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Focus Stack Animation
In some previous posts I showed the results of experimenting with focus stacking. In those posts, I would combine one of the individual shots with the finished effort to show how shallow the depth of field could be on individual … Continue reading
Seattle Pano from West Seattle
With our visitors, we took a trip to West Seattle. The afternoon light on the city looked nice and a pano seemed to be in order. Here is a Zoomify version of it so you can look around the … Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest, photo, technique
Tagged panorama, photo, seattle, washington, waterfront, zoomify
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Learning a Better Way to Blend in Photoshop
I occasionally use the Statistics function in Photoshop to blend multiple images in order to get rid of the distractions that I don’t want like people or vehicles. Up until now, this has been a real pain to do. I … Continue reading
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Tagged adobe, blend, Lightroom, objects, photo, photoshop, processing, remove, smart objects, software, statistics, technique
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Lightroom Issues Update
In quite a few previous posts, I have mentioned the troubles I have had with Lightroom recently. This was all triggered by an update a while back and subsequent updates have not solved any issues. The problems just continued and … Continue reading
A Further Trial in Focus Stacking
In a previous post I wrote about a focus stacking effort I made with images of a model aircraft at a show. I had been meaning to have another go at this and do so in a more controlled environment. … Continue reading
Tokyo Station
I briefly saw Tokyo Station last time I was in Japan. This time I wanted to take a better look. While the station has been significantly redeveloped over the years, the west frontage that looks towards the Imperial Palace has … Continue reading
Posted in photo, technique, Travel
Tagged architecture, building, Japan, panorama, photo, railway, Tokyo station, travel
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Practice Panning to Make it Different at BFI
I was killing some time at Boeing Field and the light was dropping fast. There was a variety of traffic inbound but nothing that counted as terribly unusual and not, therefore, something I desperately cared about getting a good shot … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, civil, Pacific Northwest, photo, technique
Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing Field, civil, KBFI, king county, low, photo, seattle, shutter speed, slow, technique, washington
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Blending to Remove Traffic
During a previous visit to Vancouver, I experimented to blending images of the same scene to remove objects I didn’t want included. When photographing the bridge at Deception Pass, I decided to have another go at this. The bridge was … Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest, photo, technique
Tagged adobe, average, blend, median, photo, photoshop, processing, remove, statistics, technique
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LR Instagram
I am a latecomer to Instagram. I have had an account for quite a while but I did not use it much and certainly did not spend much time checking it out. One of the reasons was that it was … Continue reading
My First Attempt at Focus Stacking
I first read about focus stacking a long time ago and I have been meaning to try it for ages. The premise is to take a series of shots with the focus set in different positions throughout the scene and … Continue reading
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Tagged adobe, depth of field, Focus, image, photo, photoshop, processing, software, stacking, technique
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