Glad to have offered something of interest, Chris. I am not at my desk so I
can't verify if it will work but for the blown out shop try this. Make a
layer from the background and then apply a layer blend mode Darken to that
layer, and again tune the effect with the opacity.
Piers
On Thursday, 11 September 2014, Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 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 <javascript:;>> 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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> gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>] On Behalf
> >Of
> >Chris Crawford
> >Sent: 10 September 2014 01:06
> >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
> <javascript:;>> 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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