Posted by Jason Denham on October 28, 2010 at 3:09 PM
Recently got in a quick trip to Glacier NP with Marc Adamus. It was a great tour for sure. I had to cut my time there short, but got some great images before heading home.
Here is one from a night shoot. I call this 'Sleepy Hollow'. These old withered pines are just outside the park boundary.
Posted by David Bostock on October 28, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Jason, this is very very cool. I really like the comp with the moon in perfect position. Did you use noise reduction? It looks extremely clean for ISO 800. Can't really help with the lens flare...sorry.
Great image.
Posted by Jason Denham on October 28, 2010 at 11:50 PM
Thanks David! Yes, I did use noise reduction in Camera Raw. ISO 800 isn't the best on my old XT, but this cleaned up pretty nice.
Posted by Scott Smorra on October 30, 2010 at 1:57 PM
Very cool night shot Jason. I like how the trees are framing the moon. I don't think there is much you can do about the lens flare around the moon. IMO I don't think the flare really takes anything away from this fabulous image.
Posted by John Williams on November 4, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Really good Jason! I love the comp; the silhouette against the night sky and moon flare is great.
An easy step to minimize the impact of flare is to remove the color difference. For example, you could copy the background to a new layer and set it to color mode, and then clone stamp the red and blue out (using the areas without the flare as a source). The eye doesn't get so finicky about detail in color, so you can be quick and dirty in most instances. This doesn't remove it, but makes it less noticable.
To my knowledge, removing it completely takes some time-consuming selecting and cloning. The eye is very picky about detail in the luminosity, and it takes a bit of work to get it just right.
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4 repliesHere is one from a night shoot. I call this 'Sleepy Hollow'. These old withered pines are just outside the park boundary.
F 5.0, 20 seconds, manual focus, tripod, ISO 800
Canon XT w/ 10-22 @ 17mm
Larger one here on black: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasondenham/5064257368/
I don't really like the lens flare near the moon, but don't know how to effectively manage that in post. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Jason Denham
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasondenham/
Great image.
An easy step to minimize the impact of flare is to remove the color difference. For example, you could copy the background to a new layer and set it to color mode, and then clone stamp the red and blue out (using the areas without the flare as a source). The eye doesn't get so finicky about detail in color, so you can be quick and dirty in most instances. This doesn't remove it, but makes it less noticable.
To my knowledge, removing it completely takes some time-consuming selecting and cloning. The eye is very picky about detail in the luminosity, and it takes a bit of work to get it just right.