[Leica] IMG: Blackwater "Original"

[philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)]

Thanks Bernard,

These are very good shots to start with.
And the path you took is clear for me to understand now.
So, when comes the montage phase, I remember there was a time when we 
used to cut and paste prints, and photograph the result. It was fun, really.
For now,  I'll second Geoff's suggestion of you getting PS in emergency 
as you seem to like creating things, PS is the tool for you, even PSE  - 
easy to get by - provides many interesting features BTW.

Keep experimenting, and please, share the results of course.
TIA
phx

Disclaimer: I don't own a single share of Adobe Inc. ;-)



Bernard Quinn wrote:

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> Moon rise on the Blackwater river in the late autumn and early winter  
> after the Harvest moon is, for me, a stunning and mystical  
> experience. The full moon is rising over the pine trees. You can  
> smell the water. The Sun is setting over your right shoulder.  
> Thousands of Geese are flying around honking at the top of their  
> lungs looking for dinner and a place to spend the night. It's cold  
> and windy.Things are happening very quickly. It's exciting and it's  
> all over in ten minutes. I have always wanted to make a picture to  
> share this experience. Here is the evolution of the Blackwater  
> Moonrise I posted on Sunday.
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> If you just point a camera at the moon rise it looks like this.
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>    http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Moon_1.jpg.html
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> If you wait a few minutes it looks like this.
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>    http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Moon_2.jpg.html
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> The first doesn't rise to the level of a snapshot and the second  
> doesn't exactly say what I wanted. So, I took this image.......
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>    http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Base_1.jpg.html
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> And this image........
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>    http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Base_2.jpg.html
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> To the lab which does my printing for me and had them combine them.  
> This was the result.
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>    http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Original.jpg.html
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> I didn't think that the colors looked natural. Could it have been  
> fixed in photoshop? Don't know. I desaturated the image, cropped it,  
> and posted it starting the pasted moon thing.
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>    http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/ 
> Blackwater_Moonrise.jpg.html
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> Geoff Hoplinson made a few suggestions. I took his advice about  
> changing the moon. Here is the result.
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>    http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/ 
> Blackwater_Moonrise_2.jpg.html
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> There you have it. Those are all the pieces. Comments and ideas welcome.
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