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Post by hmca on Feb 13, 2022 2:41:31 GMT
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Post by hmca on Feb 13, 2022 22:00:23 GMT
Was a good day to play with this technique. I shot 15 pictures as jpegs, turning the pot slightly between each shot, with my camera on a tripod. That was suggested in one of the tuts to make the file sizes easier to work with. I experimented with blend modes....often using screen as I wanted a "light look". I also saved a small section of the flowers to use at the end as an overlay, as I wanted part of the plant in focus. It was fun and I would like to try it again outside. I shared the tut with a friend who did create an image by walking around a tree. At the end she added a texture. I have her permission to share her photo. Would love to see some other members give this a try. 
My friend's image.....  |
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Post by jackscrap on Feb 18, 2022 4:27:50 GMT
They are both very beautiful, thanks for sharing the links, I think I will have to give this a go.
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Post by jackscrap on Feb 21, 2022 4:07:58 GMT
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Post by hmca on Feb 21, 2022 17:04:45 GMT
Sorry you couldn't get LR to cooperate as that makes loading the images so much easier. I like your result. If you wanted to try it again maybe look for something that isn't so compact....flowers at different lengths in a vase, maybe. My friend recently suggested taking a picture of a building and then keep stepping closer with each additional shot. Not sure how this will work but hope to try it later this week.
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Post by tonyw on Feb 22, 2022 17:28:50 GMT
Had to give this a try - this was an 8 shot image of an ornamental grass against a black background. Manual exposure and I transformed each layer so the stalk stayed aligned. I used lighter color as the blend mode for the layers so the grass always showed.  Tony |
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Post by hmca on Feb 22, 2022 20:21:17 GMT
So glad you tried this, Tony. I like your result. Keeping the stalk aligned is essential I think. I had hopes of trying it on another high-rise that I can see from my balcony today....kept waiting for the light to get better but it has only gotten worse.
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Post by kdcintx on Feb 23, 2022 4:32:12 GMT
Very interesting technique. It's on my To Do List. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by hmca on Feb 24, 2022 0:54:49 GMT
I tried this again this morning using 7 pictures. I zoomed in closer with each shot. There was no rhyme or reason to the blend modes I chose or the opacity...I just chose what I thought looked ok. I wanted to have a section of the image in focus but not sure if it worked or not. Please feel free to add your thoughts and/or suggestions. Original:  Front section in focus:  Grey House in focus:  |
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Post by jackscrap on Feb 24, 2022 2:25:57 GMT
Looks very futuristic!
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Post by hmca on Feb 24, 2022 2:43:23 GMT
Maybe too much so, Jacki. I need to see what I can do with it. Or take it again.
When I look at his pictures the ones I am drawn to have some part in focus.
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Post by hmca on Feb 24, 2022 19:01:08 GMT
Two more renditions based on suggestions from a FB group: With a blue overlay using the blue from the blue house:  With the cental part of the building in focus:  |
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Post by tonyw on Feb 24, 2022 21:37:48 GMT
Helen: I tend to prefer the ones with the centre in focus and of all 5 my vote would go to the last one. I would be interested in what layers and blend modes you used (and if you used masks to bring back the bits in focus). I was going to try combining zoomed in shots but have yet to come up with anything. I did try another combined rotation shot - it was 8 shots and I used soft light as the blend mode with each layer set to 50% opacity - I had to add a 50% grey bottom layer for it to work - and did the usual edits of the merged version. Here's the initial subject and after combining 8 rotations.   Tony |
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Post by hmca on Feb 24, 2022 22:15:56 GMT
I would be interested in what layers and blend modes you used (and if you used masks to bring back the bits in focus) Unfortunately, I didn't keep track of the many changes that I made when combining the images. The one that you prefer was the result of extracting the building from a straight on image and blending it with grey house picture and then removing some of the blurred building in the background and "painting" on some light blue for the sky. I think this may be worth taking again and being more careful and thoughtful with my editing. I may try something else first though. You started with a beautiful rose.....I think, that like my image, it might benefit from keeping part of it in focus. I hope to keep experimenting with this technique and hope that this thread will continue for awhile and that we will learn from each other as hopefully other members might try this technique. I did try one yesterday when we visited a state park but forgot to change camera setting and will take awhile to see if I have something to work with. |
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Post by tonyw on Feb 25, 2022 0:29:26 GMT
I realised I didn't need to find a subject and zoom in with the camera - did it in Photoshop from a file picture of our local library and used Transform to zoom in by 110%, 120% etc for 6 layers. Set each to Overlay at 30% (by selecting all layers it's easy to change all modes and opacity and see the result). Finished off in ACR. Not sure if this quite Pep Ventosa but it was easy to do! imgbb.com not working so trying another way..  |
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