How to combine several photos with different colors subtracted: I know that this is a strange question, but I want to do something digital that I use to do easily with multiple...

MCHUGH Loc: Jacksonville, Texas

I know that this is a strange question, but I want to do something digital that I use to do easily with multiple exposures. Years ago I took some special effect photos for a customer using a red, green, and blue color filter. One exposure of same subject stacking the three exposures together. The purpose was to make moving water in the photo to sparkle with different colors but all the stationary objects to be of proper color. Much like making a color separation
negatives used in printing. I just can not seem to do this digitally. I am sure it is something simple. Please help or tell me of web site. Thanks for any and all help.

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

Do you have an example of what you are talking about?

argusfoto Loc: Birmingham, AL

That is called a Harris shutter effect. I have done them but forgot how. Old age I guess. I used I believe I reduced the opacity of each image to 33%. Things that don't move will be natural color. Here are a couple of examples.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/argusfoto/170847527/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/argusfoto/2165088038/
There is a group on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/harrisshuttereffect/pool/with/2165088038/#photo_2165088038

MCHUGH Loc: Jacksonville, Texas

argusfoto wrote:

That is called a Harris shutter effect. I have done them but forgot how. Old age I guess. I used I believe I reduced the opacity of each image to 33%. Things that don't move will be natural color. Here are a couple of examples.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/argusfoto/170847527/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/argusfoto/2165088038/
There is a group on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/harrisshuttereffect/pool/with/2165088038/#photo_2165088038

Thanks for the response. This is exactly what I was talking about. I hope you or someone else can teach me how to do this.

swanseamale47

You can do it without even using the filters, shoot 3 shots and simply use one of the channels from each shot, where nothing moves you have normal colour, where the movement is you have the various colour from the different channels.

MCHUGH Loc: Jacksonville, Texas

swanseamale47 wrote:

You can do it without even using the filters, shoot 3 shots and simply use one of the channels from each shot, where nothing moves you have normal colour, where the movement is you have the various colour from the different channels.

Thanks I will try this. I am not that great in photo shop but very determined. I will work on this until I get it done.

MCHUGH Loc: Jacksonville, Texas

I Googled Harris shutter effect that argusfoto said this was called and think I will be able to do this now. I will study the tutorial carefully. Thanks for all the help. UHH always has the answer for me. The spread of knowledge on this site is amazing.

argusfoto Loc: Birmingham, AL

Here is one I just did. The pictures were taken several years ago in Warsaw. One person swinging a firepot and the person on the right playing and instrument that sounded like a didgeridoo.

Warsaw firepot

MCHUGH Loc: Jacksonville, Texas

MCHUGH wrote:

I Googled Harris shutter effect that argusfoto said this was called and think I will be able to do this now. I will study the tutorial carefully. Thanks for all the help. UHH always has the answer for me. The spread of knowledge on this site is amazing.

Interesting effect. I wanted something unique for a photo I am planing and I believe this will be it. I really appreciate all the help you have given me.