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Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Polvadera, NM
Date: Aug 4, 2011
Galleries: Animals, Overlays
Date Uploaded: Aug 7, 2011

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 I've been wanting to do one of these since I saw the work of these folks. When going through images I shot the other day I found a series of horse shots where they were both mainly standing still and staring at me, with the one moving its tail. Since I wasn't using a tripod when I took the shots I couldn't easily align the images. Instead, I used one base image then would add the next image on top, put a layer mask over the whole thing, then erase out just the tail portion and combine the two. I did that for each of the eight images/layers. To give the vintage look I applied Nik Color Efex Pro old photo filter, and added the film strip overlay. I did a version where the distressed markings in the film strip changed in each frame, like a real movie, but actually it was too busy and distracted from the tail. CS5 has an animation feature in Photoshop, check the Window menu. When you choose animation the controls come up, then from the menu choose ' make frames from layers'. You can set the lag time between frames, and frames in between, set it to loop, whatever. Then save to web as an animated GIF. This was fun! Definitely have to actually set one up using a tripod. Then you could just automatically align the layers in Photoshop.

Here's another one. Did it the same way because I wasn't using a tripod when taking the images.

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 08/18/2013 03:03:56 PM
next year the ears.
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 05/27/2012 06:37:49 AM
Even the thumb image is moving... and I'm having coffee right now! How did you do that? Cool effect!
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 08/09/2011 08:49:23 AM
I have to take the time to learn this. Thanks for the inspiration and nicely done.
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 08/08/2011 10:03:39 AM
Too much fun!
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 08/08/2011 04:25:28 AM
Very cool. Next step to film producer ;)
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 08/08/2011 02:45:48 AM
For a sec I considered turning off the computer and going to bed, I had to read the comments to make sure I wasn't hallucinating... but back to the picture... it's awesome, Great work!
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 08/07/2011 11:38:42 PM
This is awesome!!
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 08/07/2011 10:28:13 PM
Oh, that is cool. And thanks for the link.
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 08/07/2011 04:31:27 PM
how excellent .. this is fantastic .. how creative are you . !! .. :)
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 08/07/2011 11:57:05 AM
Ha! Cool effect. I've noticed those horses just keep staring back at me.
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 08/07/2011 10:47:04 AM
Well sh*^!! You've outdone yourself. That is just too fab. FUN FUN FUN!!!!
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 08/07/2011 10:03:05 AM
This is fun. At first I thought there was a bug on my screen. Big smile from me! Thanks!
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 08/07/2011 08:32:05 AM
Thought I was seeing things. This is just a wonderful surprise!
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 08/07/2011 07:47:55 AM
You are just way too creative! :oD This is awesome. I just woke up and don't have barriers up yet, so I was completely delighted to see the tail move!

Love the rest of the processing, too.
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 08/07/2011 03:17:22 AM
That is pretty clever. I loved the links, which lead to more links and now I have been browsing for over an hour :)
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 08/07/2011 03:00:06 AM
How do you do that ?
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 08/07/2011 02:22:04 AM
hshahhaa very very cool indeed. I might try one of these, looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing
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