Has anyone dealt with this situation?
May 16, 2021 21:51:27 #
I'm planning on making a road trip to Glade creek in West Virginia to take picts. of the grist mill and some of the waterfalls in the area. From looking at misc. sites showing the mill and other scenic vistas. They all have other tourists milling about in the pictures. What I'd like to know is,, has anyone had any success using a neutral density filter on the lens as a way to increase the exposure time thus eliminating the moving subjects? I kinda remember someone mentioning that in some tutorial and that it was a doable option.
May 16, 2021 22:31:32 #
I don't know about using a filter, and people don't move that much if they have something to look at. What you can do is digitally remove people with cloning and healing tools that are available in programs like Photoshop or Gimp (Gimp being free). It can take some work, though. There will be fewer people to remove if you go early, or go right after it stops raining.
May 16, 2021 23:37:22 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
usnret wrote:
I'm planning on making a road trip to Glade creek ... (show quote)
I've not done it, but I've seen the results where friends have. They got very effective results in situations where the people were moving laterally to the camera and not stopping. Obviously, use of a tripod is mandatory, along with the lowest ISO setting the camera is capable of.
I have been investigating this technique. I have discovered that there are some interactions to beware of...for instance, if people are wearing very light colored or white clothing in a low light situation, it is easy to get white "smudges" in the image, and they can be difficult or worse to remove. If people are wearing primarily dark clothing, the technique works very well. But as you probably expect, longest exposures produce the best results.
May 16, 2021 23:38:26 #
Thanks Mark! I appreciate your response,, I guess in away, I knew you were right all along. Just threw that idea out there to see if anyone had any luck doing it the easy way. As they say, cheaters never win and winners never cheat
May 17, 2021 00:02:18 #
usnret wrote:
I'm planning on making a road trip to Glade creek ... (show quote)
There is a quick and easy way to remove all unwanted objects in Photoshop. It is best if you are using a tripod. Take several pix, 10 or so as the people are moving around. Go to File>Scripts then follow the prompts for what you want to do. That will be to load all of the pix and click OK. PS compares them and assembles them into a single pic only showing objects that appear in the same place in all ten shots. Much faster and simpler than trying to clone them out.
Go to Youtube and you can probably find a vid explaining this process. it works very well.
May 17, 2021 00:25:08 #
Great info, Thanks!! I will certainly explore what looks like a viable option!!!
May 17, 2021 01:45:07 #
fantom wrote:
There is a quick and easy way to remove all unwant... (show quote)
This is fast, easy and near flawless, but works best if the camera is stationary, i.e., on a tripod or equivalent.
May 17, 2021 03:57:59 #
You could take several pictures (tripod mounted) over a period of time and then stack them.
May 17, 2021 03:59:40 #
tradio wrote:
You could take several pictures (tripod mounted) over a period of time and then stack them.
as previously mentioned...
May 17, 2021 07:43:40 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
usnret wrote:
I'm planning on making a road trip to Glade creek ... (show quote)
I use a 10 stop ND filter and 30 second exposure. Long enough to blur out moving tourists, but if the tourist if not moving, your out of luck.
May 17, 2021 08:16:37 #
Steve Perry's video on the subject explains it in detail. The process of taking several pics with the people in different places then stack them and mask the people out or image in depends on how you look at it.
May 17, 2021 08:46:56 #
May 17, 2021 08:48:09 #
I've shot at Glade Creek several times and always found very early morning, or waiting until darn nearly dark to be the best times there in terms of finding clear compositions of the mill and falls below without tourists in view. Midday at the mill can be rather harsh lighting anyway. Other sunrise/sunset and waterfall selections in the nearby area are less prone to the tourists.
May 17, 2021 08:57:03 #
This can be easily done in PS. It takes several shots to accomplish. I think you can find a YouTube video on how it’s done. Lotsa luck!
May 17, 2021 09:40:05 #
fotoden
Loc: St. Louis, MO
What I’ve done successfully is to to shoot many exposures of the same shot (on a tripod) layer them them on one base shot and paint the blank areas in as the people move from where they were standing. You have to keep track of the spaces voided by people as you shoot each exposure. It’s worked well in the past.
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