Posted by Matt Doggett on August 11, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Great shot - the dew really makes it!
Posted by Major Gilbert on August 11, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Super looking image Guy and great use of the stacking technique.
Major.
Posted by Guy Rogers on August 12, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Hello Jeroen.
Yes I did blend three images for DOF. One image for the butterfly, and then one for the far and near antennea. I then use PS to blend them together.
At the moment I dont use any stacking programs. I do all my blending my self, it takes time but I like doing it, and I find it good practice as I,m always finding new ways of doing things.
Hello Stephen.
At the point of taking the image I new F11 would not be enouth to keep the antennae in focus. So two more images were taken, one of the far antennae, and one for the near antennae. I then open the main butterfly image in PS. I then open one of the antennae images, and drag and drop it on to the other open image ( butterfy ) i then just select the lasso tool and draw around the sharp antennae part. I then copy and past the selection. This should give you a layer of just the antennea you copied and pasted. Then turn of the layer you used to copy the antannae. ( click on the eye ball icon on that layer, this will turn of that layer ) With this layer turned of you will see your copied antennae layer over your sharp butterfly layer. I then select the copied layer and use image transform to move and place the antennae over the other one. It is then just a case of makeing it blend in to the main image useing the eraser, clone and the healing brushes. Just do the same for the other antennae.
Hope this helps Guy.
Posted by Magnus Hird on August 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM
Brilliant again Guy, lovely shot. Hope the day warmed up for him later!
Discussion
16 repliesThree images combined.
Mark
Love it!
Did you combine the 3 images for more DOF? And did you do this in PS or did you use a specific program like Helicon to do this?
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Excellent shot Guy, love the dew drop, sweet BG as well
Andy...
Another great image
Guy, can you please expand on the 'stacking' part. I am aware of the basics but... be good to know for the future please
Cheers
Steve
JohnR
Ian
comp, DOF, BG, .........
compliments,
Bertl
Phil.
Major.
Yes I did blend three images for DOF. One image for the butterfly, and then one for the far and near antennea. I then use PS to blend them together.
At the moment I dont use any stacking programs. I do all my blending my self, it takes time but I like doing it, and I find it good practice as I,m always finding new ways of doing things.
Hello Stephen.
At the point of taking the image I new F11 would not be enouth to keep the antennae in focus. So two more images were taken, one of the far antennae, and one for the near antennae. I then open the main butterfly image in PS. I then open one of the antennae images, and drag and drop it on to the other open image ( butterfy ) i then just select the lasso tool and draw around the sharp antennae part. I then copy and past the selection. This should give you a layer of just the antennea you copied and pasted. Then turn of the layer you used to copy the antannae. ( click on the eye ball icon on that layer, this will turn of that layer ) With this layer turned of you will see your copied antennae layer over your sharp butterfly layer. I then select the copied layer and use image transform to move and place the antennae over the other one. It is then just a case of makeing it blend in to the main image useing the eraser, clone and the healing brushes. Just do the same for the other antennae.
Hope this helps Guy.