Remove Tourists from Your Photos
Jun 24, 2015 16:12:19 #
I never heard of this technique, although I did hear about something similar using a dark filter.
"How often do you stand there, prepped to take the shot, waiting for people to get out of the frame? This is a pretty awesome little trick that many people dont know about.
Set up your camera on a tripod and take 1015 shots of the same location. In Photoshop, go to File > Scripts > Statistics, select Median and upload your photos. This will automatically remove all the people in the pictures."
"How often do you stand there, prepped to take the shot, waiting for people to get out of the frame? This is a pretty awesome little trick that many people dont know about.
Set up your camera on a tripod and take 1015 shots of the same location. In Photoshop, go to File > Scripts > Statistics, select Median and upload your photos. This will automatically remove all the people in the pictures."
Jun 24, 2015 16:20:09 #
Jun 24, 2015 16:21:05 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I never heard of this technique, although I did he... (show quote)
Interesting, never heard that before either... will have to give it a shot. I wonder if it works for cars (traffic) as well.
Jun 24, 2015 16:33:40 #
Dngallagher wrote:
Interesting, never heard that before either... will have to give it a shot. I wonder if it works for cars (traffic) as well.
Or the wife :lol:
Jun 24, 2015 16:34:29 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I never heard of this technique, although I did he... (show quote)
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Jun 24, 2015 16:51:18 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I never heard of this technique, although I did he... (show quote)
Here's an example, see tip #5.
http://improvephotography.com/8806/photography-tricks/
(Tip #1 is interesting too.)
Delete Tourists
Jun 24, 2015 16:55:35 #
Dngallagher wrote:
Interesting, never heard that before either... will have to give it a shot. I wonder if it works for cars (traffic) as well.
I don't know, but this will work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpNtAXbaNr0
Jun 24, 2015 16:56:13 #
LOL...Adobe has had this for a few years now both for removing objects from stills and video.
One of the most interesting uses was a video of a skateboarder on the Freeway all by himself. In fact it was a dangerous shoot to video but it did look awesome.The video called "Urban Isolation" was shot with a Red Camera but you don't need one to do this;
http://www.networka.com/stories/40107/urban-isolation-skate-video-by-russell-houghten
One of the most interesting uses was a video of a skateboarder on the Freeway all by himself. In fact it was a dangerous shoot to video but it did look awesome.The video called "Urban Isolation" was shot with a Red Camera but you don't need one to do this;
http://www.networka.com/stories/40107/urban-isolation-skate-video-by-russell-houghten
Jun 24, 2015 16:56:36 #
Math78 wrote:
Here's an example, see tip #5.
http://improvephotography.com/8806/photography-tricks/
(Tip #1 is interesting too.)
http://improvephotography.com/8806/photography-tricks/
(Tip #1 is interesting too.)
:thumbup:
Jun 24, 2015 17:01:57 #
Jun 24, 2015 17:43:58 #
jerryc41 wrote:
This is kind of a summer rerun using a different tool:I never heard of this technique, although I did he... (show quote)
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-301059-1.html
Regardless, my reaction remains the same; I believe that the value of a tourist attraction is enhanced by having tourists present - otherwise, it is just some place of unspecified scale and importance.
Jun 24, 2015 17:54:46 #
Agree that sometimes having a human in the shot gives scale to "whatever".
Once while shooting the Very Large Aray (VLA) in the NM, I had to wait almost an hour before a guy and gal walked through my shot to give scale to these giant satellite antennas.
Once while shooting the Very Large Aray (VLA) in the NM, I had to wait almost an hour before a guy and gal walked through my shot to give scale to these giant satellite antennas.
Jun 24, 2015 18:08:20 #
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GoofyNewfie wrote:
Will have to give it a shot...ok, 10-15 shots!
Thanks!
Thanks!
It doesn't have to be 10-15 shots.
You can do it with as few as 3.
All you need is for the people to be moving enough so that all of your "grand scene" is present in the largest median.
You can do it manually with layers, mask and brush with only 2 shots.
Jun 24, 2015 18:44:08 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I never heard of this technique, although I did he... (show quote)
Gerry, thanks for the tip but though that's great information, I want to look at this from a different angle.
Gerry, is no people a GOOD thing?
We travel to locations where whatever were shooting is crawling with people and we always want to take the people out.
Is a playground with no kids a better shot? Depends.
I read an interesting article a few years ago in the Costco magazine that a majority of prize winning photographs have people in them!
I feel that one of the biggest mistakes inexperienced photogs make is to always eliminate the people. Often using the people creatively is a better choice and give a shot more heart and soul. We are after-all a social animal.
Gerry, not saying your advice is any less, it's good to know and thanks for that.
I just think it's worth mentioning that, removing all the people should not always be the goal!! ;-)
SS
Jun 24, 2015 20:53:04 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I never heard of this technique, although I did he... (show quote)
Nice. Assuming of course one has a tripod handy and uses Photoshop. Otherwise, not very helpful.
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