Why is the sky blotchy?
Jul 13, 2012 06:01:40 #
glojo
Loc: South Devon, England
This is a question
If you only take one shot and then have software play with that image to either under, or over expose it then can it only play with what is in that image?
The original shot shows a yukky, almost blown out piece of nothingness, so how can the HDR software add anything?
My thoughts are that the more exposures we stack, the more information we are giving the software??
Why is the sky so blotchy?? Perhaps we should ask, 'What actual sky?'
If you only take one shot and then have software play with that image to either under, or over expose it then can it only play with what is in that image?
The original shot shows a yukky, almost blown out piece of nothingness, so how can the HDR software add anything?
My thoughts are that the more exposures we stack, the more information we are giving the software??
Why is the sky so blotchy?? Perhaps we should ask, 'What actual sky?'
Jul 13, 2012 12:59:33 #
snails_pace
Loc: Utah
Since the question is specific to the sky in the HDR image - one way to remove the spots from the sky would be to:
in Elements or whatever version of PS you may have - select the sky to the left of the leaves
contract the selection a bit from the "select/ modify/ contract" menu to avoid the skyline and leaves
apply enough Gussian blur to remove the spots - you can vary the amount of the blur in "filter/ blur/ Gaussian blur"
if there were a lot of detail in the sky, some would be lost - but in this case the blotchy areas can just be blended out
in Elements or whatever version of PS you may have - select the sky to the left of the leaves
contract the selection a bit from the "select/ modify/ contract" menu to avoid the skyline and leaves
apply enough Gussian blur to remove the spots - you can vary the amount of the blur in "filter/ blur/ Gaussian blur"
if there were a lot of detail in the sky, some would be lost - but in this case the blotchy areas can just be blended out
Jul 13, 2012 14:52:26 #
deayala1
Loc: Pleasanton, CA
Thanks all for your advice. I took the easy way out and cropped out the sky.
Cropped
Jul 13, 2012 20:52:50 #
Jul 14, 2012 15:45:45 #
deayala1
Loc: Pleasanton, CA
mdeman wrote:
Why?
Because as other people have said the sky isn't that attractive and doesn't add to the picture.
Jul 14, 2012 16:38:44 #
glojo
Loc: South Devon, England
deayala1 wrote:
Because as other people have said the sky isn't that attractive and doesn't add to the picture.
mdeman wrote:
Why?
Because as other people have said the sky isn't that attractive and doesn't add to the picture.
I ask lots of questions and and always appreciate the answers, but if I like something that others might disagree with then is the bottom line what I like, even though it might be contrary to the given advice!
Bottom line is if you like that sky then you keep it :thumbup: ;)
Your picture
Jul 14, 2012 20:20:58 #
Just my opinion, but I liked the distant mountains with their snow caps. Impossible to show them, without including sky. So fix the sky. But then if you want to crop out an interesting feature, that's your choice.
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