween shots you are allowing enough time for the people to move out of a particular space.
Does anyone else have experience with this technique and have any other information they can add to it?
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08/24/2004 05:13:35 PM · #2 |
I came up with this roughly on my own a while ago, for this shot, taken on the middle of a Saturday afternoon. There are probably close to 50 people in this final image (about 9 shots used). A very small aperture can also help, as people who are moving 'disappear' in a relative sense on a long enough exposure.
I've used it for shots of people in a marathon to make it look like they are alone too (i.e., you don't have to erase everyone) It is also simplified if you are doing a panorama like above, as you can time the shots so that people are in different parts of the scene.
Message edited by author 2004-08-24 17:26:25.
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08/24/2004 05:15:48 PM · #3 |
| I read somewhere, I think in an Ansel Adams book, about using a bunch of neutral density filters then setting up a very long exposure (and hour or so if I recall). When used on a busy street corner you would end up with a photo of just what didn't move. |
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08/24/2004 05:18:28 PM · #4 |
I've taken pictures like this but haven't tried to paste/merge them together because my computer(slow) locks up.Photoshop takes me almost 1-2 minutes to open up. It's an old computer so as long as I still have my images archived on cd I can work on them if/when I ever upgrade my computer.
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08/24/2004 05:18:56 PM · #5 |
Tim, I have read about several techniques like that as well. The long exposure technique mentioned here is also a good one. The multiple exposure and layering / erasing technique works pretty well too.. have you tried it yet?
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08/24/2004 05:24:22 PM · #6 |
| Clever! New idea for me, thanks for the tip! |
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08/24/2004 05:34:16 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Tim, I have read about several techniques like that as well. The long exposure technique mentioned here is also a good one. The multiple exposure and layering / erasing technique works pretty well too.. have you tried it yet? |
I have not shot a scene with that intent but I have similarily used several shots to get a single best shot. There have been many times recently where this method would have been very useful. The big benefit is that you can be finished in a minute or two as apposed to waiting for a long time exposure that could adversely effect the exposure quality.
T
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08/24/2004 05:38:22 PM · #8 |
There were 5 people who walked through this image while I captured it. Betcha can't find 'em! Of course, a long exposure at night is a whole ot easier than during the day.
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