This is my post here though I have been lurking for a while. I am from NYC-Connecticut corridor... "Howdy!" 
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An old (ish) one but it's me! Add another little girl and a comedy moustache to bring it up to date!
Not as good as this one though...
A bit more recent.
When I saw that I meant to ask you how you get the depth of field and exposure right from the Northern Lights behind the trees to the fire in the foreground. I know that you do some "post production" but that is still one hell of a good image.
It's taken on my G10 with a small sensor, depth of field is rarely a problem.
The problem I did have was balancing the exposure between the fire and the lights, so I've had to use two different exposures and carefully blend them together.
The problem I did have was balancing the exposure between the fire and the lights, so I've had to use two different exposures and carefully blend them together.
Aha, so that's how you do it.
It was the balanced exposures you get that was foxing me; thanks for putting me out of my misery.
All the foreground is from the first shot but the sky showing through the trees is from a second, much longer shot to show the Aurora, which is then imported into the first shot as a layer.
The foreground of this layer (Which is heavily over exposed) is masked out and the sky area is selectively blended in using the "lighten" mode on the layers palette and a soft brush on the layer mask.
I hope that makes sense, it's easier in practice than it is to explain but it's the only way to really hope to capture the dynamic range of a scene like this.
The foreground of this layer (Which is heavily over exposed) is masked out and the sky area is selectively blended in using the "lighten" mode on the layers palette and a soft brush on the layer mask.
I hope that makes sense, it's easier in practice than it is to explain but it's the only way to really hope to capture the dynamic range of a scene like this.
^^ and my large shape thing ^^ dirty face -_-
guess where i am XD you never guess BAHAHAH
Haha I like the above one, that is how I dress the majority of the time. the neighbours complain
I see you found Wally and he is in your backpack.
Me with:
Me without:
Dependant on the mood of my partner, depends if i have a beard on or not......and yes there is a tinge of ginge in the beard.....damn irish heritage
Me without:
Dependant on the mood of my partner, depends if i have a beard on or not......and yes there is a tinge of ginge in the beard.....damn irish heritage
