Piers,
Thanks for the info, I have not played around much with layer blend modes.
I tried what you told me using my original images, and it did give nearly
identical results. One thing your method revealed was the glow of the neon
on the front of the building overhang right under the sign. I neglected to
bring that into the final version of my photo, because I used an image
with the sign turned off for my building-exposure image.
The downside to your method was that it didn't bring down the lights on
the building, leaving them blown out.
My method is a lot more work, but offers more accurate control, while
yours is super easy and probably works perfect for 90% of images.
I ended up wanting that glow of light from the neon sign on the building,
so I took that part from the image processed your way and added it in a
layer above my version! Here's the final result:
http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1970
I haven't updated my tutorial, so you can see my original, without the
glow, on the tutorial page still:
http://crawfordphotoschool.com/digital/howitsdone/elwoods-neon.php
I learned something neat today..Thanks again :)
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On 9/10/14 12:18 PM, "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Thanks for sharing this, Chris, appreciated (I confess, I had known about
>the shift-drag facility, but I had forgotten about it - the shame!). Until
>you posted this, I had not realised you had combined two exposures, which
>should be taken as a compliment - disguising/concealing editing is not
>easy.
>
>However, I think there is another way to achieve your result after
>combining
>both images as layers. Simply set the Blend Mode set to "Lighten" and
>adjust
>opacity to taste. I think about 75% matched what you have on the webpage.
>
>Piers
>
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>To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>Subject: Re: [OM] How I did it: Editing the Elwoods neon sign photo
>
>If the two images have the exact same pixel dimensions, as these did, then
>dragging the layer while holding shift guarantees perfect alignment
>instantly. Now, if the images are not identically sized (for example if
>you
>just took part of another image to layer on the other), then this trick
>won't work and you'll have to use the move tool. I always had a hell of a
>time getting alignment perfect using the move tool, though.
>
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>On 9/9/14 7:53 PM, "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I would normally do this by using the move tool. I didn't know about
>>grabbing and dragging the image thumbnail from the layers pallette or
>>the trick of holding down the shift key to force alignment. I'll have
>>to give that a try.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>>On 9/9/2014 3:32 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>>> For those interested in how I make my photographs, I've written a
>>>tutorial using the Elwoods Appliance sign photo I posted earlier.
>>>This photo was a challenging one because of the huge difference in
>>>brightness between the very bright sign and the rest of the scene,
>>>which was dimly lit at night.
>>> The tutorial I wrote shows how I overcame the technical difficulties
>>>to produce a photograph that shows full detail in the sign and the
>>>building exterior.
>>>
>>> http://crawfordphotoschool.com/digital/howitsdone/elwoods-neon.php
>>>
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