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Re: [APML] Canyon composite
Chris,
Thats a very beautiful image. It reminds me of Neil Folberg's work
and just as good.
Rob Gendler
Email: robgendler@att.net
Web site: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Canyon composite
> Thanks Stan, Mike C, Mike D, Jim, John and Stan!
>
> John - Sure. Here's the quick and dirty version.
> - I took the milky way image as the background, adjusted the saturation
and
> contrast
> - Sky in the daylight shot was removed by using the Lasso tool which
> selected the sky only
> - Sky was cut from the daylight shot, resulting image was left with only
the
> canyon walls etc.
> - Daylight image was used as Layer 1 and moved to the desired location
over
> the star field
> - Daylight image was adjusted for brightness and contrast
> - Flattened the image
> - Used the lasso tool to select the rim of the canyon and then used the
blur
> function to soften the edge between the sky and rock.
> - Final brightness, contrast and saturation was adjusted
>
> Chris
>
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> Chris Cook
> Astronomical Photography
> www.abmedia.com/astro
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Richard <stanrichard@hotmail.com>
> To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Date: Sunday, October 20, 2002 9:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [APML] Canyon composite
>
>
> >Chris, I love the mood of your image, well done.
> >
> >
> >
> >Stan Richard
> >Events in the Night Sky
> >www.nightskyevents.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: "Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
> >>Reply-To: astro-photo@seds.org
> >>To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> >>Subject: [APML] Canyon composite
> >>Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 00:35:24 -0400
> >>
> >>Since it's cloudy outside and also a full moon, I dug around in some
> images
> >>from earlier this year and created the following.
> >>I backed way off on the saturation to try and create a more realistic
> night
> >>look....
> >>
> >>http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/milkyway-chelly.html
> >>
> >>Also, for you landscape photographers out there, here are some daylight
> >>shots I took in and around the canyon.
> >>
> >>http://www.abmedia.com/astro/chelly/
> >>
> >>Comments welcome.
> >>Enjoy!
> >>
> >>Chris
> >>
> >>
> >>==================
> >>Chris Cook
> >>Astronomical Photography
> >>www.abmedia.com/astro
> >>
> >>
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