Question for wxwax

devbobo

Sid,

I was doing some searching through the archives of dgrin last night, and I found the two of your photos (attached below).

I was wondering if you could give me a basic run down of your post processing method to take it from the first to the second.

Thanks in advanced.

David

gus

Ol' sid actually has a much better shot of this scene...come on waxy, give it to us.

I remember it well.

devbobo

Humungus wrote:

Ol' sid actually has a much better shot of this scene...come on waxy, give it to us.

I remember it well.

Hey Gus,

yeah i bet he does...but I have just moved from the Gimp to Photoshop CS, so i am trying to work my way through a few things.

Cheers mate,

David

wxwax

Yikes, David, that goes back a ways.

You know, it may have been as simple as making a mask for the sky, then playing with the Hue slider on the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.

I'm pretty sure I kept it simple, that's how I was able to make a few different versions. Looking at it again, it's possible I didn't even mask the sky, just played with the Hue slider.

Does this help?

wxwax

Here it is, Gus. I'm afraid I've posted it a few times, so my apologies to those tired of seeing it. And I hafta say that it was Patch29 who showed me the location and the shot. I went back a couple of times to get it right.

This is a composite of at least two shots, IIRC. One for the buildings, maybe one for the traffic trails and then a while later, when the sky got interesting, I shot the sky. Actually, I kept shooting bunches of images for close to an hour as the light changed.

All with a Canon G3, which has a built-in Neutral Density filter, which made the trails possible.

devbobo

wxwax wrote:

Yikes, David, that goes back a ways.

You know, it may have been as simple as making a mask for the sky, then playing with the Hue slider on the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.

I'm pretty sure I kept it simple, that's how I was able to make a few different versions. Looking at it again, it's possible I didn't even mask the sky, just played with the Hue slider.

Does this help?

yeah that makes a lot of sense....kinda obvious

I was actually out attempt some light trails last week, and didn't even think about taking my ND filters. Something to try next time.

Thanks for your help.

David

Andy

devbobo wrote:

waxilocious: i so totally dig this shot!