More experimentations with Christmas lights (what's a guy to do during these long cold winter nights????)
This one is taken inside a tunnel of lights, the snow taking on an eerie blue cat from the lights above.
A zoom effect was used (mostly in Photoshop) to achieve the desired streaks.
Has anyone else been using the time to experiment of fine-tune some techniques?
Absolutely love it! It's vertiginous, in a good way.
Thanks for your kind words Willam!
This is gorgeous Alan. The colors and the way they streak are absolutely fantastic.
Thanks for the endorsement Matthew. It's always nice when experiments produce a successful result (I won't post the numerous failures.....)
Really awesome stuff, Alan! Love the imagination! Makes me imagine they're traveling through a wormhole.
I've been working on my compositing and cloning and see that I have a lot to learn yet. More in the product realm but experimentation nonetheless.
This was taken for a hydration product and my goal is to illustrate the effectiveness of the product in achieving that. I'd really like to have the subject enveloped in the water, not just behind him.
This is a work in progress and input greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the feedback Bruce. On the compositing question you should look at YouTube videos on Photoshop layering and the use of opacity & blend modes.
I continue to try and become more adept at PS myself and find there are many ways to do many things - YouTube is a great place to discover and try new techniques.
Compositing different images is not really my thing but if you have questions feel free to ask.
Can other members help?
Thanks, Alan.
Yes, I'll have to do more YT. One of my favorite channels is PIXimperfect. He seems to sometimes give greater details and explanations than some other channels I've watched.
Sounds good Bruce, I always get something out of PI videos but TBH often find they carry too much depth for me at this point in my development. Another in the vein that you may find interest in is Phlearn.com.
I personally try to look at a number of YT videos on a particular subject as there are so many ways of achieving results and some may use different methods or explanations that can aid understanding
Indeed. I try a variety and have seen Phlearn videos too and they give a good breakdown.
The thing that drew me to PI was that I had seen many tutorials on HOW to do frequency separation but no explanation on the nuts and bolts behind it.
Showing me how and why something works helps me to have a better understanding when I use it. And watching different techniques to achieve the same outcome helps me pick a bit from here and a bit from there to come up with my own.