Photography is the art of capturing light, while infrared photography is the art of capturing invisible light. Infrared effects can be achieved by converting your camera or the use of lens filters. Photography is also an expensive hobby, so I decided to play with photoshop to get this effect.
Last week for my Skywatch post, I showed you some photos that were shot vertically and then merged horizontally for a panoramic view. I was not happy with one of the photos, so I tried again. I went back to the Japanese Garden Sunday morning and these are the photos I took. The photo below is a four-frame photomerge, played with lighting effects.
Japanese Garden
Van Nuys, CA
February 19, 2012
Our Skywatch® Team:
pat from United States
February 22nd, 2012
VERY interesting. I’ve never really experimented with filters of PS, but I just might start!
Cher from Singapore, Singapore (general), Singapore
February 23rd, 2012
WOW! awesome job!
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Eileen from Parkton, MD, United States
February 23rd, 2012
Ebie, your photos are gorgeous. Amazing captures of light. The gardens are beautiful. You are doing great. Have a wonderful day.
Carol @ Always Thyme to Cook from Bellmore, NY, United States
February 23rd, 2012
Beautiful captures, Ebie. I don’t really understand Photoshop to get all the of the effects but you did a fantastic job, they are gorgeous shots.
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Geogypsy from Tempe, AZ, United States
February 23rd, 2012
Photo manipulation is almost as much fun as taking the photo in the first place. Took me a long time to get my panos lined up right, and then there’s the light issue. Nice job.
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Sherry in MT from Helena, MT, United States
February 23rd, 2012
I think you did great on your photo merge and I love the lighting. Wish I had more time to work in PS and figure out all the fun stuff to do.
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Sallie (FullTime-Life) from United States
February 23rd, 2012
Beautiful! I also have absolutely NO idea how you do what you do, but I do know that I am in awe of your talents! Thanks for sharing.
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Barb from Denver, CO, United States
February 23rd, 2012
The light in the photos sets the mood! I like the way the stream changes from light to dark in the second photo – really draws the eye.
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Joyful from Burnaby, BC, Canada
February 23rd, 2012
Love the top photo!
Vita Stunder from Halmstad, Hallands Län, Sweden
February 23rd, 2012
I love the first photo!
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Steffi from Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
February 23rd, 2012
Wow…awesome photos,Ebie!So beautiful!Have a nice weekend!
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Mary,MI from Ortonville, MI, United States
February 23rd, 2012
Hi Ebie, both are super beautiful. The first photo remind me of Philippines, playing along the creek through the river. Now I am homesick ^_^
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Ewok from Fremont, CA, United States
February 23rd, 2012
so much fun playing with software, isn’t it. you did marvelously on your tries.
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J Bar from Australia
February 23rd, 2012
Fantastic shots.
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Mary Howell Cromer from Crestwood, KY, United States
February 23rd, 2012
The lead in images is so magical, love that!
Indrani from Bangalore, Karnātaka, India
February 23rd, 2012
Wonderful results of your experiment. I haven’t tried photoshop yet. I am tempted to do so now.
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Andrea from Philippines
February 23rd, 2012
Ebie, i can see you are enjoying your new photo techniques, and congratulations the products are beautiful.
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Nick, Melbourne from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
February 23rd, 2012
Beautiful photos, Ebie, and the PS effects make them look quite mysterious and sultry.
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betchai from San Diego, CA, United States
February 23rd, 2012
I thought Photoshop is also expensive, Ebie? Anyway, great shots and photo merge, I haven’t had merged any photos since Horse shoe Bend
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Peter B from Fullerton, CA, United States
February 23rd, 2012
wow, these are good! Appears you really know your way around Photoshop!
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Liz from Quezon City, Quezon, Philippines
February 23rd, 2012
Fantastic shots!. Happy sky watching.
My Sky.
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Tatjana Parkacheva from Skopje, Karpoš, Macedonia
February 23rd, 2012
I like the post-processing of the first photo.
Regards and best wishes
Alexander from Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
February 24th, 2012
Amazing job you have done!
Well done on the photoshop image.
Alexander
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Marie from Tucson, AZ, United States
February 25th, 2012
Beautiful photos, Ebie! And thanks for the head’s-up about the alignment! I saw it last night and enjoyed it with binoculars…but I am sure seeing it from the observatory gave you a MUCH better view!
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