Played Around in Photoshop for a while
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Played Around in Photoshop for a while
I played around in Photoshop last night and turned a fairly boring broadside shot into a something that looks like a pan shot.
What do you guys think?
What do you guys think?
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Re: Played Around in Photoshop for a while
Not quite a traditional pan, but I like it!
I wish that the road was fully visible at the crossing, with the signs, however.
I wish that the road was fully visible at the crossing, with the signs, however.
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Re: Played Around in Photoshop for a while
Thanks guys.
MQT, there are no signs at that crossing.
MQT, there are no signs at that crossing.
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Re: Played Around in Photoshop for a while
None at all?legostudios34 wrote: MQT, there are no signs at that crossing.
Either way, I still would have enjoyed it more with the full crossing visible. It is a great shot, but it could be better next time, IMO.
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No signs at all. Its a driveway for a farm I thinkm
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Even farm crossings usually have signs...at least around here...legostudios34 wrote:No signs at all. Its a driveway for a farm I thinkm
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Different states, different laws. Most farmers crossings don't require any kind of signs, and the horn isn't usually blown for them either. Its not a 'public crossing at grade' its a private one.MQT3001 wrote:Even farm crossings usually have signs...at least around here...legostudios34 wrote:No signs at all. Its a driveway for a farm I thinkm
Plus, with signs on the crossing, doing a 'pan' they'd be blurry and distracting anyway.
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Didn't think about that.CSX_CO wrote: Plus, with signs on the crossing, doing a 'pan' they'd be blurry and distracting anyway.
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As a non-photographer, what would you define as being a traditional pan?MQT3001 wrote:Not quite a traditional pan, but I like it!
If Baxter had shown me that picture and said it was a pan shot, I would have been able to identify how it's a fake because of one particular aspect of a pan shot. Can you?
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On Sunday afternoon I practiced shooting real pan shots of cars. I probably shot 100 pictures but only 10 or so came out decent. I was about to try it on the DPU of a coal train yesterday when the camera battery died... So no real pan shots of trains for now.
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The scenery is fuzz, not elongated like a normal pan.J T wrote:As a non-photographer, what would you define as being a traditional pan?MQT3001 wrote:Not quite a traditional pan, but I like it!
If Baxter had shown me that picture and said it was a pan shot, I would have been able to identify how it's a fake because of one particular aspect of a pan shot. Can you?
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Just a guess: In a pan, isn't it usually the 'center of focus' that stays 'stationary' while the edges would be a bit blurry?J T wrote: If Baxter had shown me that picture and said it was a pan shot, I would have been able to identify how it's a fake because of one particular aspect of a pan shot. Can you?
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Well that would all depend on the shutter speed and how fast the pan movement is. Pans don't always look elongated.MQT3001 wrote: The scenery is fuzz, not elongated like a normal pan.
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And a correct guess at that. The sharpest part of a pan should be directly in front of you (in the case of a train, perpendicular to the subject). As the lens captures the subject beyond the 90 degree angle to the left and right, the movement between the subject and the lens is at a different speed, hence it will show the effect of motion blur.CSX_CO wrote:Just a guess: In a pan, isn't it usually the 'center of focus' that stays 'stationary' while the edges would be a bit blurry?J T wrote: If Baxter had shown me that picture and said it was a pan shot, I would have been able to identify how it's a fake because of one particular aspect of a pan shot. Can you?
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Re: Played Around in Photoshop for a while
Plus that tree casting the shadow on the autorack must be moving along with the train...
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