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

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/3858982-M.jpg


http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/3858983-M.jpg

[gus]

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

I remember it well.

[devbobo]

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.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/2553067-M.jpg

[devbobo]

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 http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/eek7.gif

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]

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/3858983-L.jpg

waxilocious: i so totally dig this shot! :clap